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Marcar1964

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New to forum,hello to everyone, I own a few Springfield pistals, have question for new 1911 I got for Christmas, I'm 60 years old and running red dots on most of my guns, I have a new 1911 stainless mil spec with original GI style sights, I want to replace rear with adjustable sight and leave front intact, need some info on width cut and such if anyone would help me out, thank you
 
Marcar1964 said:
New to forum,hello to everyone, I own a few Springfield pistals, have question for new 1911 I got for Christmas, I'm 60 years old and running red dots on most of my guns, I have a new 1911 stainless mil spec with original GI style sights, I want to replace rear with adjustable sight and leave front intact, need some info on width cut and such if anyone would help me out, thank you
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i no longer have my Mil Spec, so i had to look this up

"How do you remove/replace the front sight on a Springfield Armory 1911-A1 mil spec? If it's mil-spec and has the GI sights on it, the front site should be staked onto the slide. Sometimes they are silver soldered as well. You can see it on the underside of the slide when the barrel is removed.Jun 5, 2005"

if that front sight is "staked in", and not a slide/push in type, you'll be advised to go to a gunsmith, or...contact


you ship your slide to them, they sell/install for you

then there is this:

Springfield 1911 front sights​

Front Sights for all Springfield Armory 1911s with round top slides whether 1911, EMP or Prodigy.
Please Read This-
Factory Springfield front sights are made with the dovetail's ends rounded over. This is done just for style.
My Dawson sights do not share this design. Dawson puts a chamfer on the top corner of each end to "kill" the sharp edge, but leaves a flat edge face to position the punch against.
Dawson's configuration is an improvement over sights with rounded over dovetail ends. With rounded ends, there is no place to engage with a punch to deliver the energy straight into the dovetail joint. With a rounded end, you have to put the punch against the sight blade, which A) offsets the energy driving the dovetail in, B) may bend or break the blade and C) has you delivering hammer energy right against the side of the tritium lamp (protected by about .030" of the sight body), which can result in a broken or cracked lamp.

 
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