Savage MKII mods?

[FredoSD]

Hi everyone,
You can tell I'm a newb by the questions I'll ask from time to time.
Here's one now...
I added a scope to my Savage MKII. To get the scope on there I had to remove the rear ramp sight, no problem there. Now I want to remove the front sight. Since I plan to always use the scope this isn't only for looks but that is part of it. Anyway how do I remove that, do I just use a drift and a poly dead blow hammer? Once I do that I want to address the dove tail that's been milled into the top of the barrel. Is there a blank I can get and shape to fit the profile. Or is is easier to add a flash hider to cover it? The flash hider will look very tacticool but I can live with that.

Thanks in advance.

Full disclosure: I also posted this over in the rimfire section. Sorry for bandwidth glutony

[Don Edmondson]

Brownell will have the filler brownells.com Don

[FredoSD]

Thanks Don