I would guess that some contain flammable gases...

I don't know anything about annealing brass, but I do know that when annealing other metals, you don't quench them, you let them cool slowly. Quenching metal usually leaves it hard and brittle. Brass may be different though. Edit - Never mind, should have used some Google fu first, brass, copper and...

Could be parasites or food poisoning, hope gets better soon.

You need to find someone that uses it on the same rifle you plan to use it on before you buy so you can verify which riser to get. The chart Marbles has listing the sizes isn't always right. It lists the short riser for a Rossi 92, and that is almost too short.

My mistake, I thought you were talking about the ones with the small round brass bead inserted into the blade, that looks kinda like a BB.

I don't have the BB sight, as I said, I have a brass blade that is pinned.

I recently picked up an Interarms Rossi 92 24" half octagonal .45 Colt. I have a tang peep sight and a folding rear sight on order and would like to upgrade the front sight. This model does not have a dovetail mounted front sight, instead, it has a brass blade pinned into the barrel band. I may...