Hey y'all,
New guy here from Austin, just picked up a P-09 suppressor ready as an HD piece. I thought I would install some suppressor sights to make it actually suppressor ready, and I got halfway through it before I hit a little snag: i can not, for the freakin' life of me, get the front sight off.
First thing I did was strip out the tiny little Allen bolt. After that, I read that there might be some red Loctite on it, so I heated the inside of the slide under the sight with a lighter and tried again. The bolt was still stripped, so that didn't help. Some time around then I started beating on the sight with a hammer and punch. When it didn't budge, I started hitting the set screw with left-handed drill bits; I shattered three before I gave up on that. Then I started using right-handed drill bits. Pretty sure there is no set screw left now, but the sight is still stuck in there tighter than, umm, well, use your imagination to imagine a thing stuck in a really tight other thing...
So, here's my question: how, in the name of all that is holy, do I get this front sight out of the slide?!?!
Bonus question: is there a trick to getting the new one installed?
Thanks,
-Kit