1911 Smiths in SOMD?

NIK · May 6, 2017

Took the RIA 1911 to the range today. It's no Kimber, but it wasn't bad. Desperately needs new sights though. Any smiths in SoMD that could do the simple job?

navycraig · May 6, 2017

R.C. Miller if he's still in business. 301-904-9301

mopar92 · May 6, 2017

Does it have GI style sights? IE rear dovetail and front tenon staked sight? Or dovetails front and rear.

NIK · May 6, 2017

You got it... The GI sights.

mopar92 · May 7, 2017

NIK said:
You got it... The GI sights.

I would contact Trikshot an IP. That job will likely require milling out the slide for larger dovetails and isn't necessarily an easy one. You can also try painting the top 1/3 of the front sight in a high contrast color.

inkd · May 7, 2017

NIK said:
Took the RIA 1911 to the range today. It's no Kimber, but it wasn't bad. Desperately needs new sights though. Any smiths in SoMD that could do the simple job?

I'm not sure what you are looking to spend on sights but there are a few options.

You can buy some aftermarket GI Style sights that have better visibility and save on the machine work. There are plenty of good sights out there that will fit the slide you currently have. You just need someone to install them for you.

You can send the slide off to Novak and have them machine the front and rear of the slide which will give you more options and have them install their sights. That'll be a bit more money.

https://www.novaksights.com/Products.aspx?CAT=9473

Take a day and drive to Scott's Gunsmithing and explain what you would like to have done and drop it off. It'll cost some time and money but his work is top notch. If you pick the sights out and order them, you may be able to call them and see about just mailing the slide up but for me, personally, I like to go up there and shoot the $hit with him anyways.

beretta_maven · May 8, 2017

inkd said:
I'm not sure what you are looking to spend on sights but there are a few options.

You can buy some aftermarket GI Style sights that have better visibility and save on the machine work. There are plenty of good sights out there that will fit the slide you currently have. You just need someone to install them for you.

You can send the slide off to Novak and have them machine the front and rear of the slide which will give you more options and have them install their sights. That'll be a bit more money.

https://www.novaksights.com/Products.aspx?CAT=9473

Take a day and drive to Scott's Gunsmithing and explain what you would like to have done and drop it off. It'll cost some time and money but his work is top notch. If you pick the sights out and order them, you may be able to call them and see about just mailing the slide up but for me, personally, I like to go up there and shoot the $hit with him anyways.

I've used Novak Sights to replace sights on three different firearms (Colt. Govt .380, Bulgarian Makarov and Beretta 84FS). All required the milling off of existing sights and cutting in for Novak sights. They did fantastic work on all three guns - I would highly recommend them.

mcbruzdzinski · May 8, 2017

Also try John Carduner410-733-4228 jcarduner@comcast.net

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