Whatgorilla
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I had read that it was tough, and I wrote it off...I rarely seem to have problems that others have with magazines that are hard to load initially or slides that are hard to pull back or whatever.
Even the set-screw initially gave me trouble--though I heated it with a flame, then a heat-gun, it stripped my 1/16" hex key and of course the only one at Lowes was in a set for $20. Luckily, it worked fine.
BUT after spending 30 minutes hammering the hell out of the rear sight to get it off and the new one on, the front wouldn't budge. I knocked the hell out of it. I didn't want to slip and put a ding or chip in the surface (note: I never have the right tools for the job--I turned a stapler sideways to be my "block" when I did the Apex Install--hammering the pins out bent up the staples and I later overheard my wife explaining to her friend how odd it was that her stapler had been badly jammed). I was only using a hammer and 3/8" punch.
Anyway, I went at it again today and, after like an hour of work, the Ameriglo i-dot (not PRO) are on and centered--but man that WAS tougher than it should have been.
I wonder if the fact that the dovetail is not tapered MAKES it necessarily tough. Any ideas why they don't taper the dovetail?!
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NOTE: I'll have the trigger-pull tested tomorrow. I'm HOPING it's down to 3.5-4.25lbs, but I'm betting it's closer to 5lbs. The "click" I kept experiencing turns out to be related to that hinge in the trigger--when I pull in the middle-top of the trigger, it clicks, but if I focus on pulling in the lower or lower-middle, it isn't a bad pull...still a bit gritty for my liking, but the set up is okay and the break is definitely weaker and should improve my long distance accuracy.
Even the set-screw initially gave me trouble--though I heated it with a flame, then a heat-gun, it stripped my 1/16" hex key and of course the only one at Lowes was in a set for $20. Luckily, it worked fine.
BUT after spending 30 minutes hammering the hell out of the rear sight to get it off and the new one on, the front wouldn't budge. I knocked the hell out of it. I didn't want to slip and put a ding or chip in the surface (note: I never have the right tools for the job--I turned a stapler sideways to be my "block" when I did the Apex Install--hammering the pins out bent up the staples and I later overheard my wife explaining to her friend how odd it was that her stapler had been badly jammed). I was only using a hammer and 3/8" punch.
Anyway, I went at it again today and, after like an hour of work, the Ameriglo i-dot (not PRO) are on and centered--but man that WAS tougher than it should have been.
I wonder if the fact that the dovetail is not tapered MAKES it necessarily tough. Any ideas why they don't taper the dovetail?!
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NOTE: I'll have the trigger-pull tested tomorrow. I'm HOPING it's down to 3.5-4.25lbs, but I'm betting it's closer to 5lbs. The "click" I kept experiencing turns out to be related to that hinge in the trigger--when I pull in the middle-top of the trigger, it clicks, but if I focus on pulling in the lower or lower-middle, it isn't a bad pull...still a bit gritty for my liking, but the set up is okay and the break is definitely weaker and should improve my long distance accuracy.