Gluing on sights?

[troutseeker]

I had a Dlask shotgun barrel on which a front sight was apparently glued on. Anyone here knows what kinda of super duper glue that is and where I can get some?

Troutseeker

 

[12magnum]

I've used polychoke's meteal epoxy for vent ribs and as long as you follow the application instructions , it works great. google polychoke

 

[gunpro]

how about JB weld?

 

[Wendell]

I think this is what you're looking for.

Loctite® 380™ Black Max®
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[Republic of Alberta]

I glued on a True Glow on my Mossberg. The threads were weak so I screwed it in and used common epoxy to hold it in place and build a round the bead a bit. I have fired about 50 slugs through it since and it is holding.

 

[SuperCub]

Sometimes you see a blued barrel band front sight and sling band on a stainless bbl.

How are these permently attached without using heat and ruining the finish?


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[manbearpig]

I glued on a True Glow on my Mossberg. The threads were weak so I screwed it in and used common epoxy to hold it in place and build a round the bead a bit. I have fired about 50 slugs through it since and it is holding.

IMO that little bit of screw/pin, even mostly stripped, would add a tremendous amount of holding power once epoxied in. same goes for epoxying something onto a vent rib.
i think a simple smooth sight base on a plain barrel would be much weaker.

 

[fratri]

I used some hot glue on my shot gun to hold my sights in. Problably not the best thing but its what I had and seems to be working so far.

 

[Mauser98]

Sometimes you see a blued barrel band front sight and sling band on a stainless bbl.

How are these permently attached without using heat and ruining the finish?


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On the last barrel band I installed, I used Brownells Acra-glas gel to hold it on the barrel. Squeeze-out was wiped off with acetone.