I hope this is the right forum for this post, if not i apologize and please point me in the right direction. I have an EAA Girsan Regard. I love it, the action is like butter. That said, I HATE the sights. The issue is the front sight is part of the slide. Can this be milled out and a dovetail milled in so I can change the front sight out? Any reco's for someone to do this work? Thanks in advance.
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Slide Milling
- Thread starter Grilledcheese
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Yes that can be done. Don’t know right off! We’ve sent a lot of glock slid s to C&H precision in Pooler ga . Check their website,
Thank you!
The limiting factor is the thickness of the front ring that the front sight would be dovetailed into.
Most Novak-spec front sights have a dovetail that is 0.070" to 0.075" deep. I am not sure about Girsans, but old Beretta 92s are approximately only 0.069 - 0.070 thick in that area.
So, my vote is "NO".
Most Novak-spec front sights have a dovetail that is 0.070" to 0.075" deep. I am not sure about Girsans, but old Beretta 92s are approximately only 0.069 - 0.070 thick in that area.
So, my vote is "NO".
Good point. The girsan is probably based on the older Berettas.
I didn't get a chance to measure it, but I got to play with a current-production M9 last night. The front ring on the new Berettas is visibly thicker, lending itself to the dovetailed front sights that are currently installed by the factory.
Thank you, I need a cliper to measure mine. I will grab one tomorrow. I wonder if they could make it so a glock style front sight would work?
Even if it was thick enough, you'd have to have some way to cut a flat on the inside of the ring for the screw's hex head to settle into. It wouldn't play nice on the rounded original interior.
