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Boy was that fun! Potentially the most challenging sight removal I've ever experienced!
I used a pusher from SightPusher.com
A buddy had a stock Springfield FO front laying around after he swapped to Trijicons, so he just gave them to me. Figured I'd slap'm on my XDm 4.5
I'd read all the posts about how tight they are fitted and man... they weren't kidding!
It was very challenging to get the slide lined up in their jig, but I was able to get it going. It actually deformed the nose of their pusher and slightly bent the edge of my stock sight.
The new FO would go only about 3/16" in to the dovetail, so I elected to do a bit of filing to fit it a bit better. A few swipes of the file and it would go about 1/4 of the way without force. The sight pusher had no trouble getting this one in and centered.
So while not impossible, I certainly don't think it's feasible to do it without a pusher of some sort and a great deal of finesse!
I used a pusher from SightPusher.com
A buddy had a stock Springfield FO front laying around after he swapped to Trijicons, so he just gave them to me. Figured I'd slap'm on my XDm 4.5
I'd read all the posts about how tight they are fitted and man... they weren't kidding!
It was very challenging to get the slide lined up in their jig, but I was able to get it going. It actually deformed the nose of their pusher and slightly bent the edge of my stock sight.
The new FO would go only about 3/16" in to the dovetail, so I elected to do a bit of filing to fit it a bit better. A few swipes of the file and it would go about 1/4 of the way without force. The sight pusher had no trouble getting this one in and centered.
So while not impossible, I certainly don't think it's feasible to do it without a pusher of some sort and a great deal of finesse!
