IDing sight cut?

[Detritus]

Ok stupid, I really should know this by now, question, but..

How exactly do I tell which style of sight my 1911 slide is cut for?

have a Metro AC-II that I bought about 7 years ago. I did so with the intent to shoot it a year or so. Or until it had it's first "more complicated than a simple part swap" failure, and then tear it down to the frame and slide and rebuild.

Well after 7 years and at best guess 20-25K rounds later it still ain't dead, but I feel it's time to start the long delayed project. and I think the slide is cut for Novak pattern sights, but I want a little reassurance on how to tell for sure before I place an order.

As always thank you for your time and any info you choose to share

 

[BurnedOutGeek]

Can you post a pic of it?

 

[Detritus]

Can you post a pic of it?

this is the best pic I have available at the moment (gun's out in my workshop, it's 7am, and I don't feel like putting on shoes, maybe later..)


I'll go take a more direct pic of the rear sight area this afternoon. I'm having to adjust my schedule to being on 3rd shift, so right now i'm at the end of my "Day"

Like I said it looks to me like it's a Novak style cut.

 

[BurnedOutGeek]

Looks like a novak cut to me as well.

 

[Beef15]

https://www.novaksights.com/Content.aspx?PAGE="Sights%20101"

Now what does this tell you? Not a whole lot. Novaks may drop right in or you may have to to get to know a file(s) real well.

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[Detritus]

https://www.novaksights.com/Content.aspx?PAGE="Sights%20101"

Now what does this tell you? Not a whole lot. Novaks may drop right in or you may have to to get to know a file(s) real well.

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that helps in that I now know that the sight cut is "supposed to be" a Novak-style one. Metro is on the "uses unlicensed copies" list.

And I'm 95% sure that I will need and positive that I will buy a dovetail file.
To be honest I'm hoping that I can get the factory sights off without hurting anything (other than maybe the old sights, and that to be avoided). bought a sight pusher a few years back in an effort to adjust the factory rear, I don't know that I ever got the sight to move (made no noticeable change in POI at 20yrds), marred the finish on the sight which you can see if you look close above, and distorted the threads on the cap-head screw that served as the ram in the Pusher!

 

[Beef15]

A brass drift and hammer has never failed me, and the finish marring always cleaned up with oil and a cloth.

I'd skip the dovetail file and file/stone the sight. Cheaper part, unless you plan on swapping often, but even "spec" sights are usually oversized.

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[Detritus]

A brass drift and hammer has never failed me, and the finish marring always cleaned up with oil and a cloth.

Oh, let me be clear about the "marring" I don't mean it simply marked the finish. My dumb butt didn't think to put a brass shim between the sight and the ram screw in the sight pusher. the end of the screw is/was harder than the side of the sight and cut little circles into the metal Cold blue or Aluma black might hide it if I cared enough, but it ain't buffing out. (Pic attached)

as you can also see from the Picture, I'll need to clean up the slide cut where i had my other oops anyway.