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After getting the night sights replaced on my trusty sig 226, I suddenly found myself 3-4 inches left at 7 yards. Not wanting to go to a smith over and over to get it right, and not wanting to leave it "good enough", I started looking around.
I started a thread in handguns about a pusher I found on ebay, and someone linked a youtube of a similar one, but nobody had one. It being only $37 and with free shopping, I said what the heck.
It came today, and here's my review. I cross posted this because handguns doesn't get as much traffic as this section.
I got a surprisingly heavy package today via USPS priority. I bought this thin Sunday and it's here Wednesday afternoon.
Well packaged.
Here are the contents. The tool itself is a piece of 4x4 heavy steel tubing painted or powder coated a nice glossy black. The various blocks and spacers seem to be aluminum.
It comes set up with a base block to support the slide base, but this can be removed to handle taller slides. There's also a small spacer block that can be used to raise the slide up a bit. As it comes, there are aluminum blocks that face each other to capture the slide. The parts that touch the slide are parallel. Colts, Glocks,and Sigs are supposed to fit this configuration. Alone, this sells for about $29.99,
but for less than $10 more, you get this
These blocks include a stepped pair of pieces to work with stepped slides, a slanted pair to handle tapered slides, and a pair that has offsets cut out to handle beretta and smith slides that have safety levers in the way.
The business end of the pusher has one side that is a 90 degree angle for straight sights, and a tapered angle, about 50 degrees, for Glock oem sights.
EDIT-this pusher part isn't aluminum, it's steel or something like it. It's definitely not the same stuff as the blocks. It rides the top bolt and is prevented from spinning but contacting the top of the tool. Pretty slick.
It includes a bit of Velcro tape to line the press blocks to keep it from marring your slide, but probably not enough to cover all the blocks. The youtube videos shows a guy using a business card to prevent marring. There's also a note to "oil threads", but no instructions. The ebay listing lists the simple instructions, and I will print these and put them with the tool.
All of the edges are nicely finished, I don't see any sharp points or ragged cuts on anything. It seems well made. Maybe not hand down to my grand kids after two lifetimes of hard use, but well made for pressing the occasional set of sights or correcting a point of aim.
I will play with my sig, and report back with photos on ease of use.
I plan to secure the unit in a large vice for ease of operation.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
I started a thread in handguns about a pusher I found on ebay, and someone linked a youtube of a similar one, but nobody had one. It being only $37 and with free shopping, I said what the heck.
It came today, and here's my review. I cross posted this because handguns doesn't get as much traffic as this section.
I got a surprisingly heavy package today via USPS priority. I bought this thin Sunday and it's here Wednesday afternoon.
Well packaged.
Here are the contents. The tool itself is a piece of 4x4 heavy steel tubing painted or powder coated a nice glossy black. The various blocks and spacers seem to be aluminum.
It comes set up with a base block to support the slide base, but this can be removed to handle taller slides. There's also a small spacer block that can be used to raise the slide up a bit. As it comes, there are aluminum blocks that face each other to capture the slide. The parts that touch the slide are parallel. Colts, Glocks,and Sigs are supposed to fit this configuration. Alone, this sells for about $29.99,
but for less than $10 more, you get this
These blocks include a stepped pair of pieces to work with stepped slides, a slanted pair to handle tapered slides, and a pair that has offsets cut out to handle beretta and smith slides that have safety levers in the way.
The business end of the pusher has one side that is a 90 degree angle for straight sights, and a tapered angle, about 50 degrees, for Glock oem sights.
EDIT-this pusher part isn't aluminum, it's steel or something like it. It's definitely not the same stuff as the blocks. It rides the top bolt and is prevented from spinning but contacting the top of the tool. Pretty slick.
It includes a bit of Velcro tape to line the press blocks to keep it from marring your slide, but probably not enough to cover all the blocks. The youtube videos shows a guy using a business card to prevent marring. There's also a note to "oil threads", but no instructions. The ebay listing lists the simple instructions, and I will print these and put them with the tool.
All of the edges are nicely finished, I don't see any sharp points or ragged cuts on anything. It seems well made. Maybe not hand down to my grand kids after two lifetimes of hard use, but well made for pressing the occasional set of sights or correcting a point of aim.
I will play with my sig, and report back with photos on ease of use.
I plan to secure the unit in a large vice for ease of operation.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
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