tritium into milled front sight??

[spartacus2002]

I've got a pistol with a front sight milled as part of the slide (Springfield Armory P9; it's a CZ clone). Not replaceable without major gunsmithing.

Is it possible to have a hole drilled into it for a tritium vial to be installed? Does anyone know who would do this work?

Thanks!

 

[Preacherman]

Springfield Armory's Custom Shop will install a Tritium-insert dovetail front sight into any of their 1911A1 designs for $70.00 (see http://www.springfield-armory.com/CS.pdf for their shop work list and prices). They don't list the P9 in their prices, but I would assume that the same work could be done for a similar sort of price. Contact them and ask - you've got nothing to lose!

 

[Billy Sparks]

There is a company called Tool Tech in Oxford Mich. that does work like this. Matter of fact if you purchase Trijicons for a Beretta 92 what you get is a coupon that explains how to send the slide to Tool Tech to have time install night sites.

 

[Gunsnrovers]

I've seen rates from $40 ~ $65 by most smiths to have front and rear dovetails cut. Then add the costs of what ever sights you choose. The extra bucks doesn't seem that bad to have a professional job done.

 

[QuarterBoreGunner]

ToolTech or PT Night Sights can do this for you; we used to send them Beretta slides for installation of the front sight all the time.

 

[Wildalaska]

Tooltech..they use trijicon capsules

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[spartacus2002]

Well, looking at my slide again, I figured out why the front sight is milled from the slide itself. The porting on the barrel/slide is at 11 o'clock and 1 o'clock if you're looking at the muzzle, and there doesn't seem to be enough material on the left and right of the front sight to cut a dovetail into.

Might have to give ToolTech a call to see if they can drill a hole and insert a tritium capsule...

Lesson #3,286 on why life can't ever be easy... but if that's the worst thing I've got going on, then life must be pretty damn good.

 

[spartacus2002]

ToolTech says they can do it... now to save my pennies....

 

[jimmyjoebob]

tooltech is owned by Trijicon, it is their custom shop, if they can redo a Beretta slide, I would bet they can do the P9, however the porting might be an issue