Originally Posted by
flounder33
I have had good luck making small punches out of hard maple scraps and driving dovetailed sights with them. They will not last as long as the brass punches but I just make what I need from what is laying arround. There is no doubt the press is the best option though. I know of someone pulling the screws right out of the barrel on a ramp driving a front bead out.
Thats actually a pretty damn good idea. I never thought about using some wood scraps and making some punches for installing sights. It doesnt take much pressure to get them in if the dovetails are filed correctly.