Sgt. Mac,Originally Posted by onthesquare357
Send your slide to Novak. They'll cut a front dovetail, a rear Novak dovetail, and you'll have the broadest range of choice of sights in the universe.
Regards,
Walt
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Sgt. Mac,Originally Posted by onthesquare357
Send your slide to Novak. They'll cut a front dovetail, a rear Novak dovetail, and you'll have the broadest range of choice of sights in the universe.
Regards,
Walt
Author, The M1911 Complete Assembly Guide,
The M1911 Complete Owner's Guide, NEW The 10/22 Complete Owner's and Assembly Guide,
The M14 and M1 Garand Complete Assembly Guides
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Last edited by wjkuleck; 3rd December 2011 at 21:50.
Gunsmith? Maybe! But he ain't no 1911 mechanic, because it is not that big a deal to stake on a 1911 front sight. IMO anybody that calls themselves a gunsmith should have the tool and be able to do it.Originally Posted by onthesquare357
Ken
"I like Colts and will die that way"
"It seems to me that I have forgotten more than I remember"
It ain't so hard that even I can do it. However, as my associate Drake points out, the dovetail is a much better idea. He keeps trying to get my staked-on-sight-slides into his mill.Originally Posted by kenhwind
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Last edited by wjkuleck; 3rd December 2011 at 22:56.
I appreciate all the help...looks like Novak may be the answer...if not just more red nail polish!! lol But really thanks for the info. Yeah my gunsmith said he did'nt have the tool and that it was tricky to get right at best.
Sgt.Mac
US ARMY
Desert Storm Veteran 90'-91'
I wanted to say that my next 1911 is going to between the Springfield Range Officer, The Ruger, "hard to find" and or a Para Ordiance. Ther are so many out there, my budget is around $1000 give or take a couple hundred.
Whatever it is it will have dovetail sights.
Sgt.Mac
US ARMY
Desert Storm Veteran 90'-91'
Any competent gunsmith should be able to mill a dovetail in the slide to accept whatever front sight you might wish. Choose carefully as there are many different sights available and - unfortunately - most of them want to have a proprietary cut as opposed to making it better for the customer and using a standardized cut.
The computer and cell phone industry was horrible about that, but, now seems to be going to a USB micro or mini on a lot of the available equipment.
Thanks Steve...I am going to send it back in to have it repaired then go check out several differnt gunsmiths for thier opinions. I may just live with the staked sights on this gun. Might be better to spend the money on new gun. If I upgrade the barrel, trigger job and hammer, it will be good enough. It is really a great deal at $500 even if the sights are less than grand. The sights were the only thing that I didn't like. Thanks to all that responded to my post. I will let ya'll know when I decide which new model I am gonna buy.
Sgt.Mac
US ARMY
Desert Storm Veteran 90'-91'
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