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Re: Sight Installation Question....
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:29 pm
by BritOnTour
The Annoyed Man wrote:BritOnTour wrote:TAM, how far are you from
Shoot Smart in FW? They have an on site Gunsmith now.
I just got back from Shoot Smart. That's the
second good resource you've given me, the other being Hopp Custom Leather, thank you very much.
TAM, I am happy to help. I haven't been to Shoot Smart myself, even though it isn't too far from me it is out of my normal home-work route, but I've been keeping my eye on them. I think i will have to use them for my own sight install in the future.
Did you end up using Hopp for a holster? Any pics of what you had made?
Re: Sight Installation Question....
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:04 pm
by The Annoyed Man
9mmfan wrote:TAM, please follow up with info as to the quality and user friendly aspect of that tool. If you are dissatisfied, or feel that it was misrepresented, please let me know. That way. I will know not to recommend it in the future. Don't mean to use you as a guinea pig, so if it fails, please PM me.
Not a problem. It either works or it doesn't. He's got several pages of respondents on his thread, with no complaints that I could see, so it must work as advertised. The only thing I saw was a suggestion to put a brass tip or cap on the end of the screw that does the pushing so that the sight body being pushed doesn't get marred; but it would seem to me that a simple piece of tape or a small piece of leather would fix that problem......if it is a problem.
He shipped it to me via USPS in today's mail.
Re: Sight Installation Question....
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:30 am
by 9mmfan
Excellent. That makes me smile. Hope like heck it works for you.
Re: Sight Installation Question....
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 6:53 am
by rentz
The Annoyed Man wrote:Here is a look at the front sight in broad daylight. Couldn't get my cellphone camera to focus properly, but you get the idea:
Man that's bright in sunlight, I may have to get some of these.
Re: Sight Installation Question....
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:40 am
by The Annoyed Man
9mmfan wrote:http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=612357
This is the link. It looks pretty good. I am not affiliated with this fellow, but would like to reward his ingenuity and work. There is ordering info, as well as if I am not mistaken, a link to his sales on ebay. Maddest of propers to you TAM for pointing out the temporary quality of night sights, as I had not put that forethought into this. This caused me to lean even further into the idea of ordering one of these, and then we can all compare notes. As always, this forum is a constant learning experience, and thank you all for continuing to make this a place I enjoy being.
My sight pusher came in the mail on Thursday. I'll have to take some pictures and post them here.