Lost my front sight today...

[joshualee49]

...at Roush. Model 1991 Series 80 Colt Commander 1911. I have no clue where it went - I brought the gun back down to obtain a sight picture after shooting and the sight was just gone. I assume it went somewhere behind me during the recoil phase. I was clear down on the right end of the pistol stations by the wall. I grabbed the magnet roller and scoured the grass behind and the dirt in front of the stall and the adjacent stall. No trace of it.

GAH!!!!

So I'm either going to go to McDonald's on Tuesday to talk with Jeff about replacing it, or pay for shipping back to Colt so they can replace it. I've not dealt with the Colt CS before as the firearm has always functioned flawlessly. I don't know whether I'd be further ahead to have Jeff put one in for me or to go ahead and ship it back to Colt. It's a fixed and pinned front sight and it looks like the pin just sheared off....

 

[pokersamurai]

Everyone knows that front sight shooting is just a fad anyways. Just spray and pray my friend, spray and pray.



Just kidding, sorry to hear about your problem, but Colt has excellent customer service. Just send it back to them and they'll take care of you.

 

[You'll shoot your eye out]

You are supposed to keep your eye on the front sight! You must of flinched or blinked, allowing it to get away from you. I always thought that keeping the eye on the front sight was for proper sight picture. I didn't know that it was because they couldn't be trusted.

 

[sporter]

Just have a local 1911 smith do the job.

 

[bamayne]

That happens quite a bit. Mine because I installed it myself, go figure.

 

[joshualee49]

You are supposed to keep your eye on the front sight! You must of flinched or blinked, allowing it to get away from you. I always thought that keeping the eye on the front sight was for proper sight picture. I didn't know that it was because they couldn't be trusted.

HA! Believe it! They can not be trusted....


To be honest, I did shoot a mag through it after the sight flew off - just to see. It wasn't quite as hard as one might imagine to hit a humanoid target....

 

[Hookeye]

Great time for an upgrade

 

[Bapak2ja]

Great time for an upgrade

Time for a Glock? Or a Taurus?

 

[joshualee49]

Great time for an upgrade

I hope you are referring to the front sight post.

 

[Birdman002]

Sorry to hear about that hopefully Colt CS gets your front sight replaced and what not.

Not sure how the warranty is for that, so hopefully its free or quite cheap.

Best of luck man

 

[STEEL CORE]

Has happened to me, staked on FS breaks off and needs replacement, they dont last forever you know.

 

[joshualee49]

Just got off the phone with Colt CS. They are mailing a shipping label to send it back. Estimated turn around is 30 days though. I don't really want to be without my firearm for that long as it is my primary SD weapon.

So, I'm either looking at paying for the repair myself, or waiting a month and saving the cash. I have a secondary firearm I can use in lieu of my 1911 as a home defense tool but I think I will still check locally to see how much I'd be out to get it taken care of without having to potentially wait a month...

To Colt's credit - they asked for the serial and were more than happy to help from that moment. The guy said they try to put simple repairs like this in the fast lane and that the 30 day quote would most likely be a "worst case" time frame.

 

[WebSnyper]

Just got off the phone with Colt CS. They are mailing a shipping label to send it back. Estimated turn around is 30 days though. I don't really want to be without my firearm for that long as it is my primary SD weapon.

So, I'm either looking at paying for the repair myself, or waiting a month and saving the cash. I have a secondary firearm I can use in lieu of my 1911 as a home defense tool but I think I will still check locally to see how much I'd be out to get it taken care of without having to potentially wait a month...

To Colt's credit - they asked for the serial and were more than happy to help from that moment. The guy said they try to put simple repairs like this in the fast lane and that the 30 day quote would most likely be a "worst case" time frame.

I think I might have asked for a part to be sent and then tried to find a gun smith to handle this.

I can't see it costing too much, but then I'm not a 1911 smith.

 

[wetidlerjr]

I think I might have asked for a part to be sent and then tried to find a gun smith to handle this.
I can't see it costing too much, but then I'm not a 1911 smith.

Colt will not do the "part to be sent " deal under warranty and I doubt most other manufacturers would either.

 

[churchmouse]

Time for a Glock? Or a Taurus?

Please...........................

The front sight came off my Colt. Ordered one from Brownells. Spent all of 20 minutes fitting it and staking it in. No big deal.