I have a few pistols I want to put night sights on and am looking for advice on how I should procedd with this. I have seen a general sight pushing tool from Brownells that looks like it holds the slide in place and has a screw adjustment for drifting the sight out. I have also seen where some people use a nylon punch and a hammer. The guns I am doing are a glock 27, a 1911, and an H&K USPc 45. Anybody have some advice?

I don't have much experience with so called "universal" sight pushers. That a variety of guns you are looking to work on. I personally have purchased gun specific MGW sight pushers for 4 different guns I own. H&K, Sig, S&W M&P, and 1911. I have a P500 universal that I've never tried out due to some mixed reports on the device. You might try specific firearms boards for advice. The MGWs are not cheap, (avg $100) but they do work well.

This thing seems to be getting good user reviews and the price is good.http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=325399

thanks for asking OP. I am wondering the same thing myself. I am stationed in Hawaii and good gunsmiths there are literally nonexistant. I need to change the sights out on a 92FS, a 1911 with novak sights, and an M&P. Would the P500 work?



That link doesn't appear to be working, do you have any more information on what it is?

10-8 sells a couple of delrin rods to drift them out. I used them on my Glock.

Not a recommendation - just FYI

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_5_18/122280_An_affordable_sight_pusher_tool_for_handguns.htmlhttp://www.ar15.com/forums/t_5_18/122280_An_affordable_sight_pusher_tool_for_handguns.html

I am not feeling it. For one, they are using course bolts, no fine adjustment on this tool.

That is the silliest thing I've ever heard. It's a bolt; a ramped device. It is infinitely adjustable no matter how coarse or fine the threads are. Now it may need some lube since a finer thread bolt would make turning it a lot smoother...

I use one of the $600 meprolight universal pushers in my shop and it works well but is VERY spendy. That one linked above looks like a pretty decent option to me although I'll warm anyone using it that they need to put masking tape on the bare aluminum to keep it from marking up slides. I also have (and dislike) the p500 tool mentioned above and wouldn't recommend it for removing sights as it is a fairly fragile design for stubborn dovetails. That said, I have a friend who broke a meprolighht unit trying to push out a XD set.

The finer the thread the finer the adjustment, very simple concept.

I left in 2010, but I couldve done anything with a dovetail for you along with staking a standard 1911 front sight.

Finer adjustments per turn. Just don't turn it as far.

I have one of these B&J and it works. Glocks are a piece of cake, the sigs that I have done needed the slide hold down piece also. I messed up one of the screws and called B&J ( admitted that I damaged the screw ) and they sent a replacement part for FREE. It does take a little more time to set up.