Have any of you removed this sight? I'm thinking of something different for my 37-2.
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That's a high dollar night sight. If you do remove it, do so carefully. It has a tritium vial inside that can be broken. If handled with care, it can be sold or used on another gun.
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If you can determine the brand, call them and ask how it's installed for that firearm. There might be a hidden pin......or maybe epoxy.
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Thank you. Not sure what it is but it doesn't glow in the dark & the white dot disappears in the sunlight. And for me, it doesn't work with the rear notch.
It must be a custom job as the original has an integral FS. Usually such a sight would be pinned in but there's no sign of a cross pin. Is there perhaps a set screw inserted longitudinally from the muzzle end? Otherwise I guess it could be epoxied or Loctited in, which would require the application of heat to release.
Whatever you replace it with will also have to be a custom install. I suppose the tritium vial could be removed and the hole filled with a pin and re-blackened, or a brass/gold pin put in. This may not solve the "doesn't work with the rear notch" problem, though.
Whatever you replace it with will also have to be a custom install. I suppose the tritium vial could be removed and the hole filled with a pin and re-blackened, or a brass/gold pin put in. This may not solve the "doesn't work with the rear notch" problem, though.
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There are markings on the front & top, neither are readable. I'm guessing it is mounted with glue or epoxy.
By the rounded profile it might be XS. Many others have a square top.
From the XS website:
S&W J Frame Integral Front (Fixed Rear): Installation for the J-Frame with an integral front requires a gunsmith to mill away most of the existing front sight ramp. Any two-part epoxy, like JB Weld, then affixes the Big Dot onto the existing stub. View Written Installation Instructions.
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If that rib is uniform width, milling a dovetail might work for a more conventional sight.
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This is something considered.
