Posted: 3/23/2010 11:32:07 AM EDT
| My K40 is shooting about an inch and a half left of point of aim at 12 yards or so. I have heard of how much of a bitch their sights are to remove, but what would be the best approach to drifting the rear sight over just a bit?? |
| They are a tight sight to move. I have a B&J P500 UNIVERSAL SIGHT TOOL that worked beautiful to shift the sight on my P9. I would not suggest using a punch and hammer, these sights just seem too tight for this method and you may damage your gun. Also, most ranges should have someone on site that could drift a sight for little or no $. |
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Kahr sights can be incredibly tight, and the next one reasonably loose.
You can check and possibly adjust it yourself without harming the gun if you're careful. Buy a GOOD brass or nylon drift and use a small brass or steel hammer. Tape up the entire slide except for the rear sight to protect from scratches. Put the gun on a FIRM bench top that isn't bouncy or rickety or on a good floor. Put a couple of sheets of newspaper down to further protect the slide. Have a strong friend hold the slide firmly still while you give the sight a couple of sharp taps with the drift. Usually, the sight will move, but if it doesn't, STOP, and see a good gunsmith. |
| I changed the sights on my PM9 myself from the stock Trijicon sights to a Novak. I took the slide off and used a small wooden block and a engineers hammer (not a framing hammer), put the slide in a vise and wacked away. It took ALOT of force to move the sights and I started to crack the wooden block but in the end it worked. |