Real Avid Master Handgun Sight Pusher, grey/red

I added a red dot to my Springfield Hellcat, so I needed to replace the front and rear iron sights to allow co-witnessing with the red dot. I tried using a nylon punch, which was an almost immediate fail. The punch just started to disintegrate. Then I tried using a steel punch, but the sights didn't move at all. I decided to purchase this sight pusher because I felt the less expensive ones just wouldn't do the job and/or have a greater potential to damage the slide.I first tried using the standard configuration with the nylon holders and turned the handle by hand, but that didn't work. Then I got a torque wrench and set it to 156 in lbs (the max recommended) and started to use that to push the slide out. No joy. The slide started to angle away from the direction of the force being applied rather than the sight moving in the dovetail.So, I swapped out the nylon holders for the steel ones (putting the protective pads on the mating surface) and gave it another try - first just by hand, and then using the torque wrench. Still no good.But then I tried something that was recommended in the instructions. After loading up the sight with some pressure I got a hammer and gave the handle a good whack. That did the trick and the sight broke loose.The vertical knob adjustments are a bit awkward, as they are in pretty close proximity to the body of the pusher. And I found aligning the block accurately to the sight dovetails to be a bit tricky. I've seen some other sights that have a sighting hole that allows you to look perpendicular to the slide to align the block to the dovetails. That seems like it would be a nice feature to have. And even with the steel holders the torque would push the slide at an angle a bit. It would be nice if there was some way to lock the slide down solidly. But it worked well enough, and I don't doubt that any difficult to remove sights will require the steel holders.I debated a lot about just bringing my gun to a gunsmith rather than purchasing a pusher. It seemed the going rate was $60 including bore sighting, plus time and gas for multiple trips. So, I'll call it $70 - about half the price of this tool. And then, if I found adjustments were necessary it was just more hassle. I figured the cost was close enough to a gunsmith to justify an additional $80 just to have a tool for the future.

I can’t say anything that hasn’t already been said about this sight pusher. It’s small, compact, and seems to work for majority of arms. Highly recommend it!

Awsome tool no need to go to gun smith to change sights

It’s probably the best “universal” sight pusher I’ve used. And I’ve been able to change sights on pistols they don’t recommend or say it does not work with (Ruger Mk series .22) by fabricating wooden blocks to hold the receiver. It’s built pretty stout. But it’s a bit annoying to use. You’ll spend a lot of time fiddling with its numerous screws. I’ve used it on maybe 50 pistols so far and not had issues with it marring or failing to do the job. I’m not completely sold on the “Real Avid” brand. But so far they make reasonable tools. If you only work on one brand of pistol, then get a pusher for that make. If you work on everything, then it’s a great compromise that works well.

Everything about this sight pusher reads as it’s a top of the line high quality unit. It’s not. I needed to swap out a rear P320 sight and this press destroyed it. So here we go. The slide will start to twist no matter how tight you clamp it down. I even tried the metal jaws in it with the provided protection pads and nada. As soon as you put minimal tension on the “torque knob” things start getting wonky. You could actually see the press block move as everything is clamped in correctly according to their directions. As per the gun owners curiosity as well as mine, we pushed the sight off in the most unnatural way possible. The front with the press block flipped was even worse. I had to tell a customer that there’s no way in hell I would use this on his new trijicon sights and he would have to wait for the Sig shoe to arrive for our regular press. This was delivered today and a return was made less than a hour later. Highly NOT recommended. My shop typically does about 40-60 sight swaps a week and this as a secondary permanent shop tool was a bad idea. We will gladly pay the premium for a quality tool. Figure this. You buy sights from us, we don’t charge you to swap them. You bring in your own sights from wherever you bought them and it’s 10 bucks for a Glock and 20 bucks for everything else. Is this really worth it? Hard pass.

I have a variety of pistols that I tend to work on (adjusting, removing or adding sights) and this tool is about right for all of them. My other sight adjustment tool did not work on some handguns for a variety of reasons. I don't have that limitation with this tool. The handle is padded making turning the press block very bearable. Not to mention the press block can be rotated to fit many different slides and sights. It's a bit pricey but well worth it.

This thing is big. But like i noticed all avid stuff is built well and works great.

First things first. If you are having slide tilt issues with the tool that is normal for pretty much every tool like this. It will get better depending on your experience and the way the sights are mounted. Some sights are pressed in and have loctite in them. They are hard to do regardless of the tool.Next up take your oil and oil the crap out of the threads. They stick and are hard to turn if you don't. Have patience, take your time, and make sure it's well lubed.I noticed one issue in the regard.Out of the box there was debris stuck to the main threaded area. Dust or whatever it was. I used oil and a cleaning pad to remove it.Great quality overall but one of the feet was missing on mine and found inside and I restuck it on. That really could use a redesign as they seem to pop off too easy.It does what it is supposed to do and does it very well. If you have a really stubborn one and having an issue using this I would highly recommend a gunsmith instead.