[Shop-talk] Removing a dove tail gun sight....

[Chad on LEG]

Not saying this will work but CRC makes "Freeze-Off super penetrant"
with "Freeze Shock Action"
http://www.crcindustries.com/auto/content/literature.aspx
chad


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> At 05:58 PM 11/27/2009, Gerald Brazil wrote:
>>  I am trying to remove a dove tail rear iron sight so that I can 
>> install a
>> mount for a scope. I have made a block of wood to hold the barrel in 
>> my vice
>> and it holds it quite nicely. I have been using a brass punch and a 
>> pretty
>> big ball peen hammer to hit the punch. I have tried going both 
>> directions
>> with no success. I have no idea if loctite was used when the blade 
>> sight was
>> installed. If there was a way to super cool the sight without cooling 
>> the
>> barrel it might loosen it up but since the sight is so small if I put 
>> dry
>> ice on it the barrel would probably cool down too.