Metallic Sight Sizes
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Metallic Sight Sizes
I feel like my metallic sights are a bit too tight in appearance, aka the gaps left and right of the front sight in the rear sight seem too small to me. I measured them to be:
Range officer: Rear Sight Opening and Front sight Width 0.120in
Kimber Gold Match II: Rear Sight Gap 0.133in, Front Sight Width 0.137in
The Kimber seems to have a bigger gap to me, but both are a bit tight. The RO is being turned into a Wad gun, so I'm not too concerned about that one.
How would I go about making the rear sight bigger on the Kimber?
Thanks!
Range officer: Rear Sight Opening and Front sight Width 0.120in
Kimber Gold Match II: Rear Sight Gap 0.133in, Front Sight Width 0.137in
The Kimber seems to have a bigger gap to me, but both are a bit tight. The RO is being turned into a Wad gun, so I'm not too concerned about that one.
How would I go about making the rear sight bigger on the Kimber?
Thanks!
Soupy44- Posts : 249
Join date : 2016-10-24
Location : Raleigh, NC
Re: Metallic Sight Sizes
Set up slide in mill and use a 1/16 cutter to open the rear notch up to desired width.
Re: Metallic Sight Sizes
You can also use a thin pillar file to open up the notch, and then cold blue. Just make sure the file is less than 0.133" in thickness
desben- Posts : 385
Join date : 2013-12-22
Location : Ontario, Canada
Re: Metallic Sight Sizes
Thanks KC! You might have a little more work to do on my pistols.
I unfortunately don't own a file thin enough.
Is there no way to replace the aperture?
I unfortunately don't own a file thin enough.
Is there no way to replace the aperture?
Soupy44- Posts : 249
Join date : 2016-10-24
Location : Raleigh, NC
Re: Metallic Sight Sizes
Sometimes its easier to just a a thinner front sight.
CR10X- Posts : 1777
Join date : 2011-06-17
Location : NC
Re: Metallic Sight Sizes
If you are a stickler for appearance, have a good machinist do the work. I've used a small safe-edge file to open the rear sight. File at a slight angle so the width at the back is slightly narrower than at the front of the blade. When it looked right, I used cold blue on the exposed metal.
Depending on your personality the imperfections can be good or bad. If I can see the slight angle on the left side and the bottom corner that isn't perfectly square, then I know that I am focusing on the sight.
Depending on your personality the imperfections can be good or bad. If I can see the slight angle on the left side and the bottom corner that isn't perfectly square, then I know that I am focusing on the sight.
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