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February 4, 2016
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Hey gents,
I would like to add a fiber optic from sight to my 14-2 because the front blade is just too plain to be useful to me and I don't see how I would remove it other than drilling out the retaining pin on the right side of the shroud. I read in a previous thread that an allen screw needs to be loosened, but I don't see one to mess with. Does anyone have any alternative to drilling the pin out? And if I do get it out can I use the sights from EWK? 
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February 22, 2009
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No Allen screw on the 14-2 front sight. You can drift the pin out and replace with a FO sight but a few things: You will need to drill a hole in the FO sight to line up with the hole in the shroud for re-assembly. And second, the POA will change due to the difference in front sight height.
Lastly- I dab a bit of fluorescent green, or a white model paint on many of my blackened front sights. It helps my aging eyes... Testors paint has a ton of colors. Regards, Ron
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August 29, 2009
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+1 on rwsem's advice - don't drill it! Use a 1/16 pin punch and it will pop right out. If you do replace it, I would strongly advise drilling the new sight on a drill press. Put the sight in the slot first and make a mark on the sight through the center of the hole in the shroud. Make a dimple on the mark so you can get the drill started in the exact same spot, and drill it on a drill press. It is impossible to drill a straight hole with a hand-held drill.
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rwsem said
Lastly- I dab a bit of fluorescent green, or a white model paint on many of my blackened front sights. It helps my aging eyes... Testors paint has a ton of colors. Regards, Ron
You might want to try this first. I've done this with a number of on non Dan firearms, especially my beloved old Ruger MkII, and you will be amazed at the difference it makes. In fact, on the Ruger, I didn't have any paint handy do I used some whiteout on the front blade. That was about 10 years ago and that stuff is still bright white!
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I put one of EWK's FO front sights on my 14-2. I could not get the original sight pin to budge so I had a gunsmith drill it out. The EWK sights are too tall for the fixed rear sight so I ground it down with a Dremel until my POA was where it suited me. I left it a little tall to start out then took it to the range, shot a group then brought it back home and shortened the sight a little more until it shot dead center. I scotched taped the sight on the barrel for testing. Then after I was happy with the height I cold blued the edges, and drilled for a new pin on a drill press. Used a split pin to attach it which is easier to drift back out if need be.
If I recall I actually filed one side of the sight a bit and made a small .010" shim on one side to adjust left/right.
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February 4, 2016
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Thanks for the input everyone. I plan on trying the paint first, but this is going to be my project/dream revolver for now so I may upgrade the front sight eventually. Glad to see that it is possible, thanks Lonwolf! Definitely more involved than I can do at this point. I forgot to mention that the retaining pin is only visible on the right and there is no way to punch it out that I can see so it looks like a drill would be necessary.
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