How to remove the front sight on my 629-6

Stand it up right, and put a few drops of oil in the hole. Let it sit over night. The next day start working it back and forth. The blade and plunger will come loose. At least that's been my experience.

I got it out, new sight installed. Oil would not have worked in this case. There was to much material on the OEM sight to just slide it back and up and out. I had to rap on it with a hammer, put a pair of vise grips on and lightly rap the vise grips while locked on the sight to get it to come out. There was no damage to the gun at all, just marred up the OEM sight real good. Bought a new Hi-Viz sight and sanded the new sight down and it slipped right in, no problem.
 
I got it out, new sight installed. Oil would not have worked in this case. There was to much material on the OEM sight to just slide it back and up and out. I had to rap on it with a hammer, put a pair of vise grips on and lightly rap the vise grips while locked on the sight to get it to come out. There was no damage to the gun at all, just marred up the OEM sight real good. Bought a new Hi-Viz sight and sanded the new sight down and it slipped right in, no problem.

That sounds very annoying. Glad you got it done without damaging the gun.
 
Lucky your OEM front sight came out so easy!! Mine got destroyed removing it. The new sight fits so much better than the old one, as I made it fit the gun barrel (sanding). I have yet to loose a front sight. On both my .460 and 44 Mag the front sights are in there.

The front sight on my 460V is double-pinned, 460 Magnum. Yours is the Deluxe spring loaded type like your .44?
 
That sounds very annoying. Glad you got it done without damaging the gun.
Yes it was very annoying to have a brand new gun with a front sight stuck like that in the barrel. I did not want to send it back to S&W which would take like 2-3 weeks before I got it back. If I end up going back to the red ramp, I will buy a new one, and make the new sight fit the barrel again. The new sight on the gun now, is slick to replace, easy as anything to remove/ install.
 
The front sight on my 460V is double-pinned, 460 Magnum. Yours is the Deluxe spring loaded type like your .44?

Yes my .460 S&W XVR 8.38" barrel has the easy sight change system, same as my 629-6, 6.5" barrel. The sight simply slides back and up and out. My 460 is slick to replace the front sight, very little effort to remove it/ install it. My new sight on my .44 Mag is now the same way. I have yet to loose a front sight on both of these guns when shooting, or carrying them.
 
First post here, and bumping this thread with a 'thanks.' I found the forum searching for answers on why my brand new 460 XVR was shooting 6" high with the rear sight screwed full downward. It also explains why they ship it with a much taller iron sight in the box. Very nifty quick change design I'm assuming ballistics are so different between .45 Colt and 460 mag that you need the wide range?
Anyhow, thanks for the useful thread, saved me lots of time.
 
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