SA Range Officer sight question

[wow6599]

SA custom shop has my RO for a little work. They have tweaked a few things under waranty, but told me today I would have to pay $45 for the slide to be re-parked.......kind of surprised, but oh well. I had already enclosed a check for a gold bead front sight to be installed while they had it, so after the phone call, and weeks added on at this point, I decided to do a couple of other things.

The trigger will be taken down to 3.5# and the rear sight will be worked over. I was going to swap out the stock adj sight for a Harrison fixed, but the CS guy suggested getting it dehorned. I agreed and asked that they also cut it out from .125 to .140. Gold bead front and .140 rear adjustable that won't cut like a knife.
Looking for opinions on my decision, anyone who has a similar set-up, etc.

Also kind of mad at myself that I forgot to ask about the width of the front sights they use.........guessing it's .125? The stock rear (.125) and thin black front was really hard for me to use.

p.s. - $40 for dehorning and widening the rear, $80 for the gold bead front and $100 for the trigger/action job........not too bad I suppose.

 

[G27RR]

My factory front sight blade was 0.125" wide.

I also felt it took too long to get a good sight picture and swapped the front to a Dawson Precision tritium with white circle surround. It's a big improvement, and I would imagine the gold bead would be, too.

A dehorn on the rear target sight may do the trick. Let us know how it goes.

 

[A-FIXER]

It has always been recomnned to if a CCW, have it at least 5lb trigger pull due to the stress factor one maybe under for a defensive weapon, but lighter for rapid target shooting.... I guess with such a light pull you may not even feel the trigger under stress and prematurely fire off an round. I do have 3.5 but are on my 3 gun shooting.

 

[JTQ]

I think if you bought the Range Officer, you must have wanted the adjustable sights or else you would have bought another model in the Springfield line-up.

I would have them dehorn the adjustables. Though I think the Harrison is fine sight.

I have not used the gold bead, but it seems like an excellent idea.

 

[G27RR]

I think if you bought the Range Officer, you must have wanted the adjustable sights or else you would have bought another model in the Springfield line-up.

Or you liked the price point while still getting the additional fitting, liked not having front cocking serrations, liked any number of other differences and didn't mind swapping a rear sight?

 

[wow6599]

Or you liked the price point while still getting the additional fitting, liked not having front cocking serrations, liked any number of other differences and didn't mind swapping a rear sight?

G27RR, you're spot on. I bought it as a base gun to build on and I wanted a gun without FCS, made of carbon steel, no ambidextrous safety. I am not really a fan of adjustable sights, but with them being rounded off, I may like them.
With everything Springfield's custom shop has done (a lot more than I listed above.....I'll post a review when I get it back) all I will do in the future is get some front strap checkering and have the gun blued........as close to a Colt Royal Blue as possible.

 

[JTQ]

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