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making a Colt/Keith style sight base and front sight
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09-04-2016, 11:48 PM
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after tightening the sight blade into the base using a clamp I then drilled the holes though the sight blade.
I then squared the blade up with the base. and did a mock up. looking pretty good so far.
for the pins I took a wore out 1/16" drill bit and heated it up with a torch till the steel softened. I then cut the new pins and put a slight bend in them so they'd stay nice and tight during recoil.
the blade was a little too wide so using the belt sander and hand sanding I was able to thin it down.
rough cutting the sight and shaping it with files.
I used Birchwood casey super blue to blue it.
all in all it turned out better than I expected but only time will tell if it was worth the effort.
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