should I try it ?

[tj3006]

I got a e mail from Ronny telling me my package was shipped with my Brass potato judge , grip frame on the way. 
   I would love to do the job myself.  But i am not at all confident about disassembly and reassembly.  
I got a box today from Bowen Custom, with 2 rear sights.  
   I put a target model on my single 7, and was doing great till i had to put the pivot pin back in. This is a beautiful Custom revolver, with a lovely case hardened frame.
I was being very carful and when the pin got stuck i put the part that was sticking out through 2 cleaning patches to protect the frame. And tapped with my little plastic hammer.
   After screwing around with it for a hour , i took it to a smith. He will charge me a minimum 60.00 to put that damn pin in.
But that's better than marring my beautiful custom ,327.
   Then I went to put a rough country on my stainless Bisley .41 mag.  I could not get the damn pivot pin out of the darn thing. I finally gave up and put it on my 4 5/8ths  Super Blackhawk. 
    My rough country had a little screw in the tiny pkg that was taped to the instructions. should that not have been a spring ? frankly I think it will work fine without the spring, But i can not find a place for the little screw and there was no spring in the box. The ruger spring will not fit the hole in the sight. So i assembled it without the spring.
   It is solid as can be , and i can lock adjustments in place just fine. 
 Point is i spent Hours trying to install the excellent Bowen sights , with less than satisfactory results.  What chance is there of my properly reassembling my Blackhawk if I strip the whole thing down ?
     The more I think about it the more apprehensive i get. I would be on top of the world if i got it right, but if I lost a part or just could not get the parts to fall in place . i would be very very disappointed. 
     Watching the videos on you tube don't make feel any better at all.  ...tj By the way i called Ruger to order 4 of the rear sight pivot pins, 4.00 a wack. 
  That is crazy. a dollar for 10 seems more lick it !


     

[magnumwheelman]

I'm not a gunsmith... but think the pins are always in from one direction, & out the opposite way... not sure if that's the issue you had with the sight pins or not???

with cell phones to take pictures, as you take it a part ( pay attention to the long screws & springs ) & all the U-tube videos out there for taking apart & reinstalling the grip frames you should be able to to it, if you are patient...

[blacktailslayer]

What he said above on the one way thing as that's been my experience with the OM stuff. Try one side and if it doesn't move with a few light taps, flip it over and try the other side.


Don D.

[magpouch]

If you look around a bit on Youtube I expect you will find lots of video's that show how to do what you need. Take a look at a couple and then see what you think.

You might also know someone that would enjoy helping you with it?? Friends like helping friends, at least I sure do.

[rocdoc]

The worst part is the trigger pivot pin, get a Third Hand tool from Ronnie, makes takedown and reassembly easy. Would not hurt to get the Kuhnhausen book on the Ruger SA, one source:

www.midwayusa.com/product/1014292370?pid=615772

Working on Ruger SA really easy. I learned on the Wrangler in my avatar

[bamagreg]

Re-assembly gets much easier with practice. Get a Blackhawk that you wouldn’t mind putting a few marks on (stainless I.s easy to remove scratches from) and dis-assemble/re-assemble over and over again until you have it down pat. It only takes a few minutes once you have the technique perfected.

[harveylogan]

I have learned not to give internet gun-smithing advise,
What seems easy and strait forward to me can be a overwhelming to others and everything in between.

FWIW; replacing rear sights and its challenges, a common situation that stumps kitchen table gunsmiths.
As for one way to “drift / install” the pin, they are not directional.
Ruger would have sent 1 pin for free.

[dhd]

If I'm only swapping out rear sights, I don't take the pin all the way out. I'll just tap it out far enough to remove the old sight and put the new sight in. I've also had good luck using a slave pin to line up the frame and rear sight so I can just tap the pin back in without accidentally trying to tap the pin in without them being lined up. I start the screw about half-way and then line up the pin hole and frame.

Your thread also makes me hopeful that Bowen may be shipping the Flattop rear sights. I ordered one in July or August (don't really remember).

I don't need Ronnie's 3rd Hand but I sure do love using it. I've said before that it lessens the possibility of bad language being heard when doing disassembly and reassembly of the RBH/S6.

[bradshaw]

harveylogan and dhd.... good tips. A pinned rear sight is just one example of why SLAVE PINS belong in a shooter’s kit. And yes, the pins a holes are straight, not tapered. The practice of directional drift probably comes from tapered dovetails used with some drift-installed sights.
David Bradshaw

[dhd]

I had never considered the holes being tapered and now I know. My slave pin for the rear sight is a custom item and I hate to give out ideas but I'll mention it this time... It's a large sewing needle stolen from my wife's sewing room that I custom ground with a precision grinder (spelled Dremel I think). Life can be entertaining when you think "I wonder if this will work".

I know most already know this but if your rear sight pin likes to walk, tap it out half-way and give it a very slight bend. It won't walk anymore and it won't be hard to remove.

[nicholst55]

Ruger has assembly/disassembly videos on their website:

ruger.com/videos.html?vid=131271707&cat=3769277