Looking for suggestions to get a tritium vial out of a sight. Tritium is old/dead and replacing the sight isn’t an option.
Thanks
Hizzie
The old school solution was to send the slide to Tooltech and have them do it for you. They have a longstanding relationship with Trijicon re tritium lamp supply.
I have vague recollections of hearing that one does not want to break open a vial, even a "dead" one, given the RADIOACTIVE" nature of the gasses in the vial.
YMMV Greatly. FWIW.
http://tooltechgunsight.com/
david of vcdgrips
www.vcdgrips.com
"get a better grip on your working gun"
Would heat work?
I've just used a toothpick and sight paint and painted over the dot. I left the old tritium intact.
https://www.brownells.com/handgun-pa...%7cMake_3=1911
Measure your dovetail and maybe something like this could be used to replace the original.
http://www.brazoscustom.com/magart/0511.htm
Check this out. You will also need to know the height of the sight blade only. You said .125" which is probably correct. Good luck.
Here is a front sight I had a local gunsmith install on a S&W M-15. He cut a Novak dovetail in the barrel and installed a Novak 1911 sight. The base of the sight was too wide and he cut it down. You could get a plain black sight that fits your dovetail, cut it down to the proper height and install your gold bead.