Colt 1911 Mod 70 sights

[Timothy]

I have a new in package Bo-Mar that needs  a new home.

Frank,

Providing Alf doesn't want them (it's his B-Day, he gets first dibs), how hard to install them on my Para?

[Big Frank]

Frank,

Providing Alf doesn't want them (it's his B-Day, he gets first dibs), how hard to install them on my Para?

The slide needs to be milled to install them the right way.

[Timothy]

The slide needs to be milled to install them the right way.

Roger that!

If Alf doesn't bite, PM me and we can haggle...

thanks,

[alfsauve]

So now the orders in.   I'm getting theChampion (Bo-Mar style) rear sight with the Brazos Lighting Rod MicroDot front sight.

I did a little begging.   Pointing out that with all the machining the new sights would cost twice what I paid for the gun.   He knocked a little off.  I'm going to also pick his brain about other parts and get his advice on recoil buffer, guide rods and the like.

Now the waitin.....hurry Christmas, hurry fast.


So to fill the time, I've got my shopping list.  (remember the wife bought "bling" on our vacation?  Payback!)

Kel-Tec P3AT
XD 9 Tactical
XD40 Tactical
10/22 Target

With accessories,  that's a start. (It was major bling)

Okay I do have some trades.  The XD9 Service and the Savage MKII .22, plus still toying with parting with the PPK/s.  I've gotten 27 years out of it and it's starting to act up.   So the only really NEW gun would be the XD40.

Bummer have to work all week.....maybe Saturday morning.
   

[m25operator]

To all you out there, no offense for haggling, but truthfully, Gunsmiths are a for the most part, really underpaid, any time I have to do machine work, I know I am taking the risk of doing permanent damage to a firearm, and I expect to be responsible for it if I do, I do evaluate the firearm and how much the piece of it that I am going to machine is worth and the difficulty of the job, I am not going to do a porting job on a 10,000 dollar Perazzi, leave that to the guys like Briley who not only specialize, but have the type of insurance to cover it.

Next dovetail cutting is a kind of art, if your going for the friction fit, a Rear Bomar melt, includes dove tailing, but is held in by screws, front sight friction fit or rear sight for that matter, can be difficult, because each sight is slightly different, you cannot set it and forget it, you have to measure the sight and the cut, even with the best parts. I have had to repair factory front dovetails because the sight was walking, the easiest fix, if there is enough room, is to drill through the side of the sight dovetail into the frame and put a set screw through both, that is never walking again. Pretty much, dove tails are rarely used, outside the gun world. So a master Machinist, may have never had to cut one.

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[alfsauve]

M25, 

Points well made.   I don't begrudge my gunsmith his fees.   It was just sticker shock.   He put it in perspective for me though, pointing out that while I may have paid only $190 for this gun, new, it's now worth over $1,000 today.  And that they don't make them like the '70 anymore.

 

[Big Frank]

FWIW, Colt is making series 70s again. No idea what the quality or price is. http://www.coltsmfg.com/products-c5-q76-COLT_PISTOLS.aspx

[alfsauve]

MSRP of $919......not bad.

One thing they're not real clear on, but it is one of the distinguishing features of the '70 was the finger bushing. 

[m25operator]

MSRP of $919......not bad.

One thing they're not real clear on, but it is one of the distinguishing features of the '70 was the finger bushing. 

Are you thinking of the collet barrel bushing, with 4 fingers on it?

[alfsauve]

Yep, but the Colt web site doesn't mention it.  Yet that was one very prominent feature of the '70s that was dropped in the '80s.

Mine has worked fine, but I'll check with my gunsmith and get his take on it.

Some liked them, some didn't.