Thinking about Heinie Slant Pro's for my 1911 or BoMar adjustable sights. Anyone have experience with either of these that can offer some positive or negative feedback. I won't be holstering this gun, mostly for indoor/outdoor range use. Thanks
1911 sights for my Colt GI
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Either of those will require milling the slide on a gun with mil-spec sights. JMO, but adjsutable sights are sinfully ugly on a 1911.
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Yeah, you have to find a retro sight of some sort.
Harrison makes a good one.
http://shop.harrisoncustom.com/products/114-hd-003-retro-rear-sight.aspx
Harrison makes a good one.
http://shop.harrisoncustom.com/products/114-hd-003-retro-rear-sight.aspx
u recommend changing out the front sight as well? or just the rear? Now that i think abt it since i have a Colt might be better to keep the integrity of the gun and not mill it down.
If the gun is accurate enough to justify the price, then go with the adjustable rear sight and dial in your point of impact to match point of aim with a specific load of ammo.
If you're going to change the rear sight to adjustable (aka for target shooting), then also change out the front sight for a target-style sight for that sharp definition against the target. Get a set of Bomars from Colt (that's what they use on their Colt Gold Cup as of current).
If you're going to change the rear sight to adjustable (aka for target shooting), then also change out the front sight for a target-style sight for that sharp definition against the target. Get a set of Bomars from Colt (that's what they use on their Colt Gold Cup as of current).
the biggest problem with the gi style sight is the FRONT sight is too small so you would either have to have a dovetail milled in slide or get a replacement stake in front sight. I've had many a staked in sight fly off my gun to say dovetail is the way to go EXCEPT- is your gun an original gi gun or a reproduction?- if it is original I'd tell you not to mod it- unmodded USGI guns are getting more and more collectible every day and replacing sights absolutely destroys value.
I have a Colt GI. I think you made a pretty good point of not modifying my 1911. I just tend to shoot my buddies 1911 more accurately because the front sight on his 1911 is much clearer than the sight picture on my GI. I'm sure with enough practice I can get my groupings on my Colt a bit better. Seems to be the best idea is just to buy an another gun.
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With the proper staking tool this is never an issue. Easy too! Works for any style staked front sight(shameless plug as we make it for Brownells)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Colt-1911-F...aultDomain_0&hash=item3cb0fc2139#ht_500wt_965
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Do you mean a real actual US Army issued Colt?
If so, it is worth quite a bit of money in original UNALTERED configuration.
The smallish sights aren't bad for target shooting. They make for some fine sight alignment. It's the combat shooting that the sights aren't well suited for because you need big, highly defined sights for quick sight picture.
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Like everyone says, it depends on if you're talking about an original. IF not then you can look at a Dawson Fiber Optic front, not many sight pictures are clearer or faster, although a small gold bead works REALY well too. Just depends on how far you want to shoot.
Wouldn't waste any time with staking, get it done right and have the sight cut.
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Well then personally, I'd have the slide dovetailed up front for a Fiber optic sight and some sort of ledge sight in the rear.
Someone suggested Bomars earlier but they've been out of business for a awhile now. I also don't recommend sending it to Colt as their adjust sight cuts look like crap and most I've seen hang over the back of the slide. If you want adjustables then look at STI/SVI rear serrated...
http://www.dawsonprecision.com/Cate...ights:STI/SV/Bomar+Black+Serrated+Rear+Sights
You can go with a black serrated rear or FOs in the rear blade.
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