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Jim D
02-10-12, 12:29
I'm in the process of having a 1911 built, and the sight options have me pretty frustrated.

My background so this makes some sense: I have been using Warren Tactical's with the front dot only on my Glocks for a while, switched to Defoors on my Glocks... I shoot accuracy pretty hard (scoring into the 630's on the Humbler) so I like really precise sights. With the Defoors, I miss having no night sight capability, but REALLY dig the narrow front sight, generous square notch, and relatively low height. I painted the front post on my Defoor's to help pick them up in dim light, and will probably continue to do that.

I'm trying to find something as close to that as I can get. Clean rear sight (no serrations) with subdued (yellow) tritium with no outlines, narrow (.115" is ideal, but I may have to go .125") width on the front post with tritium, wide square notch in the rear. Preferably something with a lip on the front so I can do some 1-handed stuff with it, but I'm open to compromise there.

My current plan is to buy a Heinie low mount ledge sight, grind the serrations off, get it refinished, then send it out for Yellow tritium inserts, then pair it with the narrowest Heinie or Novak front that I can get.

There are some Warren Sevigny Comp sights for 1911's I saw, but they're pretty tall and not offered with Tritium.

Does anyone know of anything like this commercially available that I'm missing? I'm not worried about cost or rear sight cuts, as the slide hasn't been milled in the rear yet for anything... it just has to match up with a front.

Thanks guys!
RCI1911
02-10-12, 13:18
Nevermind, should have read your entire post first...
Shawn.L
02-10-12, 13:30
If I remember correctly Hilton Yam had suggested these guys to me to have custom sights made when I couldn't find an option I liked for my Hk
http://www.tooltechgunsight.com/
Jim D
02-10-12, 13:33
If I remember correctly Hilton Yam had suggested these guys to me to have custom sights made when I couldn't find an option I liked for my Hk
http://www.tooltechgunsight.com/

I'm considering going that route to have the yellow tritium added to a Heinie rear (post grinding and refinishing).
Shawn.L
02-10-12, 13:47
I'm considering going that route to have the yellow tritium added to a Heinie rear (post grinding and refinishing).

why not just give them the specs on what you want and see if they can build it?
Jim D
02-10-12, 14:45
why not just give them the specs on what you want and see if they can build it?

I didn't know they could....

That's good to know about.
samuse
02-10-12, 21:05
I don't like serrated rears and I also run DeFoors on my Glocks and I use Novaks on my 1911s.

The rear sight works really well and I've never had one reflect light back at me.
Jim D
02-10-12, 21:26
I don't like serrated rears and I also run DeFoors on my Glocks and I use Novaks on my 1911s.

The rear sight works really well and I've never had one reflect light back at me.

Considered them, the hang up for me is that they only supply the rears with white outlines on them (and they aren't cut to hook on a belt or something).

I might consider using one as a base to grind on and have tritium installed into though.
samuse
02-11-12, 16:37
Considered them, the hang up for me is that they only supply the rears with white outlines on them (and they aren't cut to hook on a belt or something).

I might consider using one as a base to grind on and have tritium installed into though.

There's no white outline on 'em, they have white dots, fiber optic, tritium and plain black.

I believe they make a rear sight for hooking on stuff for one-handed racking now.

I have seen a guy take an end mill and cut the slope off the front of the sight off until it basically looked like a 10-8 from the side. He didn't even take the sight off the slide. Just squared it up and milled it off.
Jim D
02-11-12, 18:09
There's no white outline on 'em, they have white dots, fiber optic, tritium and plain black.

I believe they make a rear sight for hooking on stuff for one-handed racking now.

I have seen a guy take an end mill and cut the slope off the front of the sight off until it basically looked like a 10-8 from the side. He didn't even take the sight off the slide. Just squared it up and milled it off.

According to their website, they are encircled in white.
http://www.novaksights.com/products/sights/index.html
samuse
02-11-12, 23:20
According to their website, they are encircled in white.
http://www.novaksights.com/products/sights/index.html

For whatever reason I can't open their website.

But I can assure you that I don't have any white anything on any of my Novak rears.
d90king
02-12-12, 04:07
http://shop.harrisoncustom.com/products/149-hd-005-t2-extreme-service-night-sight.aspx
Jim D
02-12-12, 10:13
http://shop.harrisoncustom.com/products/149-hd-005-t2-extreme-service-night-sight.aspx

That might work with the notch opened up. Too bad it's only offered with Green lamps and serrated. It might still work though.

Thanks!
Jim D
02-12-12, 10:16
For whatever reason I can't open their website.

But I can assure you that I don't have any white anything on any of my Novak rears.

Here is the picture right off of Novak's site:
http://www.novaksights.com/assets/images/sights/rear/trirear.jpg
Shawn.L
02-12-12, 10:19
There do look to be some other plain balck Novak rears on that site with wider notch that would work. Are you dead set on tritium in the rear ? And just having a vial installed on the rear (or two) could be easier than some other options.
d90king
02-12-12, 10:39
That might work with the notch opened up. Too bad it's only offered with Green lamps and serrated. It might still work though.

Thanks!

He will make them any way you want... Talk to you later about it.
texshooter
02-15-12, 22:30
For whatever reason I can't open their website.

But I can assure you that I don't have any white anything on any of my Novak rears.

I believe (if I remember correctly) you have a few Springfield 1911s. Novak makes the sights for Springfield, but they don't supply them with the white outline for whatever reason. I have a few SA 1911s and that's one thing that has always bothered me. I usually change out the rear for 10-8 plain blacks anyway, but the front sight is difficult to pick up during daytime.
samuse
02-16-12, 12:47
I believe (if I remember correctly) you have a few Springfield 1911s. Novak makes the sights for Springfield, but they don't supply them with the white outline for whatever reason. I have a few SA 1911s and that's one thing that has always bothered me. I usually change out the rear for 10-8 plain blacks anyway, but the front sight is difficult to pick up during daytime.


I didn't know we were talking about tritium in the sights.

All of mine are solid black.