1911 questions

[bigo334]

I just traded a member for a RIA 1911 A1 yesterday, and it has the front blade sight and I would like to put night sights on it, but the front sight isn't dove tailed. So do I have a gunsmith dove tail my slide, or what do I do?

 

[AllenM]

Not to hard to cut a sight dovetail......if you have access to a mill. I may be able to help with that

 

[bigo334]

My gun, a mill, and me. Not a good scenerio

 

[04DarkShadowGT]

They also make sights for the tennon style front sight like the gi has. look for sight that fit a colt series 70, RIA uses the smaller tenon that those do.

I would recommend a gun smith put on the trigicon or other night sight ones so you dont crack them. A normal staking tool supposedly will not work with those.

I just did a bit of looking for my compact with GI sights too. Search around the 1911 forums, tons of info.

 

[bigo334]

I seen a few of those but wasn't sure

 

[BarryJaxon]

A normal staking tool will work,but if no experience with one it might be better to pay.but if your gonna go the milling route you should have front and rear done as the RIA`s Novak look alikes are just a little different!Not a true Novak cut.

 

[AllenM]

another option is send the slide to Novak sights and they will do the whole job

 

[walt o]

Buy the sight from NOVAK and send them the slide .No FFI involved they will cut dovetail for $35.00 the last time i talked to them.