IndyGunworks
Grandmaster
The newer smiths w/ a pinned in front sight are WAY easier. This was an install on the older model that needs the front sight milled down to .060x.080 and .060 back from the front of the rib.
Indicated everthing in. I snapped a pic at the begginning but forgot to snap one once i had everything set up.
Got it milled down, and took a few strokes w/ a file to get the edges trimmed and roughed up to make a good bonding point for the epoxy.
Mixed up the epoxy. I used marinetex because its what i had around.
Degreased the front and the inside of the sight.
I used a soft face clamp and pressed the front sight on. q tips w/ wd40 to clean up the overflow.
Once the epoxy set i dressed the sight rib down because it looks goofy if you dont. Once it was dressed down, i polished it out to match the rest of the revolver. (its probably a bit more polished now, but let it spend a week or two in a pocket and it will look like the rest of the gun.)
Test fired and all went well.
I decided i would make the hammer low profile while i was at it. So i chucked it in the mill, roughed off most of the material, dressed it up with a mill bastard file, then a fine gut, then polised it out also once i had the profile looking proffesional.
Total time was probably around 2 hours, not including epoxy cure time, or rangetime. The sight cost me 54 dollars.
Indicated everthing in. I snapped a pic at the begginning but forgot to snap one once i had everything set up.
Got it milled down, and took a few strokes w/ a file to get the edges trimmed and roughed up to make a good bonding point for the epoxy.
Mixed up the epoxy. I used marinetex because its what i had around.
Degreased the front and the inside of the sight.
I used a soft face clamp and pressed the front sight on. q tips w/ wd40 to clean up the overflow.
Once the epoxy set i dressed the sight rib down because it looks goofy if you dont. Once it was dressed down, i polished it out to match the rest of the revolver. (its probably a bit more polished now, but let it spend a week or two in a pocket and it will look like the rest of the gun.)
Test fired and all went well.
I decided i would make the hammer low profile while i was at it. So i chucked it in the mill, roughed off most of the material, dressed it up with a mill bastard file, then a fine gut, then polised it out also once i had the profile looking proffesional.
Total time was probably around 2 hours, not including epoxy cure time, or rangetime. The sight cost me 54 dollars.
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