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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Rifles » Front sight on a Crosman Phantom    View previous topic :: View next topic  Front sight on a Crosman Phantom   Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:34 pm awesomedick Member Joined: 15 Aug 2010 Posts: 22 Location: Canada Hello Gentlemen: I would like to re-crown the muzzle on my Crosman Phantom as I think it could stand some improvement. My question is; Has anyone ever removed the front sight from a Phantom and if so how did you do it? I know there are methods like cutting it off, but if possible I would like to keep it intact. Rick _________________ That what is not real does not exist!   Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:26 am AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6929 Location: "Out There" Look here: http://www.airgunhome.com/agforum/viewtopic.php?t=5164 The Phantom/Quest front sight is a "press fit" and it merely needs to be knocked off (gently). No "heat" ideas, no special techniques- just set things up so you don't scratch your barrel and tap it off. _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:13 pm awesomedick Member Joined: 15 Aug 2010 Posts: 22 Location: Canada Thanks Eric, I will give it a try. Rick _________________ That what is not real does not exist!   Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:24 pm rsterne Moderator Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 2998 Location: Coalmont, BC Piece of wood against the back of the sight and tap it off with a hammer.... Bob _________________ Dominion Marksman Silver Shield - 5890 x 6000 in 1976, and downhill ever since! Airsonal: Too many to count!   Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 1:46 am domer_pyle Senior Member Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 523 Holding the sight in boiling water for a few minutes helps. My Quest sight slid right off after trying that   Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:41 am AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6929 Location: "Out There" domer_pyle wrote: Holding the sight in boiling water for a few minutes helps. My Quest sight slid right off after trying that It almost slides right off without doing that. The thing you accomplished with this was using hot water as a lubricant, nothing more- but with alot more potential for problems (spills, rusting the rifling, etc.) _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:24 pm awesomedick Member Joined: 15 Aug 2010 Posts: 22 Location: Canada Hello Gents: Tried the wooden block method and it worked like a charm. There is a ramp machined on the barrel which works a registration mark for the sight so if removed it will fit back more or less where it came off. There is also a small amount of glue which holds the sight on which is easily removed with acetone with no harm done to the bluing. Thought I'd share this experience in case anyone is comtemplating doing the same. I only wanted to remove it because in this instance it was a redundant structure in light of the fact that the gun is equipped with a scope. Rick _________________ That what is not real does not exist!   Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:24 am AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6929 Location: "Out There" Glue? That's a new addition. Perhaps some front sights were falling off all by themselves! _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:40 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands I like using low 'powered' (read magnification) scopes, and when I put a silencer/muzzlebreak/cocking break on it, it likes to get in the way too. But then again I don't mind it that much. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:57 pm awesomedick Member Joined: 15 Aug 2010 Posts: 22 Location: Canada I assume it was glue where the sight contacted the machined ramp on the barrel. It could have been hot melt glue, but it did not have the consistancy of same. I did two guns and both displayed the same "glue" spot. Rick _________________ That what is not real does not exist! 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