I need some help. I fell hard and my Colt commander rear site broke

[MAUSERMAN]

That had to have been a real hard fall. I’d take to a local gunsmith and have them replace it.

[TAB]

Trust me, it hurt. I still have a bruised hip.

[Big Frank]

I'm on 2 different blood thinners. I can only imagine how bad I would bruise. If I didn't break any bones. I take calcium pill daily because I've had osteoporosis for decades. They have medicine they give old women for it, but nothing for young - middle aged men AFAIK.

[TAB]

this showed up today




took me longer to take apart my colt than it did to set up and push the sight out and new one in.

this tool is built like a tank. all steel, must be north of 5# not anodized aluminum like most on the market.  they are on sale right now at optics planet for just under $130   they are normally $169.  yes, you can buy one for $100+ less, but buy once cry once.

[Big Frank]

My rear sight removal/installation/adjusting tool is a brass rod 5/16" in diameter and 4 1/4" long with one end tapered down to 3/16". That and the right hammer and I'm all set. The best part is the price, which was nothing. One day at work a guy I knew was working in the crib where all the bar stock, etc. was stored. I asked him if I could get a piece of brass rod and he cut it off for me. It may leave a small brass mark on the sight, but if it does it scrubs right off without messing up the finish on steel sights. If they were aluminum or plastic it might be a different story.

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[TAB]

That was mine for years,  this one worked effortlessly.

[Rastus]

I've had a sight tool for 25 years.  I never seemed to get the hang of it...I just couldn't get it right.  I paid a lot of money for it but maybe it's not just me.  No one sells the thing anymore.

[Big Frank]

I got my brass drift out last night and took a close look at it. The end I hit with the hammer was flared out pretty bad, but I already knew that. What I didn't notice before was that the tapered end was peened out a little bit too. So I chucked it in one of my cordless drills and used the fine wheel of my bench grinder on the top end, with the drill turning the opposite direction of the grinding wheel. I swapped ends in the drill and spun the taper against a flat file until I was happy with the shape. And I spun both ends against some sandpaper in my hand to smooth it out, then spun the very ends against a piece of sandpaper lying flat on my workbench. I didn't bother shining it up so it doesn't look new, but works like new. And it's known by the state of California to cause cancer, but then again, EVERYTHING is known by the state of California to cause cancer. They even had a Prop. 65 warning label on some ramen soup I bought this summer.   I hope I don't die from eating, or from working on my guns. It's easier to get measurements on my brass punch now and it's 5/16" x 4 1/4" x 3/16", like I thought it was.