Slosolo2
Here to be happy
Bought a sight from Ncvarmint and thought today would be a good day to install it. I didn't have a brass or aluminum punch so I went to Lowes and bought some aluminum bar. I cut a piece off, deburred the end and clamped the slide in the vise. Having watched youtube I was confident that this would be a quick process and I'd have my new sight mounted before lunch (it was about 11:45). Yeah that didn't happen. I beat that sight so long and hard I had to put a fresh end on the "punch" 3 times. Total movement <0.5mm. I tried both directions as well. Now I knew the Shield rear sight was notoriously hard to get off but this was a 2.0 full size.
I didn't hit the slide with a torch. I didn't freeze the slide.
Besides those two things any suggestions how to get the sight out of there?
I didn't hit the slide with a torch. I didn't freeze the slide.
Besides those two things any suggestions how to get the sight out of there?