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12/17/2020 1:38:35 PM EDT


I am looking to pick up a two point front sight tool but cannot find one, does anyone have any advice on where one can be found?
12/17/2020 3:23:25 PM EDT
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I’ve found the best tool is a pair of snap ring pliers
12/17/2020 3:35:37 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By joelp23:
I’ve found the best tool is a pair of snap ring pliers
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ditto
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12/17/2020 4:16:01 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By kanewtervalve:

ditto
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Originally Posted By kanewtervalve:
Originally Posted By joelp23:
I’ve found the best tool is a pair of snap ring pliers

ditto


Third-ed, and, shockingly, they work for snap rings.
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12/17/2020 10:25:30 PM EDT
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Thanks for the advice guys, I have not had the need for a snap ring tool for years and do not have one right now.

I did find out that Gunthings has a tool.

http://www.gunthings.com/FALgassighttool.jpg

Scroll about half way down the tools page.
12/20/2020 9:18:32 AM EDT
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DS Arms
Brownells also has them but are more expensive.
7/12/2021 11:35:58 AM EDT
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I knocked mine out of a 1/4" pipe nipple and cap a while back, but I was in a hurry.
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12/18/2021 10:40:30 AM EDT
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Mine from Tapco is labeled as FAL/SKS ....
12/18/2021 4:08:46 PM EDT
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Gunthings.com has them under FNFAL accessories.  It works on the sights and the gas regulator.

http://gunthings.com/
12/18/2021 9:01:55 PM EDT
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Micro needle nose also works
12/18/2021 9:38:06 PM EDT
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Most of the front-sight tools are total shit.

You will wring the tool-tits right off the first time you try to turn a sight that gives any resistance.

The front sight threads right into the front sight block, and serves as a gas plug. The threads get completely carboned-up, and often corroded.

Use lots of penetrating oil if you ever have to adjust the front sight. Use a steel punch to get the sight started moving. Once it gets started, pull it all the way out and clean up the threads.

Re-install the sight, and zero the rifle for elevation before the threads seize up again.

Then never try to mess with the front sight again.
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Sorry for two years old thread resurrection but I ended up just making my own out of an old socket. This might help someone in the future.

Inside diameter is .250 and outside is .380

If you can find a socket with the outside wall that approximate dimensions it's pretty easy to cut it down with a Dremel and hand file to fit. I used a 6mm socket.

It also fits really well in the sight adjustment grooves in an Aimpoint Pro!

Thanks to the dude above who made it from a piece of pipe for the idea.
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9/29/2023 2:15:41 PM EDT
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I just use snap ring pliers from Home Depot
9/29/2023 9:52:05 PM EDT
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Most of the front-sight tools are total shit.

You will wring the tool-tits right off the first time you try to turn a sight that gives any resistance.


The front sight threads right into the front sight block, and serves as a gas plug. The threads get completely carboned-up, and often corroded.  
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Definitely this!

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