After a bit of a hiatus, I'm back shooting again, and we've found that my wife likes shooting my Gold Cup, too (although she's eyeing a 1911 in 9mm for a present).
When I was here last, I'd lost the pin in the Elliason sight. Colt doesn't send them out, probably because they don't use this anymore.
I tried a drill shank, but that failed, too, on a league night. One of the counter jockey's found a roll pin that fit, although it was too long by a 1/8 or so, and stuck out the sides, adding yet another sharp edge. After that, I wasn't shooting it too much, until this February when my wife & I both bought the Sig ittybitty P938. When we did that, I had the LGS gunsmith put in a new roll pin.
Tonight, that broke. Just a tiny bit of one side of one end, and that was enough to throw it all off.
I've found Kensight's pins, and their shipping costs aren't bad; I might get 3 sets, and that will keep it under $30. Then I'll just need to find a brass drift punch to put a little bend in the pin.
I'm also going to approach the LGS, tell them they cut the roll pin too short, and that's what caused it to break (I didn't lose the pin, and I can show them). They'd charged by $35 to put it in, and we've dropped a bunch of coin there on guns, ammo, and training ... I think I might be able to convince them to redo this job, once.
I guess this is just a rant. The wife called me over to her lane where she was shooting the 45 (the larger grip makes it easier for her to shoot than the tiny Sig), and said "It's crooked!" Of course, it was near closing time, and there was no gunsmith.
I'll keep you posted.
If anyone has insomnia, here's the original, short, thread. http://forum.m1911.org/showthread.ph...light=elliason
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