I’ve asked on several firearms forums I belong to, if this is not allowed please delete. If you have a 1911 plunger tube staking tool for sale or one I could borrow ( I’ll pay postage both ways) please message me. I know they are not that expensive, but I just hate to buy a tool I’ll only use once. I’m 73 years old, and I know I’ll never need one again. Thanks.
Roger Allgood
Georgetown Texas.

Roger put this in the WTB forum, you might get a better chance of getting a hit.

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Thanks. I posted there.

Got a big vise to clamp the frame in? Need firm padding too.

Loong ago I bought the MMC 1911 front sight staking fixture. It wasn't low cost, but if you read and followed the directions. it did a quality job. I think they quit making it because after the patent ran out, it got badly copied by others.

That said, it exponentially increased the quality of the installation if you first machined a flat surface on the top of the slide for the sight to fit on. At least on Colts. It appeared that Colt simply touched the slide with a grinder. The spot might be flat, it might be perpendicular to the slide sides, but not necessarily both-or either.

There's a lot of folks who call themselves "gunsmiths" that are simply parts changers.