Cutting your own sights??

[Aaronious45]

Anyone ever try hand cutting your own dove tails? I've had pistols that I loved but hated the sights.
http://youtu.be/wcfAFxsfqA0

 

[Dan1612]

That's impressive, I wonder if that's how they get rid of blade front sights on 1911's.


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[Aaronious45]

I would imagine it'd be easier to just grind the sight down first and the cut?

I'm hoping someone that knows more than me can say this is a good idea before I look into that kits pricing lol

 

[M.O.A.]

Once. I highly suggest practicing on a piece of 3/4" bar stock a few times though.

 

[Aaronious45]

Once. I highly suggest practicing on a piece of 3/4" bar stock a few times though.

How'd yours turn out?

 

[M.O.A.]

How'd yours turn out?

Epic fail on first attempt. A machinist friend fixed it.

 

[Aaronious45]

Epic fail on first attempt. A machinist friend fixed it.

That's a valuable piece of info! Lol

 

[M.O.A.]

About 175$ worth. Its doable. You just A) take your time and B) leave the Crown Reserve till after. I did a Marlin 39A couple months ago. Converted to a Mountie and cut 4" off the barrel. The scrap piece made good practice material. Enco sells the mill cutters that do it flawlessly first time.

 

[Aaronious45]

I'm only looking to cut in dove tails for a pistol. Would that be doable or would it just be better/cheaper to have a machinist cut them ?

 

[M.O.A.]

I would have a machine shop do it. The cost of the jig plus the learning curve wouldn't be worth it to me.

 

[Aaronious45]

10-4!

 

[jakec]

man i got a porta band and a grinder and i quit drinkin so come on over.

 

[ksenter]

The cost of the jig plus the learning curve wouldn't be worth it to me.

Im the exact opposite. The cost of the jig and the learning curve are by-product of the gratification of a job well done.

 

[Aaronious45]

I was looking at it to save money rather than have a smith do it. But then I started thinking about how much it's going to cost to have a smith FIX it

 

[M.O.A.]

Im the exact opposite. The cost of the jig and the learning curve are by-product of the gratification of a job well done.

I agree with you to a point. About 700$ worth of tooling to build a 99$ cricket .22 clone ( less barrel) from scratch in fact. Lmao. However, not all share our enthusiasm.

 

[ksenter]

I was looking at it to save money rather than have a smith do it. But then I started thinking about how much it's going to cost to have a smith FIX it

hahaha, this is also true

 

[black shoe dog-850]

Phil at Jays charges $140 to cut rear bomar and front novak combined.I,ve had mine down for 5 weeks or more and he told me 4 weeks so dont get in a hurry.My slide is a 1911 with GI sights.He can change to novak or bomar from those.If you want to try your self the tools are very expensive.