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Milling a slide for sights

Discussion in 'Guns & Hunting' started by dofartshavelumps, Jan 6, 2020.

  1. Jan 6, 2020 at 5:46 PM
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    dofartshavelumps

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    Looking to possibly mill a dovetail for a front sight. Anybody have experience with this? Looks straight forward, just go slow and use lots of cutting oil?
     
    dofartshavelumps, Jan 6, 2020
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