ethancallahan Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 I am thinking of replacing my rock island mil spec gun front sight on my traditional category pistol. I was thinking of having someone mill out a dovetail groove and put a new taller/wider sight. I am kinda tired of the small little bump of a sight that came with it. I am going change out the back sight also to use either a 10-8 National Match or Harrison Design 003. 1. What height/width front sight is suggested with these rear sights? 2. What width/height front sights are legal? 3. Does anyone have links to where to find traditional legal dovetailed front sights? 4. Any suggestions to how much to spend on getting a dovetail cut put in the slide? I saw novak was 50.00. Is anyone cheaper or is that the going rate? 5. Any suggestions about swapping out the trigger to a smooth faced one for a rock island mil spec gun? any links to find some? is it legal to go a smoothed faced one instead of the ridged one that came with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggus Deal Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 http://www.sassnet.com/wildbunch/forum/index.php?topic=2377.0 Check out this post for some info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 1. What height/width front sight is suggested with these rear sights? A width that leaves a little (or even a lot) of white when you look at it through the rear sight. For many folks, 0.140" width is about right with a 0.140" wide rear sight slot. Height - file down until you get your favorite load to hit center at about 15 yards. 2. What width/height front sights are legal? Any, only the list of allowable solid color is specified, as well as the prohibition of using outlines, figures, dots, fiber or glow in the dark. 3. Does anyone have links to where to find traditional legal dovetailed front sights? Brownells, Midway, Brown, Wilson, etc. I had Mars Guns make one for me. http://marsguns.com/ 4. Any suggestions to how much to spend on getting a dovetail cut put in the slide? I saw novak was 50.00. Is anyone cheaper or is that the going rate? About the going price. Mars has a price list for their work 5. Any suggestions about swapping out the trigger to a smooth faced one for a rock island mil spec gun? any links to find some? is it legal to go a smoothed faced one instead of the ridged one that came with it? Yep, perfectly legal. Don't install a target trigger with lightening holes bored through. A trigger stop is ok. Brownells, Midway, Brown, Wilson, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I had this set put on both my traditional 1911s: Front: and Rear: What a difference! If I recall correctly, several other shooters at our club use the same set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethancallahan Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 bought that front sight griff and the back one except i didn't go with the u notch. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I REALLY hope that the big front sight gets WELL locked into the mortise on your slide by the person doing the installation. It is RARE that those big heavy replacement front sights can be held securely by that same tenon design that worked for the little nubby original sight. A dovetail for the big front sight is used by almost all custom 1911 builders because it is much more secure and easily replaced if damaged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggus Deal Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 There are three different tenon sizes. And blanks are available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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