[chuckusaret]

Wow, that is sure cheaper than the one I bought, by a 100 bucks.

[Longslide10]

Originally Posted by gormen

Got my vice in today. The thing is built like a brick sh*t house. Remember that the directions on the site say to soak your site in a penitraiting oil for 24 hrs. behor trying.

Have you tried it? Since the original sights are staked, I'm not sure what effect soaking it is going to have on them but, what the heck, if it works.

Let us know how it works!

[gormen]

I still took the thing to a buddy of mine who is a gun smith. He origanaly tryed to change the sights out with a standerd pusher system and the brass pusher exploded well it was in the process. I should be picking it up today or tomarrow and I will post the results. He said he would try without soaking them first then if that didn't work he would try the soak. I'll let you know.

[911JB]

My removal tool arrived yesterday, I will say that was fast shipping.

Last night I played with the attachments to familiarize myself with the rig. I was not impressed with the fit of them when it came to my XDm. It did fit better on my XD though.

I was not impressed with the bolt used on the ram. A coarse thread was used, where I feel a fine threaded bolt should have ben used for better control of movement of the pusher/ram.

I was also not impressed with the amount of fiddling around with the slide "shimming" that is required. One must "shim" it to get proper slide/sight placement so that the sight lines up with the sight pusher on the tool. Since this is custom made tool to fit XD's I feel the shimming shit should not be needed, it should be a perfect fit. I also feel the finger of the sight pusher that contacts the sight is far to small.

So next I soaked the front sight over night and just went up and tried to remove it, No Go. It still wont budge. In fact I fear that I will damage either the slide or the tool because the slide tries to rotate in the tool when I start moving the pusher. I feal that if I tighten the clamp holding the slide any harder I will deform the slide.

All in all I would rate this tool a 5, or less, out of 10. Fit, finish and performance are all lacking in my opinion.

In the end I fear I will end up breaking out Mr Dremmel and cutting the sight out then replacing it the old fashion way.

This tool might end up working on other firearms though. That is after I make a few arbors to accommodate different slide shapes and or round barrels.


If I end up actually being able to get this tool to work I will be sure and make a post saying so.


JB

[911JB]

Just a little update. The front sight on my XDm40 has ben replaced!! WOooHOoooo! However it was not replaced using the sight pusher. I did it the old fashion way. Put the slide in the freezer for about 5 hours, used a large steel ground flat on one side punch, my pin block I made out of a hockey puck and a BFH.

Here's the pitch and the swing, SMACK right on the money, its going, going, its outathere. Hahahahaha


JB