A couple weeks ago, on this board, I found that I had an early Springfield rear sight on an early Rock Island rifle and a Rock Island rear sight on a Springfield that had been refurbished at Rock Island during WW1. Removing and replacing the leafs with the attached drift slide, slide, slide cap, etc was pretty straight forward. Now I realize that the grooved slide screw would be "correct" for the early Rock Island rifle. It's now on the refurbished Springfield, with the early Springfield slide that was on the Rock. How big a project is removing the slide and slide cap. The slide cap pin looks pretty small and easily buggered. Also, how does one remove a drift slide from the sight leaf? Looks like the drift slide pin riveted to the back prevents removal and would prevent replacement with a new drift slide. Any suggestions or encouragement would be appreciated.
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