OK, ive had a few folks wanting to see and hear of the things ive done to my sigma, and i FINALLY got my meprolight night sights on and so far i love them. {itll be awhile before a range report as im in the middle of a few serguries battling kidney stones....yaaaaaaa}

So first im gonna get into the trigger..i removed ONLY the piggy spring thats it...I then polished mirror smooth, let me be clear, I polished MIRROR smooth this part of the sear you see in the pic.....I also polished to the same qaulity the top of the sear face that contacts the striker....

I also polished the striker face, being carefull not to remove much if any material....

under the slide i polished this "button" for the ejector....there is a arm that sticks up from the trigger arm and it crosses and engages this "button" when the trigger is pulled....so less friction.

with this polishing my sigmas trigger is seamless and breaks at an average of 6.5lbs out of 5 pulls. I love it....

now Ive been a huge fan of stippling on guns for along time....so, i decided to try my hand at it and the results I LOVE....




firm purchase of the gun always and never slips!!
then i finally got around to putting my meprolight night sights on yesterday, and her it is....






i will get some night shots when i get my camera...my phone couldnt do it......
and here she is all together!!!!!!!!!!!!



So there ya go.....

looks good.

Thanks man.....id say the only thing I wish was different is the slide.....is love to have a allied forces black slide.....is rather have a all black gun.....

if you want the slide to be black... look into sending your slide to this place to get painted... i have decided to do it real soon... i read about this place on another thread on this forum GoldenLoki.com

I'd rather it not be painted....I know that they say the stuff is tough...but I'd rather it be black from s&w....

Very nice job on the sights and especially the grips! What did you use to polish with?

Thanks....as for polishing, I used little finger embory boards first. Started with the middle board and went to the finest board. Then used a dremel with a polishing clothe and polished using three different stages of polishing compound, ending with a very fine compound and ended up with vitually a mirror on the sear face....

Man the stippling looks great. I going to THINK about doing mine, I guess once you start there is no going back.

The night sights are great I just put one on my LCR. I don't know if I want drop 150 bones on sights.

Thanks...the stippling isn't as hard as you'd think.....practice on something else first lol...I practiced on the inside of a hard plastic gun case...

I've been wanting the night aight for awhile...I cc this everyday, day and night, and although I carry a nice pocket flashlight I've always been worried about not having a sight picture in a night situation....not anymore..

[QUOTE=blkpitbull;136298611]Thanks...the stippling isn't as hard as you'd think.....practice on something else first lol...I practiced on the inside of a hard plastic gun case...

I don't think it's hard, or need practice. It's just once you start it there is no going back.

how much to send you my sigma slide? looks good buddy

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[QUOTE=J Rich;136299964]Oh yeah, that's for sure.....you start, your in it.....gotcha

How exactly did you do the stippling? Looks great!

Thanks for the kind words.
As far as stippling, its not hard but its not easy. You can **** your gun up really quick. I used a soldiering gun, with a tip about like a pencil tip...I tried different tips and this one is my favorite...
You pretty much just start by doing little burn marks all over, melting alittle of the grip as you go. The goal is to eventually "knock" down the checkering smith put on there and blend them into your stippling design so you can't see them.....the front and backstrap are much harder to do, cause they have a lot deeper checkering....if your interested I can do your lower anywhere and way u like....send me a pm if you want, but if your confident in your artsy side, it can be done. But a messed up gun can happen too, I've see it...

yea i can understand, btw great job on your sigma, looks very nice and im sure the trigger feels nice... i am planning on polishing up the sear very soon

Nice Job on that 40

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You'll LOVE the trigger afterwards.....good luck.need anything, ask...

Thanks delta, its a 9mm BTW..

Man let me tell you I'm still on the fence about the stippling. your looks great, but I have a soldering gun, and it has more of a blunt tip not a sharp tip like a soldering iron does.

I prefer a sharper tip, to make small "marks" each time. I tried, practiced with all the tips for my iron, but I found that a sharper one, similar to a pen tip work best for me. Hell some people take a Sharp tip and just jab little holes all in it, those are horrible IMO. Once the iron is hot it doesnt take but little baby strokes to make a mark......

J Rich don't forget the golden rule....."if your not comfortable with it then don't do it". If you dig the stippling then let somebody else do it for you because like you said, there's no going back!

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Dem's fightin' words wabbit!!!

I get what you are saying. On the other hand I don't pay someone for something I can do myself. I will have to see if I can find a sharp tip for a soldering "gun".

im sure the trigger will feel nice, and sure if i need anything ill hit you up, well while im typing is there a thread on here showing how to pull out that rear sear assembly? i know there is some videos on youtube but i like to look at text an still pics other than a vid

lild9ve It's super simple.

1- remove mag and clear the weapon
2- remove slide
3- push out rear pin above grip
4- insert your finger in top of mag well
5- left sear block straight up slightly
6- pull trigger
7- the sear block should now be in your hand

Yep, Mr. Rich got it...its really easy....now getting the sear apart is easy, but putting it back together is tricky, but just take your time taking it apart paying attention on where things go and how....

ok thank you, i knew it was simple i had seen a video on youtube before i bought my sigma but i have been to busy shooting it to watch videos of people taking it apart... if i have any problems(which i dont think i will) ill get in touch

Really great jobs what tips did you use?

I know it's practically a relic thread but I'll bring it up back to life if you don't mind. The question I had was if the rear sight had a set screw in it or it's tension held only same as original one and if so is there any way you could post a pic of it. Thank you much in advance.