Snapped head off sight screw!

[bigggbbruce]

Tapping a hole and getting a bigger screw doesn't take much doing.

Having been raised by a father that was a machinist, I know that. But my effort would have been to keep the gun in it's original configuration.

You may never put the original sights back on the gun, but if you do. Now what.?

 

[willy]

If you need to tap a hole to put the gun back in action, my thought might be to drill two more holes and tap them too. Then you could install a rail that uses the hole pattern used on current S&W revolvers. I have been satisfied with the Weigand Combat mounts, but if you go with the standard hole pattern, there are lots of options.

I looked at one of those B-square rails, and I wondered how it would hold up with a very light red dot on a small caliber gun. But for a 44 magnum, more substantial options might be worth considering.

There's a good idea.

 

[willy]

Having been raised by a father that was a machinist, I know that. But my effort would have been to keep the gun in it's original configuration.

You may never put the original sights back on the gun, but if you do. Now what.?

The original sights are back on it now...The only difference is that the threads on the sight screw are bigger. Same size screw head, just needed to open up the hole in the sight base.

 

[WR Moore]

The major effort on those mounts that used one screw in the top strap and what amounted to a nut & bolt in the elevation screw slot was to make very, very sure that the mount fit tightly against the step for the rear sight body. That was your recoil shoulder.

The couple I did required a bit of work on the sight base to get that tight fit. SFAIK, they never moved.