G.T.S/T barrels report...

[Olle]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

I use a hammer & brass/copper bolt to push/install mine, but there's no vise at my range. I have a couple front sight spanners for my screw-on front sight bases and was thinking of tapping them for an adjustment screw...But they're aluminum and might strip easily...My blade dovetails are pretty tight...

Ah yes, I forgot about the poor bastards who can't shoot their guns in their back yard....

I have never really seen a sight pusher that works, and I have tried in vain to come up one that does. Even with a bearing ball between the tip and the screw, it would spin and mar the sight when I had to crank hard on it. If I try again, it will probably be a clamp with a drilled hole where you can insert a brass punch. Really, a set screw would be ideal, but it would take a very tiny screw and it would probably strip easily, regardless of material.

Now when I think of it, it would be a worthwhile project to come up with a simple and fool proof substitute for those pesky dovetails. I think I'll do that, sell the design to a large gun manufacturer and get stinkin' rich.