I am looking at changing the front sights on 4 inch model 19. This is a front sight that will need to be milled off(no pin or dovetail)? Has anyone machined a keyway for a pinned sight, or made a DX removable sight from the existing base? I have done transverse dovetails like that used by Cylinder and Slide (CS0123 - Extreme Duty Fixed Sight for Adj Sight Revolver K-L-N Frame with Dovetail Front) in the past but the front sight must be very tall and this will be a night sight with white outline like the XS dot type sight.
I guess I could use Weigand base but they are not very pretty and it's a shame to have to mill off the riser to put another on another and have the cost of the base too
Thanks
-Robert