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This was my first attempt at making a rear sight. Apparently tempered blue shim steel does not like bending.
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I printed up a sticky label with the sight laid out on it and sawed the shape.
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Sawn out.
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I centerpunched the hole locations.
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Bent easily as it was annealed stock. Not sure what alloy as it was from my pile of random steel. I refined the shape with files.
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Looks like a sight.
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Finding the edge of the dovetail piece.
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Drilling.
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Milling to thickness.
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Felt tip marker applied to the edge.
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Milling the dovetail. The angle seemed imprecise on the pistol...
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I filed it to be a sliding fit.
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Not full dovetail contact though, someone peened the slot earlier, most likely to avoid having the original sight slide out and become lost. They failed.
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Tapping #2-64.
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The parts attached with #2-64 screws. I wasn't going to spot weld it. I can live with it not being a perfect reproduction.
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Turning the height adjustment screw.
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Using the tailstock chuck jaws to align the die stock. I need to make a die holder for the South Bend...
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Knurling.
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All done. I heated it up cherry red and quenched, then tempered it for springiness. Then I cleaned it, cold blued all the parts and assembled.
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Here's a shot of the Slavia ZVP with my Diana Modell 5. Neither of them are particularly accurate and the Diana gave me a surprise that I'll discuss later on...