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Old 07-25-2020, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Green Frog View Post
I wonder whether it would be practical to do a front sight installation like this on a standard forged front sight... you could mill the top of the existing sight flat, then dovetail it for the new blade. It might be necessary to mill off the edges of the dovetail part to be even with the sides of the existing sight.

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But on the 3rd gen slides, the raised portion that provides the base for the front sight is about 0.320" in width. The front sight on on 1st and 2nd gen slides is only the width of the sight, so there is not a lot of metal for a dovetail.
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