Removing Rear Sight Bridge on a H S Supermatic Cit

Steel Pedaler · Post by **Steel Pedaler** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:10 pm

Can someone explain how to remove the rear sight bridge from a Supermatic Citation. Is it held on by pin or hex screw or other?
It is not apparent to me by looking at it.
With a dot sight installed I can not reach over dot sight and pull the slide back.
The serrations on the rear of the slide are covered by the sight bridge.
Further is this something a novice shade tree gunsmith should under take?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Jon Eulette · Post by **Jon Eulette** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:02 pm

Hi,
Pretty simple to do. Put pistol in vise...helps a lot! Drift out pin that is in hole large pin. You'll need a long punch to do this. Now drift out large pin. Then one roll pin on each side...just push them deep enough to clear the bridge mount. They stay in pistol. Pull off bridge.
Jon

jackh · Post by **jackh** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 4:03 am

The two big pins are sex pins. You drive them apart through the small hole in the one of them. But first you need to drive out the cross lock pin from the rear into the sear area, You should remove the sear first. Last you push the side small pins in just far enough to clear.

Jon Eulette · Post by **Jon Eulette** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:39 pm

OOPS, thats right!

Steel Pedaler · Post by **Steel Pedaler** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 2:37 pm

Thanks to both of you. That looks like it will work.
The "removeing the seaer" part, may be beyond me,
but now I know what needs to happen.

Thanks Again.

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