Improvized Sight Tool?

[tapedeck74]

Hi,

I just bought Meprolight Night Sights for my Glock 17 and I'm wondering if there might be some kind of tool at Home Depot, etc.. that I could use to drift in the rear sight. Proper sight tools are ~$100 and I don't feel like dealing with a gunsmith if I don't have to.

Thanks, Steve

 

[G37]

You could order a sight tool for under a $100 when all is said and done from www.lonewolfdist.com

That is where I got mine. If you are in a hurry you could 1-day it but then you will be paying more

 

[Musky Hunter]

i did mine myself...

drift the sights with a BRASS punch and hammer...

 

[tapedeck74]

I'm a cheap bastard so even the $69USD tool is too pricey for something I'll probably only use once.

I'm trying to avoid the hammer and punch scenario. If they were not tritium sights that is what I'd use, but I don't want to break the vials or anything.
I'll probably just try to press it in against a block of hard wood using my bare hands. I'm just not sure how tight they fit.
I'll let you know how it goes, if anyone's interested...

Thanks

 

[G37]

I don't think it will go... they are pressed quite tight.
I bought the tool and have used it 3 times now ... 2 Glocks of mine and anothers at the range. It is the Blue one that you saw on their site ($69USD) with slanted edges.

~Good luck though

Hmmmmmm... I don't see myself getting another Glock for sometime or using it again anytime soon.

Interested in mine? I'd sell it for $80 Shipped EMT (you'd have it probably on Wednesday). PM if you want it. Still like new

~Cheers

 

[dnepr]

If you have a drill press . You could grip a piece of brass in the chuck and use it like an arbor press .

 

[tapedeck74]

That drill press idea might work. I might try modifying a c-clamp and see how that goes.

 

[tapedeck74]

Well, I was unable to get it in with various clamps. Gave up and brought it to the gunsmith. $10 and 5 minutes later it was all over.

 

[Ripstop]

Did he use a hammer and brass punch? As a machinist, I am hesitant to force anything but sometimes that is the way to go and almost all the time, that is the easiest and best solution.

 

[tapedeck74]

He didn't do it in front of me, but I told him not to hammer it in, and he said he used pusher tool. In any case, the vials seem to be undamaged. If he punched them in then he was risking buying me a new sight if he broke the vials.