Question about front sight post

[Peter Laidler]

Take it from me rdn, it is a dovetain fit in the foresight block and it WILL move. Done a zillion of them and you don't need to be particularly brutal. Remove the nose cap, support the foresight block and centre the blade using a small hammer and a brass drift.

[rnd0003]

Take it from me rdn, it is a dovetain fit in the foresight block and it WILL move. Done a zillion of them and you don't need to be particularly brutal. Remove the nose cap, support the foresight block and centre the blade using a small hammer and a brass drift.

Thanks a lot for the replies guys. The above quote is what Ive tried. I will try again or should I take it to a smith. Thanks again.

[Parashooter]

Bigger hammer!

[TCS-5]

Use a brass drift punch and hammer.

Here's a set of brass drift punches.


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[Alan de Enfield]

Or you could always just use the correct tool

[Smellymarkfive]

Its not moving, thats what Im trying to figure out. Im afraid to move past tapping.

I've never had one stuck that a brass punch wouldn't move. The two times I've had problems I stripped the furniture off laid the rifle on the floor put a block of oak under the sight block and tapped using brass punch. First I tapped it the way I didn't want it to go it was the same exact problem as yours and drifted it all the way out. I carefully cleaned up the staking burrs on the block and put a new blade in, the biggest size I had.
I learned the hard way before, if you think a hammer is the solution put your gun down and think it over for a few days.

[browningautorifle]

Or you could always just use the correct tool

Few and far between.