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Ron Smith · 04-25-2011, 02:17 PM

Roger,

Remove the sight and use a socket extension or comparative round rod. Clamp the barrel firmly in a padded vise. Lay the socket extension so that it rests cross the dovetail. Hold it in place, and tap it very lightly with a hammer. Try the sight for fit, repeat until the sight will barely start under firm finger pressure, then drive it in. This will peen the dovetail edges down , tightening it. No need to punch divots in the metal.

Here's a link...

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...light=dovetail

Ron

04-25-2011, 02:17 PM	#4
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Roger, Remove the sight and use a socket extension or comparative round rod. Clamp the barrel firmly in a padded vise. Lay the socket extension so that it rests cross the dovetail. Hold it in place, and tap it very lightly with a hammer. Try the sight for fit, repeat until the sight will barely start under firm finger pressure, then drive it in. This will peen the dovetail edges down , tightening it. No need to punch divots in the metal. Here's a link... http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...light=dovetail Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...