Front sight blade

[elk killer]

OK so I know the wrong way to do this,,, so what's the right way?
Talking about installing a blade with no dove tail..
I like that look a lot, cut a small groove in the barrel
and used the pinch method, but is easier said than done
has to be a better way 😊

[rich pierce]

Here is a spider sight inletted into the barrel of my current build. The legs were so thin and so I ended up using Hi-Force solder to hold it down.




On my RCA 19 copy I engraved a trough, undercut it, put a silver blade in there, and peened it down.  Mostly good.  There’s a little divot at the front. 

[Clark Badgett]

Rich, is there any chance that you could show a picture of the tool/graver that you used to engrave the trough in that second picture.

[Mike Brooks]

OK so I know the wrong way to do this,,, so what's the right way?
Talking about installing a blade with no dove tail..
I like that look a lot, cut a small groove in the barrel
and used the pinch method, but is easier said than done
has to be a better way 😊

That's the way I do it.

[rich pierce]

Rich, is there any chance that you could show a picture of the tool/graver that you used to engrave the trough in that second picture.

I use a graver or die sinkers chisel I made from 3/8” diameter O1 tool steel.  Heftier would work too, but that is what I had. Sorry for poor image quality.

[Clark Badgett]

Thanks Rich, that helps a lot. Looks like I'll be looking for some 01 at work tomorrow. I guess A2 would probably work just as well.

[rich pierce]

So long as you can harden and temper it.  Air hardening steel confuses me. 

I’m guessing I used O1 but it might have been something recycled based on how the shaft looks.  I give it the spark test, see how it hardens in oil, and temper to purplish. See how it works and adjust as needed. A metallurgists nightmare, I am.

[Clark Badgett]

So long as you can harden and temper it.  Air hardening steel confuses me. 

I’m guessing I used O1 but it might have been something recycled based on how the shaft looks.  I give it the spark test, see how it hardens in oil, and temper to purplish. See how it works and adjust as needed. A metallurgists nightmare, I am.

A2 is quite easy to treat, but I do it often enough to make it seem so. I did a little scrounging at work today and found a piece of 1/2" O1, which is surprising since most of what we use is A2. I'll check with the boss and see if it's ok to snag a few inches of it.