Taurus PT1911's also have a proprietary cut on their slides that prevent using standard dovetail sights.

 

Baer ... bomar cut 360x.60 and the front dovetail cut is .330 x 65

 

Stuff like this is why I sent my gun to Novaks and told them what I wanted and let them deal with it LOL

 

Stuff like this is why I sent my gun to Novaks and told them what I wanted and let them deal with it LOL

I agree and let my pistolsmith handle such things. I know what needs to happen, it just turns our so much better when he does it.. LOL.. Ron

 

According to the following link, the RIA front sight dovetail is 65 degrees. Source: http://forum.m1911.org/showthread.php?t=82030

 

thanks for the catch....i had the right number the other day until i was changing the * to the °

 

Okay, another noobie question. I have tried to find the answer with no such luck. My ATI has Novak "drift-adjustable sights", would that be the same as listed above? Also I got a free set of Trijicon CA01 sight coming to me, will those fit? If not how much would it run me on average to get a gun smith to do it? I'm thinking about once I get this thing back from ATI I'm just going to trade it for something else... I can find anything about anything on this thing on the google machine...

 

the rear is probably a Novak cut (though some fitting may be required), but hard to say what the front sight cut is.

 

I believe it is a "stake" post if i'm referncing that correctly.

 

how about the LPA cuts some springfields use? I can measure my rear tonight on my old trophy match

 

how about the LPA cuts some springfields use? I can measure my rear tonight on my old trophy match

If that was directed at me, I have no idea what you just said and it may as well be in Chinese...:der:

 

If that was directed at me, I have no idea what you just said and it may as well be in Chinese...:der:

Nope, It was directed towards Quack. and I didn't measure them last night yet

 

Nope, It was directed towards Quack. and I didn't measure them last night yet

Cool, figured it wasn't. Just double checking...

 

hi.
any idea about the Norinco NP29's dovetail cuts? (front sight is dovetail, not tenon).

 

I have a ParaUsa Expert 9 with a Combat rear sight and I want to put an adjustable back their. Anyone know what I can use?

 

I believe your Rock Island measurements are off. Taken directly from Armscore -
FRONT - .330" x .075" x 65 degrees
REAR - .495" x 65deg standard dovetail cut

 

What are the specs for a colt gov model, I have a old standard Colt 1911 that I want a new adjustable rear sight. The frame is a 1914 and the slide is a few years newer, with the horse logo in the middle. Any recommendations for a good sight? It also has a rail on top the slide, both front and rear set pretty tall.

 

Which Novak size fits the Colt Competition 45ACP?
Thanks

 

Since there are plenty of 1911 sight cut's out there, I thought that I would post the different dimensions that i have come across.

Novak is pretty much the standard cut for 1911 sights.
Front: 65° x 330" x .075" (have also seen .060" and .070")
Rear: 65° x .495"

Springfield used to use the standard Novak rear cut, but it's changed since after ~2002 to a smaller cut.
Front: 60° x .330" x .078"
Rear: 65° x ~.490"-.485" (this is just a smaller cut in the dovetail, which requires filing down the sight to fit)

STI
Front: 60° x .300” x .074"
Rear: Novak (fixed) 65° x .495” or BoMar (adjustable)

Armscor (RIA Tactical and Citadel)
Front: 65° x .330" x .085"
Rear: 65° x .487" (similar to Novak, but needs to be fit like the Springfield.)

Dan Wesson uses a combination of standard Novak rear and Springfield front:
Front: 60° x .330" x .078"
Rear: 65° x .4.95"

Kimber has it's own sight cuts.
Front: 65° x .330" x .070”
Rear: 60° x .3605" x .194"

Wilson Combat:
Front: 60° x .300”
Rear:

Quack,have you come across the info on Les Baer,will probably be getting new sights fairly soon

Smith & Wesson has it's own sight cuts. I haven't looked into what they are.

 

Getting the right sights often takes a phone call for me. I’m not crazy about night sights and usually change them to fiber optics. Fitting them is not bad after you do a couple. Not unlike a thumb safety. Slow, patience and lots of checking for fit

 

Question about Trijicon

Folks, my 2009 Canadian built Para-Ordnance .45 single stack Nite-Tac came with Novak cut Trijicon front and rear sights. As the half-life of Tritium is 12 years, my dots are near faded to black.

I am seeking to replace the sights with exact replacements, but Trijicon doesn’t carry the design that my pistol has.

I have spent a few hours trying to find a source that might have these sights in stock to absolutely no avail.

The option to have new sights smithed onto the slide is daunting as the slide is Cerakoted in Coyote Brown and then had the markings laser etched onto the finish.

These pistols were one-offs in memento of our tour in Afghanistan in 2008, so a slide refinish would obliterate the bonafides that the markings provide.

Can anyone look at the pics below and see if they recognize the sights, please?

If anyone can send a link to a supplier, my gratitude would be endless.

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Do the tritium inserts still glow? If so, Trijicon can replace the tritium inserts.
I've sent them sights in the recent past and had the tritium tubes replaced.

 

They do in fact still glow. But it is faint.

I will write them and see. I’m in Canada, so sending a pair of slides across the border would be dicey.


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Springfield EMP 3

Front sight specs
.330 x 60 degrees
.140 tall

Rear sight specs
.495 x 65 degrees
.325 tall

 

This is literally a majority of the info I was looking for when I stumbled across this topic! Thanks for the knowledge!

 

For Colt's models O1911C "1911 Classic" which says

the 1911 Classic features the Series 70 firing system and rollmarks, national match barrel, staked on front sights, and spurred hammer.

What are replacement sight measurements? Thanks!