So today I got in the long-awaited night sight set for the Springfield SA-35 from XS sights.
This is a three dot set. The front sight is a tritium insert with a day glow green donut around it, the rear sight is a Novak style sight with a u-notch and two tritium inserts one on each side of the notch. I did not install the rear sight because I am a tritium front sight and a plain rear sight shooter.
There has been much talk on the internet on how hard it is to get the front sight off of a SA-35. The reason is it's held by red Loctite. So you need to use a heat gun to get it nice and hot to break the bond and then it you can use a non-marring brass punch and it will easily drive out. Installing the XS front sight is easy as well.
First test and see how far the front sight will slide into the dovetail. If it goes up to a third of the way in with ease then you can drive it in the rest of the way with your brass punch. If it does not, take some 250 grit sandpaper and slowly began to slide the bottom of the dovetail over the sandpaper, removing a little bit at a time and test fitting it into the dovetail until it slides in a third of the way.
After you get it lined up equal on both sides of the dovetail, clean the area around the dovetail with some acetone on a cotton swab and then use the supplied tube of red Loctite and apply it to both ends of the dovetail of the front sight. Let it dry and then use a cotton swab with some acetone to remove the excess.
The original front sight
The new front sight installed.
This is a three dot set. The front sight is a tritium insert with a day glow green donut around it, the rear sight is a Novak style sight with a u-notch and two tritium inserts one on each side of the notch. I did not install the rear sight because I am a tritium front sight and a plain rear sight shooter.
There has been much talk on the internet on how hard it is to get the front sight off of a SA-35. The reason is it's held by red Loctite. So you need to use a heat gun to get it nice and hot to break the bond and then it you can use a non-marring brass punch and it will easily drive out. Installing the XS front sight is easy as well.
First test and see how far the front sight will slide into the dovetail. If it goes up to a third of the way in with ease then you can drive it in the rest of the way with your brass punch. If it does not, take some 250 grit sandpaper and slowly began to slide the bottom of the dovetail over the sandpaper, removing a little bit at a time and test fitting it into the dovetail until it slides in a third of the way.
After you get it lined up equal on both sides of the dovetail, clean the area around the dovetail with some acetone on a cotton swab and then use the supplied tube of red Loctite and apply it to both ends of the dovetail of the front sight. Let it dry and then use a cotton swab with some acetone to remove the excess.
The original front sight
The new front sight installed.
