Hand-cutting a dovetail front sight for a Remington New Army revolver

[Maillemaker]

Tonight I attempted hand-filing a dovetail slot for a new front sight for my Pietta Remington New Army revolver. It turned out fairly well. The sight climbed a bit in the front of the slot, raising some metal of the front of the undercut, and you can see a bit of daylight under the sight base. But I drilled a pocket and filled it full of solder in the bottom of the sight base, so when I get it in position I will heat it until the solder flows, and that should lock it in place.

I wrote up an article of how I did it, with pictures.

http://4thla.weebly.com/replace-the-front-sight-on-a-remington-new-army-revolver.html

Steve