$70.26 Can., to your door. Seven left.
Bought a Sight Pusher Tool
- Thread starter Ganderite
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$70.26 Can., to your door. Seven left.
Cool. Did he get back to you on that? Mine is still pretty new and the pusher doesn't have any signs of wear (only pushed 3 sights) so not sure if I really need the newer one.
I was thinking that maybe the threads on the pusher was soft and potential for stripping after a bit of usage. Personally for me, it's a tool, I don't care much if it got dinged or light rusting from sitting in my tool box.
OK, I see your concern. There is an inch of big threads there, so it would take a lot to strip them.
I just used it to break loose the rear sight on some CAnAm 1911s. Those suckers are in super tight. I suspect they are inserted with a ram of some kind. they popped loose with an audible snap.
A finer pitch thread might be more at risk of stripping.
But, when you use the tool to remove rear sights, you then have to screw the pusher all the way back to the other side for the next one. A fine pitch would take a lot of screwing. Slow. I found it slow even with the course pitch.
I just used it to break loose the rear sight on some CAnAm 1911s. Those suckers are in super tight. I suspect they are inserted with a ram of some kind. they popped loose with an audible snap.
A finer pitch thread might be more at risk of stripping.
But, when you use the tool to remove rear sights, you then have to screw the pusher all the way back to the other side for the next one. A fine pitch would take a lot of screwing. Slow. I found it slow even with the course pitch.
Ditto. You can always put a socket in a drill to speed up the resetting process. lol
My only complaint is that there is a little bit of play in the threads, I guess that's where the finer threads would benefit. I was thinking of spraying the lower blocks that lock the slide with bed liner to avoid marring the slide finish so I don't have to either tape up the slide and use cardboard shims etc. Not sure if that would be a bad idea.
On sights that are tough to budge, try giving them a quick spray of air from an upside down can of compressed air. Just the sight alone and not the slide itself.
