Help with the Sig Bravo 5

[MassPete]

I can't get the battery cover off and don't want to break out the Vice Grips. Looks like it was overtightened at the factory. Anyone have experience with this

 

[MassPete]

 

[MassPete]

 

[Marty McFly]

 

[MassPete]

I thought you were busting my balls, but I think that might work. Shouldn't need special tools for a brand new optic from sig. WTF??

 

[Junior314]

I always check the Google machine or YouTube to see if my troubles are shared by others or if I truly dumbfounded. Its usually 50% hit rate on my own stupidity of missing something simple.

 

[MassPete]

I always check the Google machine or YouTube to see if my troubles are shared by others or if I truly dumbfounded. Its usually 50% hit rate on my own stupidity of missing something simple.

Same here.. Other guy had a problem with this and brought it to his local gun store. Nothing on YouTube. I don't want to damage the optic.

 

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Piece of cloth or soft rubber and a pair of plyers.

 

[Junior314]

Piece of cloth or soft rubber and a pair of plyers.

I took a pair of channel locks with flat heads and stuck some heavy duty soft foam on them for jobs just like this.

 

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I took a pair of channel locks with flat heads and stuck some heavy duty soft foam on them for jobs just like this.

Great idea. Ya just gotta make that first small “break” and the rest should be fingers if the threads aren’t misaligned and forced on.

 

[MassPete]

Great advice, did the channel locks and needle nose plyers with cloth. Whoever tightened this on there must have been pissed that day. It won't budge. I'm afraid to damage it. That's what usually happens. If you look at the top pic, the SIG logo should be centered and even on this setting. Looks like it was over tightened by at least 1/4 inch.

 

[Junior314]

I’d send it back at that point.

 

[MassPete]

Well, as usual, I got pissed and scratched the shit out of it. But, I got it and It's working. and now, I can't sell it. Might be a good thing.

 

[Marty McFly]

I thought you were busting my balls, but I think that might work. Shouldn't need special tools for a brand new optic from sig. WTF??

I bust everyone's balls. But every now and again I try to be helpful

 

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That sucks that you scratched it up but just think of it as character. Put some clear nail polish on the scuff marks and drive on.

Aren’t those just bigger, heavier, less expensive 1x Romeo 5’s? Beat it like a rented mule and see how well it handles it. I stayed away from those particular RDS because they just looked cheap and much larger than they need to be these days.

 

[paul73]

Well, as usual, I got pissed and scratched the shit out of it. But, I got it and It's working. and now, I can't sell it. Might be a good thing.

you can use black permanent marker on scratches. next time use some plastic grabs under pliers or vise grips. we all learn from our mistakes.
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[sshamrock]

Just toss the whole gun in some gravel to blend it in. Bonus points for some crazy war story if anyone asks about the blems

 

[DarkJoker33]

That sucks that you scratched it up but just think of it as character. Put some clear nail polish on the scuff marks and drive on.

Aren’t those just bigger, heavier, less expensive 1x Romeo 5’s? Beat it like a rented mule and see how well it handles it. I stayed away from those particular RDS because they just looked cheap and much larger than they need to be these days.

Its a 5x prism
Vs just a regular dot