Do tell...seriously. I have no idea what to do.
This was actually my first sight install... I've had all the rest professionally installed. I decided to give it a try on the P-10C, though, figuring I could always take it to the gunsmith 5 minutes from my house if I ran into trouble. In this case I was replacing the stock sights with a CZ Custom fiber front and HTAC rear. I was expecting (dreading) some hand fitting but in my case it was not needed.
My "bench" is a simple affair - I have a drill press vise mounted to a piece of wood that I can set on a tabletop. You can partially see it in this pic:
That is the same sight set on one of my P-07s and my P-10C, BTW. The HTAC rear differs a bit between the two - both are great but I prefer the P-07 design a bit more.
Anyway, installing the sights was a simple as mounting the slide in the vise (protected by some plastic blocks on either side and a layer of cardboard folded under and up the sides to be safe) and loosening the little hex set screws that secure the front and rear sights. It took minimal effort to drift the old sights out with a nylon punch and similar effort to install the new ones. I protected the area on the sights where the punch touched with some painters tape to ensure the finish was protected.
I was told that when installing the rear sight it should go into the dovetail about halfway with nothing more than finger pressure - if that is not the case the new sight dovetail will require some fitting. I got lucky.
Once the new sights were installed I tightened the set screws and that was all there was to it. Some people put a touch of blue loctite on the set screws but I have not found that to be necessary yet...
