Help a newbie fix his sights

[>Jenkins<]

Today I finally took my new 870 out to play.My very first shot I took the damn sight at the end of the barrel popped off , and landed right in the snow!! Tell me the right way to fix it , glue , epoxy ,duct tape? The rest of the day was great almost 100 rounds of slug and birdshot mix and probably 200 rounds on my .22!!

And obviously the duct tape was a joke!! Sorry about the crappy iPhone pics!!

 

[Plink]

If you bought it new, I'd take it back. Can you take a clearer picture of the sight mount? Hard to see it.

PS, Clean up your room! LOL

 

[>Jenkins<]

Ok here is more pic's

This is what it should be like!

This is how it slides back and forth!

This is a side view!

More side view.

Anyone have any ideas how to properly stick this on??

 

[ben hunchak]

It's a dovetail, you hammer it in Right to left using a brass punch and hammer. If fit isn't tight enough you need to use a sharp steel punch to expand the metal on male dovetail.

 

[Lodi]

Use a flat faced punch. Tap the top edge of the base dovetail down. One light tap front, one light tap rear. For appearances, do not tap the edges where it is visible.

Go easy on the taps, a little goes a long ways. I usually add a bit of Loctite 290 also, though it's not really needed.

 

[Plink]

It's a dovetail, you hammer it in Right to left using a brass punch and hammer. If fit isn't tight enough you need to use a sharp steel punch to expand the metal on male dovetail.

Yup. exactly.

 

[Leg]

It's new so I'd take it back. They'll either replace it or have it fixed/installed using the methods described above.