Thread: putting sights back on

Unfortunately the front sight fell off my old finnbear while hunting. I was keen to put it back on to keep the rifle original and save hassle of fully rebluing as blueing is pretty mint anyway. What is involved in doing this or is it a gunsmith job cheers.

silver solder, dont try it yourself unless you have done lots of practice on a rifle that expensive

On those SAKOs there were just "sweated" on using solder. As long as the surfaces match and a prepped corectly, it normally provides a very strong union.
As already said, unless skilled, get a gunsmith to do it.

I removed my rear sight on my Forester years ago by slowly heating the area whilst rotating the barreled action and once it got hot enough, the sight fell off. I then wiped the area clean of excess solder with a leather cloth.
Doing the reverse is a bit more involved/fiddly.

You can do it yourself by holding barrel in a padded vice with the foresight section nice an level and placing the foresight in position. Then evenly heating until you see the sight settle down onto the barrel. Usually they will slide around a bit and you need to hold the sight with long nose pliers. The trick is to not move the sight once it settles in the correct position and begins to cool. Also unless you are skilled the temperature ends up a lot higher than needed. A propane torch is hot enough for solder.

Did we say get a gunsmith involved? Bread and butter job for them.

Cheers for the replies. Yep I think I'll get a gunsmith on to it.

Zimmer onto it.

Get your local GS to assist,