1911 Front Sight

[Uncle Grinch]

My 1911 front sight is the narrow tenon type. I have a set of Novak sights that I’d like to have installed on my pistol. Problem is the Novak set are dovetail mounts.

Question... can you mill a dovetail through the existing tenon slot or does it need to be tig welded up first?

[Inthealders]

What does your pistolsmith say?

[tim338]

I have installed dozens of dovetail sights on 1911s no you do not have to tig weld the tenon slot.

[pietro]

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No welding needed, but just any dovetail should not be cut, as real Novak sights (there are many knockoffs) use a specifically sized dovetail cut that the knockoff sight makers do not.

Please take a few minutes to read both of the below references - one by Novak, and the other about genuine & knockoff Novak sights.

https://www.novaksights.com/Content....ights%20101%22

http://stores.kensight.com/common-1911-sight-dovetails/


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[Uncle Grinch]

Interesting reading pietro. Was not aware of kensight web site. They are located here in Georgia. I’ll give them a call this week.

Thanks...