Front sight install/adjust: Do i need a special tool?

deerollman · November 17, 2007, 20:20

seems like i can get it in there with my fingers if i leave the spring out. what is a good rule of thumb for getting the elevation right?

brownknees · November 17, 2007, 20:25

Inch, or Metric?

vmtz · November 17, 2007, 21:54

Inch Swiss Army knife. Metric, snap ring pliers.

Vince

lew · November 17, 2007, 22:08

Quote:

Originally posted by vmtz
Inch Swiss Army knife. Metric, snap ring pliers.

Vince

I'm surprised you didn't recommend a piece of silverware, knowing your accomplice's preference for one.

vmtz · November 17, 2007, 22:11

Quote:

Originally posted by lew

I'm surprised you didn't recommend a piece of silverware, knowing your accomplice's preference for one.

I didn't want to steal his thunder.

Vince

Stranger · November 17, 2007, 22:27

I bought one of the combo devices that Gunpartsguy sells. Actually, I have bought many of them because I kept losing them... and finding them... and losing them. The up side is that I now get to keep one in the glovebox of each car and one in my range box.

They are cheap. Plus, I will never have to answer to the wife if she finds one of her (formerly) nice forks in the glovebox.

(Those darn kids!)

MyTFAL · November 18, 2007, 21:36

Tip from another faler, the large black office paper clip things with the handles that flip,... the handles with the bent ends cut off work great.

Scott S · November 19, 2007, 11:00

I use a pair of small needle-nose pliers that I keep in the range bag.

deerollman · November 19, 2007, 14:23

Quote:

Originally posted by MyTFAL
Tip from another faler, the large black office paper clip things with the handles that flip,... the handles with the bent ends cut off work great.

thats my kind of solution!

November 17, 2007, 20:20	#1
deerollman Registered FALaholic #: 18699 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NC Posts: 3,126	Front sight install/adjust: Do i need a special tool? seems like i can get it in there with my fingers if i leave the spring out. what is a good rule of thumb for getting the elevation right?

November 17, 2007, 22:27	#6
Stranger Registered FALaholic #: 3555 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 9,497	I bought one of the combo devices that Gunpartsguy sells. Actually, I have bought many of them because I kept losing them... and finding them... and losing them. The up side is that I now get to keep one in the glovebox of each car and one in my range box. They are cheap. Plus, I will never have to answer to the wife if she finds one of her (formerly) nice forks in the glovebox. (Those darn kids!) __________________ If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate.

November 18, 2007, 21:36	#7
MyTFAL Registered FALaholic #: 19910 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Slidell,La. Posts: 358	Tip from another faler, the large black office paper clip things with the handles that flip,... the handles with the bent ends cut off work great. __________________ " I am not Paranoid, I am prepared." "So many guns,so little money..." " It is easier to beg for forgiveness, than to plead for permission...."

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November 17, 2007, 20:25	#2
brownknees Registered FALaholic #: 14917 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: mid atlantic Posts: 12,015	Inch, or Metric?

November 17, 2007, 21:54	#3
vmtz FALaholic #: 1125 Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Here right now Posts: 17,638	Inch Swiss Army knife. Metric, snap ring pliers. Vince

November 19, 2007, 11:00	#8
Scott S Registered FALaholic #: 355 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 3,412	I use a pair of small needle-nose pliers that I keep in the range bag.