Is that a local guy in Ohio? Did he do the refinishing?
I have this cool old M-19:
That I hardly ever shoot because I can't see the front sight without FO. I would be willing to file a groove, but it will need refinishing.
Another scheme I am tempted to try would be replicating what Wilson and others do for the fixed front sight on the Beretta 92:
And I would be a little bolder to try this myself if I had an option to bail me out if I botched it. Actually, the more I type the bolder I become, what could happen, it has already been altered enough it is not a collectors piece and it just sits in my safe...
Last edited by mmc45414; 01-11-2020 at 09:02 AM.
Cant be any harder than drilling the beretta front sight i installed a gold bead in.
Ken
BBI: ...”you better not forget the safe word because shit's about to get weird”...
revchuck38: ...”mo' ammo is mo' betta' unless you're swimming or on fire.”
Yes, that is my dilemma, I like the thing the way it is, so I would like to avoid refinishing (and I hate the stink of cold blue, maybe they have changed it?) and really do not what to spend that much more money on it. I also have real stiction for spending half of a project's cost on shipping. So if there was somebody I could drop it off to and pick it up, I might go that route. But if I can do something myself, well then I get to strut around like Church Lady and show them what I did, all on my own, without any professional help. If I ruin it then I just botched up the part that would be machined away by a professional anyway.
I bought one of those cross slide vices that will not be for milling, but will ease the positioning and movement, helping me to hit the center of the sight. And again if I botch it up then I can go the pin or dovetail method...
Ken
BBI: ...”you better not forget the safe word because shit's about to get weird”...
revchuck38: ...”mo' ammo is mo' betta' unless you're swimming or on fire.”