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Rear Sight Adjustment Tool
« on: September 14, 2008, 08:41:17 AM »
Do you guys have any recommendations on a sight adjustment tool?  I need to drift some sights and the old punch trick won't do it without damaging the material.  Besides...I am three shades of spastic (sp?) so it's a dangerous thing to have me swinging a hammer and holding a punch at the same time.

I'd like to have a "universal" tool...but I've heard at least one model doesn't work at all.  Problem is the guys back at Lash's couldn't remember which one it was.  I'd appreciate recommendations on what works well with which pistols and which ones don't work well on others....chances are I won't find a single tool that works universally so I'm probably going to have to get two or three.

Thanks,
Ken
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Re: Rear Sight Adjustment Tool
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2008, 09:18:42 AM »
Here's a site that will rent you gun smithing tools.  They probably have more experience with what tool works best with what gun, and renting for a one or two use deal may be more cost effective.

http://americanshooter.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/rent-gunsmith-tools-from-us-sight-pusher-headspace-gauge-more/
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Re: Rear Sight Adjustment Tool
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2008, 12:31:14 PM »
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Re: Rear Sight Adjustment Tool
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2008, 03:07:14 PM »
My PPK/S, manual lists a brass punch for rear sight adjustment. :o I know I thought the same thing, went to the Walther forum, (I know, I know,  :P) But a knowledgeable member suggested, wrapping the brass punch in electrical tape, just a couple of layers, and a hand towel. Than with a urethane or rubber mallot, start off easy, and give the sight some "love".

Mine was perfectly off a "hair", and with a shorty short barrel, put all my groups perfectly to the right of the x-ring at 7 yards.

So, I tried it and it did work, without marring or marking the sight at all.

They do make tools for this type of thing,...but it seems like quite an expense, for the frequency of use. Hopefully not often!

Just thought I'd Pass it along, I didn't like the idea of "smacking" my pistol either, but it did work without marks.

Good Luck.
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Re: Rear Sight Adjustment Tool
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2008, 03:59:24 PM »
I need one for my 1911s. After drifting the front Night Sight on my Kimber to where it needed to be, it no longer works, so I have to ship the slide back to Kimber for a new one.
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Re: Rear Sight Adjustment Tool
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Re: Rear Sight Adjustment Tool
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2008, 07:28:29 PM »
I just use a piece of brass rod that I got for free, and a SMALL hammer. Hoppe's No. 9 gets the brass marks off but if you put a double layer of masking tape on the sight you don't get marks. I have one hand to hold the brass drift, one to hold the hammer, and the vise holds the slide. I have rubber padded vise jaws and put and put a rag (old T-shirt) between the the slide and jaws. If you have a 4 ounce or smaller hammer use it. The smaller the better. As Walter45Auto found out you shouldn't hammer on night sights. The rears can usually take it but on the front the metal is so thin you hit the side of the tube and break it.
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