Sig 1911 factory upgrades while in for repair?

[silicosys4]

Well,
The sig nitron railed is going back for ftf issues. It has a tight chamber and won't reliably chamber any kind of ammo.
While I was on the phone with the rep, he mentioned 20% off factory upgrades if the gun was in under warranty for service. He quoted $140 with the discount for a trigger assembly service which should take the 5lb trigger release down to 4lbs and make it much crisper. I politely declined, but was frankly a little put off, since my Sig 1911 has the mushiest trigger of the four 1911's I own....it should have come out of the factory with a better trigger in the first place, IMO....it's not terrible, just mushy up to the break...but I can live with it.
Next he offered a 3 hole trigger in place of the solid one, which I again declined...i can only see them as place for debris to be wedged into, but I have no experience with the skeleton triggers.
The one thing I was interested in were a sight upgrade, and the flared magwell upgrade for $60. The gun is pretty basic, with standard sights, non-ambi safety, solid trigger, just a standard tacpac railed.

How much benefit does a flared magwell give, and are there cons as well as pros?
Any other factory upgrades I should consider? And should I reconsider the trigger job or skeleton trigger?

Honestly, I have my doubts about the quality of some of the sig parts, having seen the cheap laser that came with the gun, and the Chinese holo sight that came with my 556 that is ncstar rebranded as sig.....are their factory upgrade parts good quality, or would the money be better spent on something from Wilson combat or the like?

Thanks

 

[THE DRILL INSTRUCTOR]

I own the Sig Tacops, which comes with the magwell and I love it. Because it is part of the MSH, I ended up changing it out for a Smith & Alexander magwell/arched MSH combo because an arched MSH fits my hand better. The original part was good quality and I gave it to a friend to put on his gun. As far as having Sig put one on, they are very simple to install and if you want one it might be cheaper to buy one and do it yourself.

Night sights are a great upgrade for any pistol, and again, depending on the price Sig could put them on for you or you could do it with a local smith.

As far as I can tell, Sig's internal parts are all high quality. My Tacops came with a Wilson Combat bulletproof ambi safety, and while I can't speak to where the other internals are from, they all appear to be high quality. No MIM here that I can see.

I really consider Sig's re-branded ncstar optics and lights as something they put in the box to make it more marketable and 'ready to fight'. Professional users are going to upgrade their optics, and ncstar's stuff is just fine for casual use.

 

[Fremmer]

I think I would be inclined to make sure they can fix that pistol before you spend any more money on it.