how to remove rear sight from pre-92 Buck Mark?

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mickeyfinn

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hi fellas,

i'm brand new to this forum. i belong to others but no one in any of them has been able to answer this gunsmithing question.

i think it's kind of a "toughie."

just got a new sight mount base for a 1991 Browning Buck Mark Plus. i want to replace the old one. i gouged it with a screwdriver. i still can't believe i did it. i usually take my time and proceed with caution when i'm working on firearms. i swear i almost puked when i saw what i had done!

from what i can surmise, browning switched over to the pro-target sights in 1992. i can't find ANY info about these older sights, including how to adjust them.

there's a main screw on top which i think is for elevation. there are also a couple tiny pins that i think stake the sight on to the base. you could mistake the pins for screws when looking at the pics i posted below. but they really are pins, not screws.

i was thinking of flattening the end of a small nail (a brad) and using it to punch these pins out. and then i thought, "whoah! ask someone who knows how to remove and replace this sight." i have visions of tiny springs flying all over the place and such.

anyway, i have enclosed some pics. can someone take me by the hand and give me a step by step primer on this operation please? once complete, this pistol will be back to 98% and i'll be able to sleep nights.

it was just about perfect when i bought it and i want to make it that way again.

when i first got it and was examing the internals the only thing wrong with it was the recoil buffer which i noticed was chipped. i replaced it and i gouged the base when i was reassembling.

the pistol shoots like a dream and the sights, on the old base, are right on the money.

will i have to adjust the rear sight after i switch bases?

if that screw is the elevation screw, will i have to remove it to get the assembly off the base?

how do i get those tiny pins out?

ok. i'll shut up and let somebody (hopefully) just take it from the top and run the process down for me.

thank you,

mike

here are the pics, i numbered them so we're all on the same page when we're talking about the sight.

pic 1
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pic 2
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pic 3
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pic 4
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Put it back together and shoot the thing. That's what these things were made for....

If you have to ge tht thing apart and don't know about brass punches or roll pins, maybe you could give your local gunsmith a $20 bill and have him do it.



-tINY

 
tINY,

as a matter of fact, the old mount and sight are back on it. and like i said, it shoots great.

i don't care if it's pretty. but i may want to sell it one day and you know how that goes.

i knocked that sucker down from 98% to 85%-90% and would lose money on it. i hate losing money. i ain't gonna bore you with lots of pics. i'll just shoot you one.

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see what i mean. nice pistola, isn't it? and when i sell it, i want it to bring me good money, so at that time i'm going to want to replace the mount.

and yeah, i'll probably end up at a smith. but i also like to learn how to do things on my own.

mickeyfinn
 

I can't tell from the pictures, but it looks like taking out the adjutsment screw and having a look underneath might reveal some detalils.

It might be staked looking at the picture from underneath... That's a real pain to deal with.

For a decreace of maybe $40 when you tire of her, I wouldn't worry about it.



-tINY

 
yeah tINY,

you're right. $40 ain't crap.

tell ya what... you send me $40 in the mail, ok? i'll pay the postage.

(just a joke, tINY. don't get riled up. something tells me it's not a good idea to piss off a guy named "tINY.")

mickfinney
 
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harry,

got one. a nice older 1987 Mark II, MK-512, blue, 5.5" bull barrel, adjustable sights. great pistol.

but the Buck Mark ain't exactly a POS, either.

if someone told me i had to sell one of them, i'd probably shoot him one time with the one i didn't want to sell. which means he'd be shot twice.

mickey
 


$40 aint crap compared to hours of your time and $30 or more in parts and.or finish work. Maybe your time is worth less than I think mine is.....

I do have a few guns I obsess over, so I understand.

But, hey, $40 will buy about 2000 rounds of 22 lr - that's a lot of shooting and cleaning.



-tINY

 
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