I have a surplus Mk II that is a real sow's ear and I want to upgrade the sights (the rear sight literally looks as if it were used as a hammer at some point).
The rear sight appears to have been dovetailed into the slide, although it's difficult to tell if it can be pushed out successfully. The dovetail doesn't appear to be damaged though. The front sight appears to be machined as part of the slide; the top of the slide was machined away leaving only the Mk II rib and front sight? it sure doesn't appear to be staked in--no indications from inside the slide.
presuming I can get the rear sight removed successfully, and cut a new dovetail to accept an aftermarket sight... what implications do I have regarding the front sight? right now, the pistol shoots very near POA, but if I replaced only the rear sight, I would stand a very good chance of not properly aligning with the front sight and messing up a relatively good thing.
I am not a gunsmith, I'm just looking for suggestions for how to address getting this work done. I suppose one COA would be to machine away the front sight and cut a dovetail for a new blade? one more thing, I intend to do this as part of a refinishing job--nothing fancy, just a matte black to replace the Hershey's bar finish of which about 70% remains. thoughts?
The rear sight appears to have been dovetailed into the slide, although it's difficult to tell if it can be pushed out successfully. The dovetail doesn't appear to be damaged though. The front sight appears to be machined as part of the slide; the top of the slide was machined away leaving only the Mk II rib and front sight? it sure doesn't appear to be staked in--no indications from inside the slide.
presuming I can get the rear sight removed successfully, and cut a new dovetail to accept an aftermarket sight... what implications do I have regarding the front sight? right now, the pistol shoots very near POA, but if I replaced only the rear sight, I would stand a very good chance of not properly aligning with the front sight and messing up a relatively good thing.
I am not a gunsmith, I'm just looking for suggestions for how to address getting this work done. I suppose one COA would be to machine away the front sight and cut a dovetail for a new blade? one more thing, I intend to do this as part of a refinishing job--nothing fancy, just a matte black to replace the Hershey's bar finish of which about 70% remains. thoughts?