Pedersoli front sight Adjustment

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19 May 2017, 05:35

Rusty

Pedersoli front sight Adjustment

What kind of tool do you use to drift (adjust) the front tunnel sight on a Pedersoli Sharps 45/70?

Thanks for your imput!

Rusty
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19 May 2017, 19:26

speerchucker30x378

With octagon barrels I use my pistol sight press. With ramp sights I use the Lyman sight press when ever I can. All others I do in the vise with padded jaws and a hammer and brass or aluminum punch. If I had a horizontal spindle on my mill I would use that spindle to hold a punch and press them that way. Doing it in the vertical spindle is just to hard on the machine and collets.

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20 May 2017, 07:23

loud-n-boomer

They typically have a small set-screw accessed through a hole in the top of the sight. The hole is visible after flipping the lever that holds the inserts to one side.