I have turned my nose at the thought of a red dot on a pistol long enough, I had this little Weaver Micro Dot sitting around and thought I'd give it a go. Worst case I'm out $30 and some time. I picked up a fastfire mount made for a 1911 off ebay, it came with a steel dovetail and the aluminum mount. Now the mount is contoured to fit a 1911 so I ground/sanded/filed on it (if I decide to keep it on here I'll spend some more time fitting it and bed it with epoxy for a nice fit - the front's a tad high). The 1911 dovetail insert was bigger than needed which is what I wanted, so I ground it down to fit. I'm definitely getting a mill in the very near future! Everything feels good on it, I hope to run a few mags through it tomorrow (weather permitting) to see if this inexpensive sight can handle being mounted on a slide.
I'll update this asap with my findings