Larry, Your C7 & C8 sound super nice. I hope to see some photos or see them on your show in the future. Depending on how badly you want those stops around the selector, I think it is possible. I'll have to do some homework, but there is a welding technique that allows for joining tiny pieces of aluminum. Of course you'd be looking at a strip and re-anodize after the process.

Ned, On the front sight base. An acquaintence had 200 of them cast. He sold all of them. Those were just the bare castings. There may be another run sometime down the road, but as of now, they are unobtainable.

John Thomas