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Originally Posted by John Sabato
Great article...
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...But wait!...There's more!!!...
I decided to make a 2nd rear sight base, somewhat lower than the first...I knew I could gain .071" by milling off the lower sight blade lip, and get another .030" by lowering the sight leaf axis...So I made up a new base...
1st pic, from upper right clockwise...
- Milling a 3/8" trough in the 5/8" x 1/2" blank
- Milling the T-slot, using a 1/8" x 1/2" Woodruff keyseat cutter
- Milling the side reliefs for the rear sight leaf
- Cutting the front dovetail
- Cutting the rear dovetail
- Milling the bottom lip off the sight blade
- Cutting a ramp for the slide (big pic)
There were a bunch of other things done in between operations...Drilling the axle hole; chamfering edges with a 45�º cutter; cutting & chamfering the "artillery receiver notch"; shortening the leaf spring...
The 2nd pic is a comparison of the 1st rear sight base with the 2nd...It doesn't really
*look* all that different...but I'm hoping the line of sight will be closer to what it should be...
