Henry got a new front sight

[dave19113]

After shooting a few loads I took some calculations and gave Skinner sights a call to do the numbers.

We came up with a sight height that should do the trick.

The wild thing was how hard it was to remove the front sight. It was as if it was welded in.

After trying multiple punches, bigger hammers, and Krill oil I ended up taking my Dremel and cutting horizontally across the sight so it folded in on itself.

The new sight went in easy in 3 pieces. A little bit of Loctite and I was on my way

Hopefully next week some zeroing.


https://i.imgur.com/Vu53nvt.jpg?1

[sparkyv]

Nice work. I likes me a good gold bead.

[BubbaBBadd]

Just found this post! I'm getting the same front sight with the ramp, it just looks better and doesn't look like a flag sticking up on a skinny barrel. Try loosening things up with a 50/50 mix of acetone and auto tranny fluid, ATF. Put a couple of drops where you would like it and tap the area with something hard. The liquid should go in. I bought one of those electric pencils that vibrates and the fluid goes right in. Let it soak for a while and this will help loosen stuff. Then again, there's always the 'bigger hammer.' Bubba