Need help with 27-2 rear sight

[Mod27]

Hi all,

So I needed to replace the rear sight parts on my 27-2 because for whatever reason it was very hard to move and had no clicks when the windage adjusting screw was turned.

The leaf moved but the screw was very mushy and stalled in spots and needed excessive force to move further.

So I watched the Midway and Brownells videos on how to do this but my windage adjustment screw would not break at the end of travel like it is supposed to so the parts can be removed.

I ended up buggering the screw slot using more force to try and break the screw to the point that any screwdriver cannot get enough purchase in the screw head to turn it.

Now I know it's next to impossible to find a replacement sight platform for a 27-2 so how can I get these parts out of the sight platform to replace them?

Could the screw end in the slotted nut on the other side be drilled?
I know that the screw is staked in the nut but is it possible, or is there another way to get the parts out of the platform without destroying it?

I have all the associated new parts coming from Brownells, I just need some guidance on how to get the old ones out.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

[Protocall_Design]

Send me the parts and I will rebuild it for you if you want. PM for address.

 

[Patrick L]

If it wouldn't "break" I'd venture its broken already and either rust, congealed oil, or some such crud is what's holding it all in. See if you can get a dental pick into one of the slots on the slotted nut and either pull, push, or spin to get things apart.

And yes, either end of the screw could be carefully drilled out if it came to that.

 

[Spokes]

I would send it to Protocall_Design....

 

[Mod27]

Thank you all for the responses and to Protocall_Design for the kind offer.

PM sent.

 

[Bob L]

This is one of the reasons that this forum is one of the very best on the web! Very nice offer!

Send me the parts and I will rebuild it for you if you want. PM for address.

 

[krsmith58]

This is one of the reasons that this forum is one of the very best on the web! Very nice offer!

Bob L , what you said Xs 2 . learning and welcome is awesome . thanks , Kenny

 

[bigggbbruce]

Hi all,

So I needed to replace the rear sight parts on my 27-2 because for whatever reason it was very hard to move and had no clicks when the windage adjusting screw was turned.

The leaf moved but the screw was very mushy and stalled in spots and needed excessive force to move further.

Couple of drops of oil and a little back and forth has corrected this many times for me..

No parts needed. But you are past that now..