Pistol Packin' PBR

[twomoons]

Gpt in PB's handguns for resighting and i thought i would go through the process of how the dovetail sights are put on for everyone.

But first... The wedge screw for the 1851 copy was boogered and cross threaded so i thought I would fix that first.

The screw was put into a swedge block and the screw head was TAPPED down to remove the upset and mangle of the head. The screw was then chuced into a drill and lightly filed and polished on a piece of oil soaked emery and the screw slot recut with a slotting file. It took longer to type this that it actually does to do the job. The pictures show the screw in the swedge block and on the gun after reblueing.

The metric hole in the barrel of the gun ws retapped and the blued screw reinstaled straight.

[twomoons]

Next was cutting the dovetail. Since the guns were both 44's and had fairly thin barrel walls the depth of the dovetail is critical so it's measure twice cut once, bob the barrle off and try again??? Sorry PBR had to do that!

The depth of the original front sight was measured and the dvetail was cut .005 less than the original screw hole for safety. The cutting as done woth a special cutter in the mill. This process was duplicated with the 1858 Army revolver. It actuall takes longer to do the measuring and check and double check than to do the cutting as there is just about NO leeway in these thin walled revolvers. The actual sights will be fitted Monday and i will show how they are trimmed and fitted from sliver and steel bladed sight blanks.

[twomoons]

If you look closely in the picture you can see a small divot t the front of the Navy sight dovetail where the originl front sight was drilled in... a little too deep IMHO. Sorry about the duplicate picture but my button finger slipped up. What the first photo of the actual miling doesn't show is the liberal coating of cutting oil on the cutter and the barrel prior to starting the cuts. Each dovetail is cut twice to smoth the cut and remove burrs. That little cutter in the mill is $20 and will be sharp enough to use for up to 8 uses before it is too dull to do a good job and has to be relagated to the spare parts pile.

[Purebred Redneck]

Looking good, thanks!

[Jack]

Nice work, Twomoons!

[twomoons]

Sorry we take cash PBR, the thanks you can feed the dog with and see how long he lives on it...

Should have the sight blans in today and will finish this week and get them back off to you, provided I don't mess up the whole works and make them into fish weights???

[Purebred Redneck]

I think I paid $50 for the Navy so I really don't care

[twomoons]

Here is a picture of the sight blanks as they come. They have to be trimmed and shaped to match the gun. The 1858 was first up and the all steel blank was fitted to be a firm tap fit in the dovetail and the blade was shaped just like the real remington front sight but just a tad taller and with a rounded dovetail base with enough adjustment that you should be able to tp it over and sight it right in. You may need to file a little off the heighte, if you do you cove the barrel with tape first! Then get the file out. The sight shouod be fairly close as is. The 1851 sight will be next and it will be shaped to a teardrop shap to match the sights on the originals. The 1851 will have a brass base and a silver blade just like the one on Wild Bill's gun. Normally if you were local I would have you sight in the navy and then bring it back and I would trim the beass base flush with the barrel but since you are so far away I will just round the base like the 1858 and leave just enough for windage.

When the guns are sighted to your satisfaction take a sharp center punch and make a small!!! punch mark at the juncture of the sight and the barrel to lock the sight in place. I will try and get them off Friday. If anyone else is interested this job runs $25.00 a gun and you pay the shipping, but PBR gets the first timers rate, bwoohaaa!!!!

[Purebred Redneck]

Thanks

No rush, we're still snowed in for a while!

[twomoons]

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Here is the front sight on the Navy and as yo can see it's shaped but too hight. You will have to file it down to your load and since I have no idea what you will shoot in this i left plenty so if you want to shoot a 15 grain target load you can sttill sight it in for 20 yards if you want.

[twomoons]

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Here is the front sight on the Navy and as yo can see it's shaped but too hight. You will have to file it down to your load and since I have no idea what you will shoot in this i left plenty so if you want to shoot a 15 grain target load you can sttill sight it in for 20 yards if you want.

[Purebred Redneck]

Thanks, you exceeded my expectations! Payment should prob be received Monday or Tuesday