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Posted by Blasterbear on 7/9/2008, 4:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Zouave front sight"
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I have already ground off the old sight and silver soldered a replacement in it's place. I got the new front sight from S&S Firearms. It is a Springfield 1861 part but it works.
Thanks for the info, I'll file it for later use.
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: How is the front sight attached to a Zouave
: barrel? It looks like it is dovetailed but
: attempts at drifting it out failed. The
: original is too low and needs to be
: replaced.
:The front sight is dovetailed in ..I was real
: tight fit also ..Track of the Wolf ..sells a
: brass sight drift punch ..I used it and
: finally got mine to drift out ....try fron
: both sides ..sometimes one way is easyer
: than the other ..uasually from the left to
: right , but you never know . Hope this helps
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