1911 Front Sight

[fonz]

The white dot on the front sight of my Springfield Mil-Spec is no longer white. I tried cleaning the residue out but its still just not there. My question is, how difficult is replacing fixed sights? Also, in the meantime, I was thinking about a quick fix. Perhaps a drop of nail polish in the spot that used to be white. Cant wait for the reaction to that one.

[Shawn.L]

Birchwood Casey makes sight touch up paint pens. They are available at Dick's. I use a coat of the white followed by florecent red on all my FS's. I go around the hole for the tritium insert on my night sights too. Really helps that FS pop out at you.

[SteveWag]

Nothing wrong with nail polish, doesn’t have to be white. If you have a Dremel tool or a Fordom you can dill/grind the former white dot a little deeper and fill with polish. If you’re good with the Dremel/Fordom and make a nice hole, you could put a little piece of red or green string trimmer line in the hole.
Steve Wagner

[tacticalreload]

I believe the front sight on the Springer mil-spec is a tenon-type and not a dovetail... correct? If so, you'll need a tool to stake a new one on. Try brownells.

[fonz]

Originally Posted by tacticalreload

I believe the front sight on the Springer mil-spec is a tenon-type and not a dovetail... correct? If so, you'll need a tool to stake a new one on. Try brownells.

I have heard the term dovetail but dont really know what it means. Also not sure about tenon-type. Its a 3 dot system with a front post sight. I might try some one of those touch up paint pens. I just need a little contrast and I was leaning toward red. Thanks for the replies.

[Bib]

White-out comes in a nice fine-point applicator...really easy to use!