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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: sydney on July 14, 2014, 10:50:41 PM
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Hi--I am installing a multi-leaf sight on a English sporting rifle
The sight has no silver center lines
Any ideas on how to put on a center line???
Thanks Sydney
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Engrave your center line, heat,flux,tin with silver solder,dress it flush with sand paper.
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Sydney: I have done a number of these, but with gold rather than silver. Silver tarnishes and requires a good rub to bring up bright again, but that's not a serious issue. Most of these old sights either had silver or platinum, rather than gold.
If you can remove the leaf, make a fine cut vertically in the centre with an engraver or a fine saw blade. Undercut the edges carefully with a sharp needle punch...just a series of punches is all that is required. Or use a graver to undercut the edges of the cut. Lay your silver over the cut, and using a punch with a slightly domed polished head, and a light hammer, tap the nice soft metal down into the cut. File it off, polish, and blue/brown.
These vertical lines are wonderful for sight acquisition in failing light. To be most effective those leaves should slope forward. Often, the leaf itself is stippled to create a very matte surface. That silver line shows light a florescent light tube.
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Thanks for the help
Sydney
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I think I used a small fine 3 corner file for the centre lines on my multi-leaf sight. I also used low temp silver solder which seemed to work just fine.