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Sigforum K9 handler |
Anyone know of a quality gunsmith that will still mill and install red ramp front sights on K and N frame Smith and Wesson revolvers? ________________ People hate you. Train like it. | ||
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Brownells has a kit to do it. But...You have to file the slot into the sight blade by hand. Not a task I would want to do without some kind of experience! End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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It looks like SDM has discontinued sales of their gold bead front sights, but they are still advertising green and red inserts on S&W ramp front blades. Worth a try! https://www.sdmfabricating.com/order.htm "I'm not fluent in the language of violence, but I know enough to get around in places where it's spoken." | |||
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| Freethinker |
AI Trigger Warning. I asked the AI Gemini about gunsmiths that offer the service you’re seeking, and got these as a response: https://clarkcustomguns.com Offers the service in “existing” sights. I don’t know if that means the slot has to already be present, but at the modest price, probably. https://www.lawweapons.org/ Law Weapons & Supply (Illinois); I didn’t check the services they offer, but they were mentioned in the search results. https://tkcustom.com Same as the above regarding the actual services they offer. ► 6.0/94.0 “Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” — Plato | |||
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MagnaPort still does this. The dovetail for the insert is not a critical cut for the insert. Also, they offer C More sights which are a quality colored sight. | |||
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I had a friend, who is no longer with us, who did this at all the local gun shows here back in the late 80s early 90s. He was a retired Riverside County deputy. He used a Dremel to cut a notch in the front sight then filled the cutout with an epoxy mixture (the customer got to pick their color preference) in series, where he put a little in, dry it under a heat lamp and blow dryer and build it up. He filed the sides up with a file and if the gun was blued he applied cold blue. Customers would drop off their guns and they would be ready in a couple hours depending on demand. I watched do a dozen of these over the years. He did a couple for me and they were as good as the ones I had from the factory. | |||
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Casuistic Thinker and Daoist |
This was a fairly common service offered at gunshows during the 70s and 80s. It wasn't a high tech modification as they'd do it while you wandered the gun show. I seem to remember that Brownell's sold the epoxy kits. The big difference between what they offered and OEM was that the gunshow versions weren't usually dovetailed into the front blade; so they were a bit less secure if you were shooting a high recoiling gun No, Daoism isn't a religion | |||
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| Sigforum K9 handler |
Brownells USED to have a kit to do it ________________ People hate you. Train like it. | |||
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Alex Hamilton at TenRing Precision did mine Dave Lauck at D&L.Sports is also.an option "Dyin ain't much of a livin...boy" | |||
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Paint it on with nail polish. It works the same and is super easy. Tape the sides really carefully with good tape. | |||
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| Sigforum K9 handler |
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CRAP! That was one of the things I thought would always be there for me when I was ready to buy it. | |||
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I sent my Model 27 in to Smith & Wesson two years ago along with some other work and the red ramp insert works fine. I don’t think they have the setup to do it regularly anymore, however they took care of me. Might be worth a call.  This message has been edited. Last edited by: GOTSIG, ==================== "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." THOMAS JEFFERSON | |||
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| Sigforum K9 handler |
That is sharp ________________ People hate you. Train like it. | |||
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Thank you jljones. Been so long since I posted a pic I had to relearn how!  ==================== "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." THOMAS JEFFERSON | |||
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