Free front sight bead

[trotterlg]

I am working on a project stubbing off a 410 nef and re-barreling it to 30 Carbine.  It is posted on the CF NEF board with pictures if you are interested.  The fall out from this project is that I have a nice 410 brass front sight bead I will give to who ever PM's me first, I will even pay the postage.  Larry

[eskimo36]

I will take it. I just got a barrel without one. I will PM my address. Thanks.

[trotterlg]

Cookieman got it real fast, if I do another one of thse I will save the site for you.  Larry

[blackplague14]

I need to install a bead on the kids 20g.  I've never done one before.  Any hints on getting it lined up properly to drill and tap the hole?

Thanks,
Jon

[Cookiemann]

Check out this link, it was posted a while back and I saved it.

http://www.choketube.com/sights.html

I will be needing it too.

[blackplague14]

I see the dead center locator tool for vent rib barrels, but didn't see anything to help with a standard barrel.  Did I miss it? 

I may run a strip of blue masking tape down the top and eyeball the edge of it down top dead center while shouldering the gun.

Jon

[Cookiemann]

You're right, Jon, there is nothing for that.  Sorry, I thought I had seen it there.  I must have remembered seeing the tool for a vent-rib.  My idea for that was to use the firing pin on the one end and the existing bead on the other and using a punch or scribe to make a mark somewhere in between.  I guess that won't work if you have already taken of the end of the barrel with the bead on it.   Hmmm.  Will have to give that some thought.