Rear sight removal??This is a discussion on Rear sight removal?? within the Ruger 10/22 Rimfire forums, part of the Rifle & Shotgun Forum category; Guys,
I pulled a bone headed move the other day. I got a new 10/22 in Realtree Camo. I've done some mods to the trigger ...
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July 23rd, 2010, 07:58 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Southern Illinois
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| Rear sight removal??
Guys,
I pulled a bone headed move the other day. I got a new 10/22 in Realtree Camo. I've done some mods to the trigger group and have it shooting really smoothly.
The rear sight was too far to the right to be able to sight it in so I thought I'd 'tap' it to the left. I didn't have any brass punches and knew better, but thought I could move it just a tad. I smacked it a couple of times with a steel punch and deformed the dovetail on the sight, slightly. It didn't move. Now, I've tried removing it (back to the right) but can't get it to budge. I'm using an aluminum piece, and it just deforms the aluminum.
If I can get it out, I can stone down the bulge and re-install it. Is there some trick I'm unaware of, or do I just need to get a set of brass punches?
I had the barrel in a vise, wrapped in leather to hold it.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Winkel 
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July 24th, 2010, 03:38 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Maine
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A bit of fine oil , let it sit for a minute or two then a fair but solid tap with a brass punch.
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July 28th, 2010, 09:21 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Southern Illinois
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BlackHawk,
Thanks for the oil tip. I hadn't thought of that, but it worked. I got the sight out, got the bulge stoned down and the sight re-installed.
All is good now.
Thanks again,
Winkel
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August 15th, 2010, 05:44 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Maryland
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When I replaced the sight on my P90 the Ruger people told me to tap from left to right. I've always done the same on other sight removals. Left to Right and reinstall from right to left.
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March 29th, 2011, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago
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A solid tap where? From what direction? In the center, front to back? In the center back to front? Looking at the rear sight, I can't see any seams, so I can't tell where the dovetail is for the rear sight.
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March 29th, 2011, 05:35 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Maine
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Originally Posted by tecromatica  A solid tap where? From what direction? In the center, front to back? In the center back to front? Looking at the rear sight, I can't see any seams, so I can't tell where the dovetail is for the rear sight. | Ahhh, it can only go left and right. Give a solid tap just below the folding leaf of the rear sight, where the "ears" of the dovetailed sight base are.
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March 29th, 2011, 06:32 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Chicago
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| Got it out
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Originally Posted by BlkHawk73 Ahhh, it can only go left and right. Give a solid tap just below the folding leaf of the rear sight, where the "ears" of the dovetailed sight base are. | Thanks, I got it with many,many little taps. Just didn't want to force it. But, unless you've seen the dovetail... it's hard to tell how this was put on.
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May 12th, 2013, 12:24 PM
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Join Date: May 2013 Location: Mass
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Does anyone know what is the size of the set screw that locks the base of the rear site on a Ruger 22/45 target pistol? It somewhere near a Metric M3.5 and an ANSI(standard) #6 size thread. I lost mine and I have nothing to measure.
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