I was shooting my 1911 yesterday and the front sight seemed to shake loose and then fell out. How can I line it back up and affix it so it won't come lose again?
How do they attach them at the factory?
2007-09-17 06:17:52 · 10 answers · asked by Shane 3 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
The front sight of a 1911 is "staked" on. There are one or two pins mounted on the bottom of the front sight base that are aligned with one/two holes that match in the top of the slide. In production, the slide is turned upside down and the "pins" are exposed sticking through to the interior surface of the slide...These pins are then tapped flattened or peen-ed by hand or machine and they expand like soft metal rivets holding the sight in place.
You need to take your gun to a qualified Gunsmith and have him reattach the front sight. This is NOT something you should try and do yourself because you could easily damage your slide. The Gunsmith will usually "hot" braise the pins to prevent them from coming lose again. This will NOT be expensive to have done...Nor is it a big time consuming job. I can re-stake one in my shop in 10 minutes or less......There is no temporary fix meanwhile.Get it fixed correctly.
2007-09-17 06:32:58 · answer #1 · answered by JD 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Colt 1911 Front Sight
2016-11-04 00:45:58 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Front sights on a 1911 are attached in two ways. The most common way is to stake them into the slide. Remove your slide and look under the front sight. If you see two little dots where the stakes have been peened down, all you have to do is to clamp your sight into place and use a punch and a ball peen hammer to strike the ends of the stakes to flatten them and cause them to tighten up in the holes. The other way that sights are attached is by dovetailing them into place. Look at the base of your front sight. If it is driven into a dovetail cut in the top of the slide, you may have to tap out the front sight and shim it up to tighten it. Try putting a single layer of aluminum foil in the bottom of the dovetail slot and then tap your front sight back into the dovetail. Another method is to peen the top of the dovetail to tighten it up on the sight base. Center your front sight in the dovetail and then use a drift and a ball peen hammer to sharply tap the edge of the dovetail to tighten it up on the base of the sight. If you don't feel comfortable doing any of this, just take it to a gunsmith and let him fix it for you. It shouldn't cost very much to have it done by a gunsmith.
2007-09-17 14:59:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have put about 30,000 round through one of my Colt .45 autos, and I had to replace the front sight about 5 times in a 5 years span.Even when it is silversoldered, it will shear off from recoil. I use the Millet dual crimp fixed sights. The front sight is riveted to the slide at two points, and these seem to have solved the problem. Talk to you local gunsmith and inquire about these sights.
2007-09-17 11:18:25 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is your front sight a dovetail (meaning, is there a cut in the front of the slide that the sight slides into) or is it staked in (meaning is the sight a post the fits into a hole in the front of the slide)? I would try some red loctite first and see if that fixes the problem. If that doesn't work, you may need to find a local gunsmith.
2007-09-17 06:28:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Now would be an excellent time to upgrade to a better front sight. And maybe a better rear sight to match. Check the Brownells catalog and find what you want and then take it to a gunsmith and have him put them on for you. You can order the sights from Brownell and have them sent to you so you can see what you are getting.
Sarge
2007-09-17 07:46:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gotta agree with JD on this one...if the sight is/was
staked on, make a trip to the smith to get it fixed.
I lost the front sight on my Ballester Molina [ similar
to a 1911 ] and have to get the front and rear sights
re-cut and replaced.
So I'm off to the 'smith, too.
2007-09-17 13:03:58 · answer #7 · answered by sirbobby98121 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume you mean a standard style sight.
Depending on the actual maker and time of manufacture,
these were either staked in place and peened slightly with a punch from the inside of the slide, deforming the end of the stake so it couldn't work back out,
Or "sweated" into place,
Or silver-soldered into place.
My guess is yours was (innefectively) staked, and the peen mark that should have permanantly retained it, missed it's target.
You could try locktite, as suggested above, but if that doesn't work, a gunsmith should be able to fix it for you quickly and cheaply.
2007-09-17 06:37:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2016-12-26 15:19:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has to be Staked.....Take it to a Gunsmith or send it back for repairs...My Springfield 1911 Custom did the samething...They fixed it......
2007-09-17 18:20:50 · answer #10 · answered by j d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋