Front sight alignment

[bigbore5]

As I have posted before, I am teaching myself revolver smithing. There simply no one nearby to mentor me, so I rely upon the experience of the fine gentlemen on this forum.

I have decided to replace the front sight on my project Blackhawk 45. The original is a bit damaged and a bit short by the time the dents and road rash are filed out for the heavy bullets I want to use. I'm leaning towards the 2dogs TLA sight.

Desoldering the old sight off and soldering the new on is not a problem, as the whole gun will be polished out and reblued anyway (cold rust or maybe charcoal if I can figure it all out).

My question is, what's the best way to line-up the front sight and hold it for soldering? Is there a jig available I haven't been able to Google fu?

[nicholst55]

Brownells and PTG both have them. The one that Brownells carries looks just like the PTG one, so I'm sure that it is. It's actually intended for rifle ramp sights, but I'm sure that it can be adapted. Oh, and Brownells has it a few bucks cheaper than PTG.

www.brownells.com/tools-cleaning/general-gunsmith-tools/adhesives-solder/ramp-soldering-jig/

pacifictoolandgauge.com/gunsmithing-tools-jigs-fixtures/9239-sight-soldering-fixture.html

[DutchV]

Some front sight ramps have a locator pin underneath. You could add one to keep the ramp from slipping while you solder it.

[bigbore5]

I ordered the one from Brownells since I needed some other things too.