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night sights?
ameriskin
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hey guys, i was wondering if anyone knows if i can tap out my fixed sights on my taurus pt92 and slap some night sights in there? they appear to be just dovetailed, but i don't want to start pounding away on my gun if there is something else fastening the rear sight there. and does anyone know if the night sights available for the taurus pt99 are dovetailed like the 92 fixed? any info is appreciated. cody
Comments
PC=BS
ended up having to cut the old sight out because the company
inserts them with tremendous pressure. I then had to
adjust the sights to fit the slot. This takes good equipment and
some experience with this type of thing. I could not suggest it
for the average person to do. If you must, then mark
extremely accurately where they are to begin with, then try and
tap them out. I put my slide in a vise with leather to protect the
metal. A brass punch would probably do the job with light tapping
and carefully watching the progress.
When inserting new tritium sights, be aware you can break the
element in the sights with enough shock/vibration/pounding.
Thats why I adjusted mine to fit without great pounding to be needed.
I have the advantage of great equpiment, including dental
cements to lock the thing in place.
I think its probably worth the extra bucks to let someone else do
it, unless yours come out easily enough to give you confidence.
The sights are great to have. Half of every day is nighttime. And
thats' when the bad guys like to go around preying on people.
Mine are great, and I have tritium on both my carry, and my wifes carry.
I will always have tritium from now on, on any carry gun.
Eric
thats'me