Portable Apparatus and Method for Adjusting Handgun Sights

A compact sight adjustment assembly for adjusting a lateral position of a sight connected to a slide operably associated with a handgun, the sight adjustment assembly comprising:

• a frame defining an outer periphery and comprising:
• a lower cross beam;
• an upper cross beam spaced from the lower cross beam and extending parallel with the lower cross beam;
• a right side post extending between the lower cross beam and the upper cross beam;
• and
• a left side post spaced from the right side post and extending between the lower cross beam and the upper cross beam;
• a lower clamping portion comprising:
• a lower clamping channel formed in the lower cross beam for receiving and securing at least one of a rear breech end and a front muzzle end of the slide;
• a lower internally threaded clamping bore formed in at least one of the right and left side posts and extending into the channel;
• a clamping member having external threads formed along a length thereof for engaging the internal threads of the clamping bore;
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• a lower hex-shaped depression operably associated with the clamping member for engagement with a hex-shaped tool;
• an upper sight adjustment portion comprising:
• a sight adjustment block having an internally threaded bore;
• a sight adjustment shaft rotatably connected to the right and left side posts and including a threaded section meshing with the internally threaded bore of the sight adjustment block, such that rotation of the sight adjustment shaft causes lateral sliding movement of the sight adjustment block with respect to the frame to thereby adjust the lateral position of the sight with respect to the slide;
• an upper hex-shaped depression operably associated with the sight adjustment shaft for engagement with the hand tool to thereby facilitate rotation of the sight adjustment shaft and thus lateral adjustment of the sight with respect to the slide;
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• a hand tool comprising an L-shaped hex wrench having a first short hex-shaped leg and a second long hex-shaped leg, with at least one of the hex-shaped legs being engageable with the lower and upper hex-shaped depressions to thereby facilitate rotational movement of the clamping member and the sight adjustment shaft, respectively, in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to thereby move the clamping member toward and away from the channel and the sight adjustment block in at least one of a right windage direction and left windage direction;
• wherein the lower clamping portion and upper sight adjustment portion are fully contained within the outer periphery of the frame to thereby minimize a size of the compact sight adjustment assembly.