How to fix these gouges?

['ol shooter]

Make sure you all study, there will be a test later...

[kendog4570]

The reason I will not buy a sight pusher is due to the fact I've never seen one worth a damn. Anything Universal is sacrificing something to accommodate the others.

This.
I have mucked up more sights and slides with a pusher than with a punch. The damage with either usually happens when removing OEM sights. If they give much of fight, they get cut out on the mill. If the replacement is PROPERLY fit, punch or pusher will do just fine. Most have no idea how to measure a dovetail.

H&H and Westly Richards do OK with punches and files...

[denpython]

My condolences NorCalSpeed.

Major ouchie.

[igs]

A friend installed the sight on my CZ 75 SA. The sight did not go in easily and he ended up using a hammer and punch to get it in. As you can see, he missed a few times.

Oof. He missed a lot more than just a few times.

[NorCALSpeed]

Me too. I?d have to buy a new slide.

So far they're hard to find. Ah well. Perhaps one day. Maybe I'll replace it with the SP01 slide and make a FrankenCZ.

[kcstott]

I have too.
Judicious prep and a sight pusher is even easier than a hammer and punch because you have so much more control.
Sight pusher is also safer as it's not possible to hit the slide if you are not doing any hitting at all.

The only people that argue that a hammer and punch is as good as a sight pusher are the ones that refuse to buy a sight pusher.

Lots of people get work done with inferior tools.
Some people realize the value of good tools and they buy them.

Why would you want starrett punches and a plvmb hammer when you could just get cheap ones from harbor freight?

The reason I will not buy a sight pusher is due to the fact I've never seen one worth a damn. Anything Universal is sacrificing something to accommodate the others.

[pacrat]

Anthropologists have determined that some form of hammer/pounding tool. Is most likely the first tool that ancient humans invented.

And craftsmen will likely agree that. To this day, it is still the most misused.

[Surf & Turf]

Ray Charles….. or Stevie Wanderer…..

[Enzo rules]

That would drive me nuts!

Me too. I?d have to buy a new slide.

[ar15barrels]

I've hammered in $200 sights on $400 slides and left no marks that could not be removed with a rag and some oil.
Judicious prep to the dove tail and sight are key.
then all it takes is gentle persuasion with a brass or delrin punch

I have too.
Judicious prep and a sight pusher is even easier than a hammer and punch because you have so much more control.
Sight pusher is also safer as it's not possible to hit the slide if you are not doing any hitting at all.

The only people that argue that a hammer and punch is as good as a sight pusher are the ones that refuse to buy a sight pusher.

Lots of people get work done with inferior tools.
Some people realize the value of good tools and they buy them.

Why would you want starrett punches and a plvmb hammer when you could just get cheap ones from harbor freight?

[223556]

Did you or your friend test fit the sight?
If it wasn't going in at least halfway into the notch without much effort, you could've sanded the bottom of the rear sight and test fit again.
This would have been much easier to install and less likely to lead to significant damage.
Just my opinion...

[kcstott]

"you don't need a sight pusher" is the mantra of the cheapskates.
I offer you this thread as why sight pushers are worth the cost.

Here is a nice sight pusher if you ever feel yourself wanting one of the best:
https://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/....php?t=1849806

Sight pushers are for those with crappy aim with a hammer and punch. They have their place and it's in the hands of amateurs

I've hammered in $200 sights on $400 slides and left no marks that could not be removed with a rag and some oil. Judicious prep to the dove tail and sight are key. then all it takes is gentle persuasion with a brass or delrin punch

['ol shooter]

Remember Primitive Pete from shop class? I didn't know he worked on guns too.

[sonofeugene]

That’s what you get for going the cheap *** route. And your friend isn’t much of a friend if he gave you the gun back with that kind of damage.

[compulsivegunbuyer]

Delrin is your friend. In a pinch without a pusher, it wont do that to the metal.