Sights

[riverrat43]

I have a 1" long dovetailed rear site on my longrifle. I'd like to try a new rear sight I saw except that it only fits a 1/2" dovetail. I don't want to cut a plug and file a new dovetail so I was wondering if I could adapt the new one. I believe both sights are cast metal. (The one I have is Track's RS-G-377 and the one I'd like to try is RS-CA-Peep. I have two extra of the long ones. Can this stuff be welded, soldered, JB Welded, glued or something like that? If so, I could just cut the verticle blade off the new one and attch it to the base of the 1 inch one. Make any sense at all?

 

[rich pierce]

You could swap and weld the upright parts of the sights, or silver solder, or braze. I'd not JB weld anything like that.

 

[riverrat43]

Thanks Rich..didn't know if you could solder or braze that cast stuff. I'll give it a try. I think I'll just cut off the right length of a spare sight's base and solder it to the base of the new sight to get the one inch length I need. I've never soldered ( other than electrical wires) or brazed anything so I figure these are cheap enough parts to learn on. Thanks again Sir.