Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Gunsmithing Filling open sight screw holes on a barrel.

I've removed the open sights from my Remington BDL for a smoother appearance.

Currently I've filled the holes with small screws but would like to fill in the holes in a manner that blends them seemlessly to the rest of the barrel.

Any solutions?

If you do a search back about six months or so I posted pictures of how I do it. It's actually pretty simple if you take your time.

Basically, it's nothing more than screwing in threaded annealed blanks, peening them down, and filing/contouring them in. It makes for a literally invisible fix without having to resort to welding them up. When you start filing the joint just disappears right before your eyes.


addition: the topic was covered on 8/20/07 under the title of "Filling a Barrel screw hole."

Found it.

Thanks for the tip.

That looks doable.

PM me if you would like more detailed instructions and some tips. If I can do anyone can!