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Re: Front sight moving

Post by Mistered » Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:13 am

If you DO decide to approach this yourself I would try to find a price of UHMW 1/2" round Stock as a drift punch. Cut to about 4" or 5" inches UHMW works as a great sight punch without marring the sight and does not absorbs as much hammer impact, or split as a wood dowel can and cause a hammer mistrike to the gun - or your hand. AND - I like the blue Loctite idea mentioned by TT. This could save an otherwise poorly fitted sight if you don't want to try staking it.
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Re: Front sight moving

Post by The Wiz » Sat Mar 31, 2018 11:02 pm

Since I already sent back my .357 BBB once to Henry for repairs, with all the hassel that entailed, I think I will go with the blue Locktite method. Question: what is UHMW?

On a side note. I am getting a little frustrated with Henry's product. Two rifles and two problems needing to go back for repairs. I don't know if I will buy another Henry. I will to think about it
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Re: Front sight moving

Post by Mistered » Sun Apr 01, 2018 12:18 pm

what is UHMW?
Ultra high molecular weight - it's a very hard, dense plastic. A short section of 1/2" round stock is my sight drift punch.
What were the other two problems you had they had to go back for?
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Re: Front sight moving

Post by The Wiz » Sun Apr 01, 2018 6:33 pm

If I were to send back the .22 that would be #2. The .357 went back for a loading tube issue. that took about a month to resolve.
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Re: Front sight moving

Post by Mistered » Sun Apr 01, 2018 7:06 pm

The .357 went back for a loading tube issue. that took about a month to resolve.
I guess I got lucky on this one (mine had it also) and figured out what the problem was and fixed it in about one minute. Heck the follow up cleaning took longer.
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Re: Front sight moving

Post by The Wiz » Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:52 pm

I went ahead and did the Locktite yesterday. Seems pretty solid today. Now to sight in on Thursday at the range. Thanks everyone for the advice taken and not taken.
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Re: Front sight moving

Post by Mistered » Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:55 pm

I went ahead and did the Locktite yesterday.
Good deal! Did it drift out easily? And did you manage to get it centered?
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Re: Front sight moving

Post by The Wiz » Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:21 am

I ended up not removing the sight. When the sight was all the way to the right, looking down the barrel, it would not go any further just using finger strength and it was centered. I moved it all the way to the left exposing some of the sight base. Put a drop of Loctite on the edge and slid it back on until it stopped. Double checked and it was centered. I turn the gun around tipped the barrel up so I was looking down at the front of the sight. I put a very small drop on the front of the sight where it join the barrel and it flowed into and around the base. Wiped off the little bit of glue showing and I was done. It looks like I knew what I was doing. Time will tell. :)
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Re: Front sight moving

Post by JEBar » Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:52 am

interesting .... I've never heard of Loctite being used that way .... looking forward to hearing your results
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Re: Front sight moving

Post by Shakey Jake » Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:38 pm

Yeah, Loctite will hold most anything if you use the correct formula. They make a bunch of different ones. I use the BlackMax 340 all the time in my instrument repair work. I had a Kawasaki 1600 several years ago that the valve adjusters had to have a spacer added ( a problem all 1600's had back then) which was held on with Loctite! That was the way it was.....
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