Sight installation and removal tool

A sight installation device, comprising:

• a body having a notch which is capable of receiving a pistol slide with a sight receiving groove, the notch possessing a first and a second lateral sidewall, and an at least one horizontal base abutment;
• the body also having at least one guide channel proximate the notch, in which a pusher bit is longitudinally slidable and configured so as to contact a sight element directly in line with the pistol slide's sight-receiving groove;
• a drive screw configured to engage an opening in the body proximate the guide channel, the drive screw engaging the opening and configured to engage the pusher bit, wherein an extension screw longitudinally engages in and slides along the at least one guide channel.

A sight installation device for a pistol slide having a sight receiving groove, the device comprising:

• a body having a fixed width notch with first and second lateral sidewalls and at least one guide channel proximate the notch, the notch configured to receive a pistol slide any a sight receiving groove can be aligned with the channel and the sidewalls interconnected by structure without that interconnecting structure being positioned above the position of the sight receiving groove of the slide when the slide is received by the notch of the body;
• a pusher bit longitudinally slidable in the channel and having a portion configured to contact a sight element in line with the pistol slide's sight receiving groove;
• a drive screw configured to threadingly engage an opening in the body and to engage the pusher bit to incrementally drive the pusher bit toward the sight receiving groove, wherein the body is configured to receive the sight element spaced from the sight receiving groove, outside of the notch, and in abutment with the pusher bit prior to installation of the sight element in the pistol slide.