12 June 2019

Blank

When you remove a buck-horn sight from a barrel, you leave an open dovetail.


In addition to being ugly, the edges are sharp.

So what you do is buy a blank that fills the slot.  Both Lyman and Marbles offer them in blued steel, and there's no real difference between them and the price seems to flip-flop as to which is cheaper.

Lyman was cheaper when I did Connie, Marbles was cheaper this time.

Marbles even goes so far as to engrave their logo on the underside where you will never see it again.


Installation is dirt simple.  Line it up with the dovetail and smack it with a hammer and brass punch until it's centered.


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