How to Install a Rear Sight Blade on a Smith and Wesson Revolver | Smith & Wesson Revolver Project

[@C.Griffin]

Ten years on, Larry is still saving the day!

[@LTTUSA]

Even after 11 years these videos are an invaluable asset to all firearms owners.

[@jeffreylocke8808]

Taking a Smith and Wesson adjustable sight and refitting a new sight blade demonstration making it look easy. You are are a good instructor of proper techniques. Thank you!

[@pagamenews]

Informative video! But of course it took me 3 hours to complete this task. Starting with the sight that was so badly bent that it would not move. I had to drill out part of the windage screw. The icing on the cake was when the tiny spring launched the plunger across the room! But...I used a heavy duty magnet (Harbor Freight) tied to a length of rope and drug the magnet over the carpeted floor several times. I found the plunger! Task completed!

[@budburr66]

Kitchen table..... tiled floor.

[@davek5027]

pagamenews That’s the way most of these “simple” tasks end up when I try them. Tried to assemble an AR lower with all the parts.... what a disaster that was. A man’s gotta know his limitations.

[@shadowblack1987]

@@davek5027 AR lower is one of the easiest DIY assemblies lol

[@Milkman3572000]

Somewhere in my living room are a few plungers and a spring. This is a better video than the other one from midway about sights. I ended up completing this task in my bath tub, as to not loose anymore plungers. Yes, I am single... how did you guess?

[@Milkman3572000]

3 years ago, and I am back for a refresher course. It will be easy this time.

[@734smyth]

Thanks Larry, now these old eyes can see the target again! ;-)

[@Bayan1905]

I always recommend buying a couple of those little plungers and springs, I have had those things under tension come loose and go across a room, good luck finding them again.

[@joshtalbot1086]

Bayan1905 just sent mine across the room haha

[@thebronzetoo]

Much better than the other (old) video!!

[@scott1970]

I also struggled getting the old spanner nut out. I sprayed it with oil, wouldn’t budge. Finally heated it up with my wife’s hair dryer (when she wasn’t looking) and then it broke loose pretty easily. Smith and Wesson must have put some loctite in there.

[@bripro68]

Tip. Do this in a small bathroom, close all drains and seem the bottom of the door. This way you might find the spring and plunger when they don’t cooperate

[@gunsnstuff4040]

Just use a large zip lock bag over the gun...

[@1978garfield]

Can you just order an spring and plunger along with the other parts? They really should be included.

[@Tehaxis]

I'm just about to do this on mine. Another great video.

[@jojo123469]

Thanks Mr Potterfield ,worked like a charm. I am a gunsmith..Just kidding, Canada

[@ScottW106]

What is the part # for the spanner bit, and does Midway sell it? thanks.

[@TheOrder20]

Any tips if the spanner nut is stripped? I can't get it out.

[@jiminman6726]

I had a lot of trouble getting the old sight blade out, after the head was broken off of the windage screw. It would have been a good idea to put a drop of oil on the sight blade and move it back and forth to full stop a couple times with the windage screw, before it is broken off. That would have helped free it up ahead of removal.

[@scotttickner4455]

I don't get how you get the plunger/spring to turn once in the sight body. The video skips that step. I get the screw/sight blade with spring & plunger into the sight body by using small needle nose to compress then push into sight body but screw will not turn with force. What am I doing wrong?

[@MrNedsaabdickerson]

How many times did the plunger fly out of the windage screw? It flew away three time before I got it right. Thanks for this awesome video!!!!!

[@arrowhd4748]

Turning the screw to the left to "break" is backwards. Causes the sight blade and spanner nut to tighten. Makes them very difficult to remove without drilling out the screw. Turn all the way to the right to "break" like in the Brownell video. Ask me how I know......

[@jcha]

And that's how it's done

[@clems6989]

Larry. @2:07 Whats going on there. Bent screw ? The sight elevation is all over as you turn the screw..

[@JeffinTD]

I think that is the detent plunger in the side of the screw going around. Not a very tight fit. In practice, get windage zeroed, then adjust elevation.

[@Skipper51]

What is the part # for the spanner bit, and does Midway sell it? thanks Where do I get the correct size spanner bit for the windage nut? No one seems to have them, not even Smith and Wesson.

[@minerblue9641]

Make it with a file and a flat-tip bit.

[@1978garfield]

Harbor Freight sells a spanner bit in their Security Bit set. Not sure it is the right one but it is a spanner bit.

[@guardbrandon5005]

What height rear sight do I use for a six inch barrel?

[@jasonholland8392]

Oh, Mr. Potterfield. You have two versions of the same instructional video on KZbin. The one I watched neglected that little detail about the almost invisible spring and plunger pushed into the head of the windage screw. Also, in neither of the videos do you say what size Spanner bit is used. I bought 6 different bits, and none of them fit that slot. But since I insisted on doing it myself, I ended up losing the spring and plunger. Brownells, not Midway, to the rescue.

[@pacman10182]

you make the spanner bit

[@skankhunt-vw8xr]

This looks hard.

[@Bayan1905]

Not once you do the first one.

[@MSgtKlutz]

Hey Larry! Where do I get the correct size spanner bit for the windage nut? No one seems to have them, not even Smith and Wesson. I called Midway but the nice young man said Midway doesn't have any either. Where did you get yours or can I borrow it? Thanks!

[@ryanw7673]

Paul Klutz Wheeler offers a gunsmithing kit that has the special bit

[@MSgtKlutz]

Actually Brownells had it. It's part number 080-431-000

[@dickjohnson5025]

I made one with a Dremel cutting wheel and one of many bits I have laying around.

[@rustynail246]

@@MSgtKlutz this doesn't work, break easily.

[@thomasloks]

What sight height for a 620 83/8 barrel?

[@1978garfield]

Can someone explain to me why you have to break the old screw? Can't you just loosen it until it comes out? I am sure that is incorrect but I can't figure out why.

[@Bladsmith]

Watch the whole video, the screw is staked to the nut

[@Caterpillarjon]

Anyone know what size spanner bit it takes?

[@adamalford1167]

if you have an old school setup like on the old m and p revolver can you upgrade it with these type sights

[@Bayan1905]

Only if the gun came with adjustable sights. If it is a fixed sight version, then you would have to someone mill the top of the frame which would ruin the value. If you M & P was an older gun, and has the screw on the right side at the top of the frame (making it known as a 5 screw) you could get something known as a Wondersight and you could put it in that screw and it would give you an adjustable sight.

[@kmekrine1169]

Parts can be hard to find. So in addition to the sight blade, order a couple sight plungers and springs if you do this yourself--these fuckers are tiny and get lost easily. Better yet get a gunsmith to do it and save yourself the headache.

[@johnsmith-dy8yb]

I have bought ten plungers off eBay and lost three already and still haven't got the blade back in. I just bought a magnetic sweeper to go over my kitchen floor - maybe I'll find them again. This video doesn't do justice to the difficulty of getting the plunger back in.

[@d0ntReadOnMe108]

Anyone know what size spanner ?

[@d0ntReadOnMe108]

I used a #4 spanner bit and it worked

[@davek5027]

Nice instructional videos, but please dispense with the music from a Viagra commercial.

[@richardgarno6591]

Sure looks like the new rear site isn’t level.

[@hermanherman9673]

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[@TRUCKMANhungary]

Mester

[@mr.rogers9319]

MASTER

[@jasonholland8392]

Thanks, but I’ll stick to brain surgery and leave gunsmithing to others.