Front sight on old m&p

[wayne.byram]

I have gotten in the habit of carrying and shooting one of my old .38sp m&p's.It is a 4" early 20's missing a good bit of blue;but tight as new and all numbers match.A Wonder sight took care of that tiny notch in the rear,but the front sight is still hard to get a precise hold on.The old half round sight just fades away so that elavation can not be consistently held.I need a patridge or a bead front sight.I have toyed with the idea cutting the back half of the sight off,..but ?? Advice would be appreciated.
Wayne Byram

 

[wayne.byram]

I have gotten in the habit of carrying and shooting one of my old .38sp m&p's.It is a 4" early 20's missing a good bit of blue;but tight as new and all numbers match.A Wonder sight took care of that tiny notch in the rear,but the front sight is still hard to get a precise hold on.The old half round sight just fades away so that elavation can not be consistently held.I need a patridge or a bead front sight.I have toyed with the idea cutting the back half of the sight off,..but ?? Advice would be appreciated.
Wayne Byram

 

[Stophel]

I'm having someone mill the front sight base to accept the replaceable pinned sight blades.

I'm in the process now of finding someone to do it for me.

 

[wayne.byram]

Stophel
Let me know how it goesa.
Wayne

 

[mikepriwer]

Try Monty Mandarino - 406-250-3669 or 406-730-2370 .

He had converted several barrels for me, and is a great gunsmith. Feel free to use
my name as a reference.

Later, Mike Priwer

 

[Stophel]

Monty Mandarino...the guy that builds flintlock guns? That guy is awesome!

I think I have decided to make a sight and dovetail it on. That I can do myself, costing me nothing but elbow grease.

 

[Stophel]

Wayne,

I got a couple of "hits" of folks that seemed to be happy to do sight work.

One is Alex at Ten Ring Precision
www.tenring.com

The other is Frank Glenn
www.glenncustom.com

Actually, now, I don't need the service, as I took care of it myself, but I'm glad to direct you to them.

Here's what I did today. I went ahead and made myself a dovetail front sight and put it in the barrel base. I build flintlock rifles, so I do this kind of thing all the time. Took me about 2 1/2 hours. If one is not inclined to this sort of thing, I would definitely recommend having someone else do it. I need to clean it up a bit more, and the blade is probably twice as high as it will end up being, but is substantially done. I will end up with it soldered in place so it durn sure will never come out. I have my favored silver face on the blade, which is a bit of silver braze put in the face of the blade, which was filed concave so that the silver would have somewhere to go.

yes, I know it's not pre-war, but the principle would be the same.

I kind of surprised myself at how well it has turned out.

 

[wayne.byram]

Stophel
I like it!That is what I need.I built three muzzleloaders so I can cut dovetails,but I always have done it by using handtools.So I would really have to get my karma right to try it on these old revolvers.
Wayne

 

[Raider]

Stophel, that front sight really looks good.