I am getting ready to install a HiViz green fiber optic front sight on my 617. I read that you can drive the pin out with a .050 pin punch, and then remove the front sight blade with padded pliers. The replacement HiViz sight is not pre-drilled. I will drill the new sight a couple thousanths smaller than the pin.
I can envision everything except press fitting the pin back into the side of a small odd shaped piece. Arbor press it? Tap it in with a ball peen? What works best?