XS Sight Dovetail Installation - Pistol

Pistols with front and rear dovetail sights, i.e.: Sigs, some 1911's, some Kahr's.

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• 1911
• Sights
• XS
• Guns
• Shooting
• dovetail
• Sig
• some
• Kahr.

[HerbWalker]

I bought an American Classic II 45 ,went to the range and when I was cleaning it later I noticed the REAR sight is loose as a Goose:) How do I make sure this doesnt happen again and How do I set it in the correct posistion before tightening it down(Do I just eye ball it from above to CENTER it?) and what SIZE is that small (1) allen screw? My smallest one I have is too small and the next size up is too big.Thanks

[the3wire]

From Bo at XS: The rear dovetail on the American Classic II is supposed to be a Novak spec dovetail. The ones we have seen are close but aren’t cut to a true spec. So the rear sight has to be hand fitted and depending on who does it, it can wind up loose if the set screws back off under recoil, which is common.

[the3wire]

That is why we include that tube of red thread locking compound.  That way you only need to rely on the set screws holding for just a little bit while you adjust the rear sight for windage. Then you apply several drops around the rear dovetail (not down the set screw holes) and allow it to creep in under the sight & harden.

[the3wire]

The Allen wrench is .050, if you don’t have one shoot me an email and we will drop one in the mail to you. Or you can check with whoever did the install, there was one in the kit & they should have passed it along to the customer when they were done..

For now just center the rear in its dovetail. Then shoot to see if you need to adjust it a little left/right for your own shooting style.

[cooljazzhd]

How do you know that the front sight is perfectly centered?

[kontknager]

I recommend to put a bit of tape or something on the brass punch .It can still take off the bluing on a gun when you hit the steel sight with a brass punch.

[joeratti]

he should have said you almost always have to file the angle face

[SoCalTactical]

Excellent video! I lack two pieces of equipment that would have made life a lot easier on me. A vice and a brass punch. I'll invest in both for sure before I attempt to change out any dovetail irons thank you.

[morpheus61361]

great vid needed the info., wish i had it before i let the gunsmith at the range i attend reck the install on my m&p 40 had to take to another gunsmith he is correcting the job now i'll do the install myself next time again thank you

[damarei]

@jdstripper It totally disrupts the lines of the slide :)

[jdstripper]

@damarei What looks awful about it? That white you see on top of the sight is where it says Trijicon and some other stuff. It looks perfectly fine to me.

[1okie]

Awesome video, I have the big dot set coming.