Replacement 1911 Sights

[retrieverman]

The 1911 smith I use is in Ohio, and I bet he has a backlog. Surely, there’s someone in OK that can do it.

 

[JD8]

I understand this. This is why I have asked for recommendations of places that do dovetailing as well.

I dunno if @SPDguns is set up to do this? if not you could ask @Boehlertaught

 

[panayoti]

Back in the day many smiths silver soldered the front sight on. Obviously would not work with tritium.

 

[Gunbuffer]

I have a couple versions of the staking jigs if someone wants to play

 

[Moparman485]

I have a couple versions of the staking jigs if someone wants to play

I may end up giving it a try! I don’t “need” the tritium front and would likely be just as happy with a white dot, brass bead, fiber optic, or black sight instead

 

[Boehlertaught]

Novak does make great sights and can accommodate you with a stake type or dovetail type. I agree with JD8 and others about a dovetail sight for a hard use pistol. And I appreciate JD8s recommendation that I can do it and will be happy to help. But I also agree that @SPEguns is the super professional got guy. I think he is in Stillwater...I am in Coweta.

 

[Moparman485]

Oh I totally understand Novak can help, and I’m sure they do quality work. My issue is that I couldn’t ever get a straight answer on cost or process. And almost every time I tried to get ahold of them I got drastically different prices. The most recent of which was that there may or may not be an Extra $100 charge to install, but that they won’t know until they start to do it. I understand quality costs money, but I wholeheartedly disagree with doing business with someone that tries to say they aren’t able to give me a price without a massive range of hundreds of dollars for a single site install. This wasn’t a one time issue, and this has been going on for weeks. So, regardless of their prowess, I will not be dealing with Novak.

That being said, I am happy to deal with local vendors (or even in state where i Could mail the slide to you type thing), but I’m just not willing to send my slide cross country without a solid answer as to cost, or even a rough approximate cost.

 

[Moparman485]

And to be clear, my initial reason to go back with a Post type was that it had become a massive headache and I just want this pistol to be back in service. the post type had lasted over two decades of hard use as it is, so I don’t have a problem going back with it. I am also open to having the front milled if it is truly worth it, and the cost is doable.

I completely trust your guys opinions and I don’t want it to come off that I don’t. I’m simply beyond upset over my experience so far and was wanting to just keep making progress is all.

 

[Boehlertaught]

Others here have reported that @SPDguns is reasonable on price and turn around is fast. I have a few dovetail cutting tools but may need to get one that matches the sight you chose. This is not an issue but it takes a bit of time. The good part is that I always look for excuses to buy more tools. Ha ha.

 

[Moparman485]

Understandable. I’m always more than happy to spend my dollars within the state when I can.