Front Sight Removal

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I have recently purchased a new fiber optic site kit for my Winchester Model 94 30-30. And with ease i was able to remove the rear sight to replace it but the front site doesn't want to budge. :confused: does anyone have any idea of how i could slide the site out?
Thanks for the help
Andy
 
little help

If it drifts out, I would use a good brass punch and a dead blow hammer and drive it out left to right. You may have to strike the punch pretty firmly to get the sight to start moving. Ease up after you get the sight to start. Drive in the new sight right to left. If it is very tight and the sight still won't budge, I have used a propane torch to heat up the sight base slightly, just enough to have it expand enough to allow the sight to be driven out. Just be careful and use only enough heat to warm it up good and not to make it change color. Sometimes the dove tail has been peened to tighten it up and now and then you find one that has had loctite put in it to tighten it up. Either way, the heat will usually break the sight loose. Make sure to check for any pins that need to be removed before the sight can move. Good luck with it.
 
I also can use an electric heat gun to melt the red Loc-Tite without marking the metal like a torch does. I got mine at Ace harware years ago and it is a neat tool to have around. I used it yesterday to get a compensator off of a race gun threaded barrel built a long time ago.
I love the smell of Red Hot Loc-Tite in the Afternoon!
 
Another tool you can use... is a soldering iron. Just put the barrel in a padded vice, have your hammer and brass punch ready, and put the tip right on the front sight RAMP for a couple of minutes.

Good Luck...

Joe
 
Ok Thanks a lot for the help I will try this all towmarrow afternoon and see how it goes. Thanks once again
 
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