It's amazing what can be done with a bit of JB Weld
by Paul 
, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 18:29 (4186 days ago) @ lee jurras
a file and the courage to "go where no man has gone before". :) The old Stevens Favorite lost its front sight way down south of the big river. There was nothing in that country that fit. Everything we found was too small. It ended up cobbled together with a shim to take up the slack. The last I knew it still had that shim and it still works. Looks like a home made mud pie, but shoots well enough.
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- pistol rear sight dovetail widths? any one know them? -
cable,
2013-06-11, 23:07
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- pistol rear sight dovetail widths? any one know them? - Harry O-1, 2013-06-12, 09:45
- Difficult to measure with absolute accuracy unless... -
Hoot,
2013-06-12, 13:15
- Difficult to measure with absolute accuracy unless... -
lee jurras,
2013-06-12, 15:03
- wondering what the width of various replacement sights -
cable,
2013-06-12, 15:28
- wondering what the width of various replacement sights -
lee jurras,
2013-06-12, 16:09
- The way I understand it, he's looking for measurements -
Paul,
2013-06-12, 16:15
- The way I understand it, he's looking for measurements -
lee jurras,
2013-06-12, 18:23
- It's amazing what can be done with a bit of JB Weld -
Paul,
2013-06-12, 18:29
- It's amazing what can be done with a bit of JB Weld -
lee jurras,
2013-06-12, 21:46
- That, and hand tools - FOG, 2013-06-12, 22:16
- It's amazing what can be done with a bit of JB Weld -
lee jurras,
2013-06-12, 21:46
- It's amazing what can be done with a bit of JB Weld -
Paul,
2013-06-12, 18:29
- The way I understand it, he's looking for measurements -
lee jurras,
2013-06-12, 18:23
- The way I understand it, he's looking for measurements -
Paul,
2013-06-12, 16:15
- wondering what the width of various replacement sights -
lee jurras,
2013-06-12, 16:09
- wondering what the width of various replacement sights -
cable,
2013-06-12, 15:28
- Difficult to measure with absolute accuracy unless... -
lee jurras,
2013-06-12, 15:03
- Given a little more info, I could probably find the answer -
FOG,
2013-06-12, 18:37
- Part Deux (lol) -
FOG,
2013-06-12, 19:26
- Part Trois: Inside The Pocket Optical Comparator - FOG, 2013-06-12, 19:56
- Part Deux (lol) -
lee jurras,
2013-06-12, 21:40
- It doesn't appear to matter much to gun & sight makers -
FOG,
2013-06-12, 22:04
- It doesn't appear to matter much to gun & sight makers -
lee jurras,
2013-06-12, 22:34
- I learned a few things about machining by designing parts - FOG, 2013-06-12, 22:49
- A few 'misfits' I've seen -
FOG,
2013-06-12, 23:33
- A few 'misfits' I've seen -
lee jurras,
2013-06-13, 00:01
- Thanks to all. i do have a dovetail file from brownells... -
cable,
2013-06-13, 14:51
- I find the optical comparator *VERY* useful - FOG, 2013-06-13, 18:17
- Thanks to all. i do have a dovetail file from brownells... -
cable,
2013-06-13, 14:51
- A few 'misfits' I've seen -
lee jurras,
2013-06-13, 00:01
- It doesn't appear to matter much to gun & sight makers -
lee jurras,
2013-06-12, 22:34
- It doesn't appear to matter much to gun & sight makers -
FOG,
2013-06-12, 22:04
- well, looks like Bobs has the sight blade, screw, and spring -
cable,
2013-06-13, 14:55
- Excellent! - FOG, 2013-06-13, 16:50
- Part Deux (lol) -
FOG,
2013-06-12, 19:26