Actually, I just scribe marked both the muzzle as well as the P/17-pickle joint. Once the sights looked pretty good , I just added a little CA to weep under the band. If I reprint the pickle, I'll just add the blade. I was happy that I didn't need to cut off the existing sight. Maybe it is the red color but you really lock in on the front sight and aren't distracted by the front sight.If yours deflects the pellet up, I would take it off and push the nearest drill bit through it to see if it is straight. I've also spun a drill through it in reverse to clear any printing artifacts.