Has anyone ever seen a brass bead front and rear sight?
I had to send the slide back on my Dan Wesson blued Valor because the front night sight was dead on arrival. I requested that they replace the sights with a set of the brass bead sights (if possible) that they have started to put on some of their guns. A brass bead front sight with serrated rear. Well, it looks like they just took the tritium vials out and replaced them with brass. I am not sure if they thought they were helping me or what, but honestly it looks pretty dumb with brass front and rear to me. Too busy and cluttered. Any thoughts?This message has been edited. Last edited by: RobC2,
July 13, 2018, 10:55 AM
DSgrouse
A pic would help. Typically, the brass bead is front only.
July 13, 2018, 11:18 AM
RobC2
That's what I thought. Here are a couple of pics.
July 13, 2018, 12:41 PM
toivo
It doesn't look bad to me, but it's not my gun. YMMV, etc.
Do you use the rear bead when sighting? If not, you could just have it replaced with a blued/black one, which would be completely unnoticeable.
July 13, 2018, 01:31 PM
RobC2
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Originally posted by toivo: It doesn't look bad to me, but it's not my gun. YMMV, etc.
Do you use the rear bead when sighting? If not, you could just have it replaced with a blued/black one, which would be completely unnoticeable.
I want a plain rear sight and that is what I thought I was getting. To change it now would involve extra time and cost and I am trying to decide if it is worth it. I guess I will contact them and let them know my concerns. I don't think I will be happy long term and for $1500, I should probably have the sights I want.
July 13, 2018, 01:36 PM
stoic-one
Call them, it sounds like they misinterpreted what you wanted...
Dan Wesson has great customer service. Call them and tell them exactly what you want done and they will fix it.
July 13, 2018, 02:57 PM
Il Cattivo
Very butch. Call 'em up and get it right.
July 13, 2018, 03:22 PM
RobC2
I contacted them and they are going to take care of it. Great service!
July 14, 2018, 06:06 AM
Rodfac
? $1500 to replace a dead front sight? Or was that the cost of the gun when new? Rod
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July 14, 2018, 11:45 AM
RobC2
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Originally posted by Rodfac: ? $1500 to replace a dead front sight? Or was that the cost of the gun when new? Rod
Cost of gun new.
July 15, 2018, 08:11 AM
henryaz
I had all three of my 1911's set up (by Don Williams) with Heinie all black rears, and he drilled the front sight to install a solid gold bead (from the same manufacturer who makes them for S&W revolvers). I would think the gold would be far preferable to brass. If the brass one is like the gold, it just has a stem that fits into a drilled hole. It might be possible to just switch them. The gold sure picks up nicely.
