Spartacus451
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A dubious fellow sold me a Springfield Armory 1911 slide with a grossly oversize Novak rear dovetail. The problem is that the sight leans forward and the rear lifts up when you tighten down the set screw and the sight slides in and out with no resistance. This is with an unmodified oversize Heirloom precision professional rear sight.
I will try peening the bottom of the sight with a center punch but if that doesn't pan out I am thinking of putting some JB weld on the bottom and filing it to fit. Would that work well?
Returning it for a refund is probably not an option. We agreed he would have a gunsmith fix it and he sat on it for six months with almost no communication until yesterday when it appeared on my doorstep. The "gunsmith" had simply slid the replacement sight I provided into the slide and tightened down the set screw and ignored all the problems. Why this took six months is a mystery to me.
I will try peening the bottom of the sight with a center punch but if that doesn't pan out I am thinking of putting some JB weld on the bottom and filing it to fit. Would that work well?
Returning it for a refund is probably not an option. We agreed he would have a gunsmith fix it and he sat on it for six months with almost no communication until yesterday when it appeared on my doorstep. The "gunsmith" had simply slid the replacement sight I provided into the slide and tightened down the set screw and ignored all the problems. Why this took six months is a mystery to me.