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Gunsmithing SIGHT TOOLS

TORKAR

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I've been using the Kaiser sight tool for removal and instalation of dove tail sights and while I think it worked pretty good, I broke the tool. I ordered picked up another Kaiser from a friend who didn't need it anymore, and it broke also in short order. Both tools broke in exactly the same place, the steel frame cracked straight across through one of the holes where the threaded rod goes thu. I'm going to have them both welded up but there's gotta be a better tool out there that can handle most sights. I need something that is pretty universal as i've been getting everything from Kahrs, Kimbers, Glocks.. Sig and the list goes on. Anyone have good experience with a particular model?
 
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I can't speak to the Kimber, but the correct tool for glocks and kahrs is a vice, some cushioning wood, a brass punch, and a hammer. Hasn't failed me yet.
 
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I've used a vice and brass punch and even put a plastic cutting board across a saw and made some "soft" drift pins. I've seen the lamps in night sights break from the taparoo method and prefer to use a press if I can find one that isn't a piece of shit.
 
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I had to get the rear sight on an M9 adjusted a couple weeks ago. The armorer had a cool sight vice with a window and micrometer on it that supported the slide. He told me he was always afraid he was going to crack a slide adjusting sights on weapons with years of use as the sights get a bit stuck. He ended up getting out a nylon drift and a hammer. Smacked the sights a few times and was then able to get the sight vice to break them free the rest of the way.

Point being I guess to apply some force with a sturdier tool before overwhelming your sight tool.
 
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I use my mill. I put the slide in the vice and I made a bronze insert that goes in a 3/4" collet that has a narrow blade on it. I push the sight around with the cross feed. It is handy when I cerakote....I can take a measurement from the side of the slide and get the sights back....exactly right.