Hayulp!
Total non-sequitur to what has been posted so far, but here goes...
I have a Mossberg 590 12 gauge shotgun (not an A1) with a brass bead front sight. I got in my head that a ghost ring sight would be useful, and ordered a Mossy factory ghost ring sight, not realizing that the front blade has to be SILVER SOLDERED on by a gunsmith. (The rear sight bolts right up just fine to the exiting holes in the receiver).
I’m nervous (!) about finding and employing a gunsmith to pull this off.
So...
Do I just epoxy the front site on? (Has been suggested on the webz as a possiblity)
Do I purchase a third-party front sight of the clamp-on type? The only viable one I have found is for a Remington... will it fit? Unclear.
Do I lose my paranoia of gunsmiths applying too much heat to my barrel and screwing up the magazine bracket, and/or soldering the thing off center, and/or ...?
Do I buy a replacement barrel from Mossberg that has the front blade factory-attached?
Do I scrap the idea of having a ghost ring, period, and go back to the bead... or an upgraded version of the bead, like maybe a tritium bead?
I have done the usual google research... y’all’s learned opinions are coveted!
FRegards
That’s quite a ‘wish list’, and everything needs to be done right, the first time.
Have you checked local FFLs’ in-house gunsmiths? Asked at the range about independent, perfectionist gunsmiths? I have one up here at Freedom Armory in PA who could do that meticulously, by TX is a ways away.
Silver solder sounds like the best option. It’s not difficult for someone that knows what they’re doing.