New eyes on an old pony

[AllenM]

Did my first Bomar sight install yesterday and since it came out nice so I thought I would share it.


80 series Colt 1911 with standard sights.


After leveling and squaring the slide in my mill it was time for the 1st cut.


time to do the dovetail. I did a pass through cut with a standard end mill to make it easier on my dovetail cutter.




opened up the dovetail until the sight fit in.


time to do a pocket for the rear portion of the sight. I really wanted to create a pocket instead of just opening it up. It looks more professional if you ask me.
I used a 3/16 bit which made a nice radius on the corners.
I left the firing pin plate in so it got trimmed at the same time to the same height




drilled, tapped and cut a relief for the adjusting screw








did a .003 flat spot on top and cut a dovetail for the front sight and a 1/16 pin hole






I'm pretty happy with the final results. Here it is done






Thanks for looking

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Nice...

 

[churchmouse]

As always

 

[xM3RC1L3SS1x]

Thats pretty looking

 

[snorko]

Awesome looking. I have a 1990's Combat Elite with a not so great factory adj. sight for which this would be a great replacement.

 

[midget]

Looks good! And thank you for not cutting off the rear ear where the windage screw sits....

 

[1911ly]

I love seeing your work Allen. Thanks for sharing!

 

[223 Gunner]

Well done as usual.

 

[Pete]

Looks nice. The sight looks like it grew in place; no shortcuts taken. Thanks for sharing.

 

[mvician]

 

[cascadewalker]

Looks great. Milling the pocket makes a huge difference and makes the sight look more integrated into the slide and not something that was just an add-on. Nice job!

 

[Birds Away]

Wow, very impressive work. I wish I had that kind of talent.

 

[AllenM]

Thanks guys. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, but would have been much tougher without a DRO on the mill

 

[redwingshooter]

Looks solid as always Allen!

 

[AllenM]

Awesome looking. I have a 1990's Combat Elite with a not so great factory adj. sight for which this would be a great replacement.

yes it would

 

[45fan]

Looks good! Nice to know that there is someone local(ish) that not only can get the job done, but done well. This might make the decision that the factory sights on my Springfield are "good enough" a bit less easy to rationalize.

 

[partyboy6686]

Looks great Allen. Cant wait to see it after you cerakote it.

 

[AllenM]

added a couple pics of it finished

 

[partyboy6686]

added a couple pics of it finished

Looks good. Im sure the customer will be happy with it.

 

[rmg200]

Looks great!