need DX interchangeable front sight Blades

kdiver58 · Jul 17, 2014

I am looking for .250 and .227 high front sight blades, DX style , to fit a Weigand interchangeable front sight. Most of what I have come up with has been with a fiber optic in it. I do not want a fiber optic blade. Also I want Patridge style blades.

Thanks .. K

toasted · Jul 17, 2014

Bowens offers a blank that you can file to any style that you want. I keep a couple on hand to modify as needed:

Front Sights : + Bowen Classic Arms +, Parts Store

Brownell's carries this S&W set:

SIGHT SET, FRONT, CLASSIC, K&L-FRAME | Brownells

It has .187, .208, .227 heights.

Nightowl · Jul 17, 2014

Not too long ago, I saw a set listed on the S&W web site. You might look there first.

kdiver58 · Jul 19, 2014

Thanks

@ Toasted Thanks I ended up ordering a couple of blanks as most of the blades were at the .227 , which is at my min size, or smaller.

This is the S&W link.

Product: Sight Bag Assy

KLYDE · Jul 19, 2014

Nightowl said:
Not too long ago, I saw a set listed on the S&W web site. You might look there first.

NIGHTOWL,
THANKS for the info. Last Summer I stumbled upon a 629 DX package. Complete except for 3 missing sight blades. Included paperwork had the individual blade part #'s and I placed an order with the Factory. For some reason I never got it. Called CS 3 times and was told it will ship. Been almost a year. Lost cause.

Researched the sight kit and it includes the 3 blades I'm missing. Just placed the order. Hope I get this one. Thanks for the tip. DIVER, thanks for the thread. Today is a good day.
Regards

Nightowl · Jul 20, 2014

Very nice DX. I hope the sights fill the bill.

toasted · Jul 23, 2014

I have never been very shy about giving advice, so hear goes. Here is a link to the hand vice that I use to trim sight blade:

Super Hand Vise

I hold it between my knees and work slowly. I put good quality PVC tape on the jaw faces and across the top of the jaws and file down until the file just kisses the tape. this keeps the file cut square. This is the tape I use:

BEDDING/MASKING TAPE | Brownells

It is not cheap, just the best I have found in my years of smithing. I keep several sizes on hand.

After gettiny very close using the tape I have feeler guage stock that I trim to fit and use two sided tape to attach to the top of the vise and using an india stone I final fit down til I kiss the feeler stock evenly on both sides.
If I want to serate the front edge I rotate the sight blade and leave just enough proud or the jaws so that when the checkering file (held at 90deg to the blade) touches the guage stock the file has cut full depth leaving a sharp edged surface and gives a great sight picture.

REMEMBER, WORK SLOWLY!!!!

racknrider · Jul 24, 2014

How about Dawson Precision? Seems like I remember seeing some non FO sights there.

jaymoore · Jul 25, 2014

toasted said:
I have never been very shy about giving advice, so hear goes. Here is a link to the hand vice that I use to trim sight blade:

Super Hand Vise

I hold it between my knees and work slowly. I put good quality PVC tape on the jaw faces and across the top of the jaws and file down until the file just kisses the tape. this keeps the file cut square....

Or kdiver58 can use the surface grinder he has in his shop! Or maybe the milling machine. If he had a wire EDM then I'd have him making me sight blades out the wazoo.

kdiver58 · Aug 6, 2014

Busted

jaymoore said:
Or kdiver58 can use the surface grinder he has in his shop! Or maybe the milling machine. If he had a wire EDM then I'd have him making me sight blades out the wazoo.

I have made a print ..

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