Adjustable sights

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MarkInND

Discussion Starter · Aug 8, 2001

I have around 1000 rounds through my Stainless Target and the rear blade of the adjustable sight will not stay tight, It almost fell apart at the range this week. My question is does anyone make a fixed sight that would fill in the void of the machining in the top of the slide? Sounds stupid, but questioning the need for adjustable sights. If no fixed sight is available, should I send my slide in and have Kimber put a new one on or should I fork out $60 to have Bomar's put on? Am I better of spending $60 on proven Bomar's or $?? in shipping, only to have my next Kimber sight fall apart at 1000 rounds? Sorry for being long winded, but I am getting a little frustrated with the sights, and even more disappointed in my decision to by the target instead of the custom. Gun works great.

Mark

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jaydee

· #3 · Aug 15, 2001

Originally posted by MarkInND:
I have around 1000 rounds through my Stainless Target and the rear blade of the adjustable sight will not stay tight, It almost fell apart at the range this week. My question is does anyone make a fixed sight that would fill in the void of the machining in the top of the slide? Sounds stupid, but questioning the need for adjustable sights. If no fixed sight is available, should I send my slide in and have Kimber put a new one on or should I fork out $60 to have Bomar's put on? Am I better of spending $60 on proven Bomar's or $?? in shipping, only to have my next Kimber sight fall apart at 1000 rounds? Sorry for being long winded, but I am getting a little frustrated with the sights, and even more disappointed in my decision to by the target instead of the custom. Gun works great.

Mark

Sadly, no, there is no fixed sight that will fit the Cut on the Target. You are pretty much stuck with a Kimber, the Bomar, or having the slide welded, and recut. Sucks, I know, I have been considering alternatives for 2 years with mine. I haven't haad any problems with mine, thankfully, and will consider the Bomar BMCS-K if I do.

After I found these things out, I had wished that I had gotten a fixed sight Kimber instead... Oh well...

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jaydee

· #6 · Aug 15, 2001

Originally posted by Inspector Harry Callahan:
Sadly, no, there is no fixed sight that will fit the Cut on the Target.

Doesn't the Colt XS and XSE fixed sights require much the same slide cut? I still say call Brownell's, they can get to the bottom of this.

Nope... The XS cut is somewhat "Novak'ish", although IIRC, the dovetail is angled incorrectly for a direct replacement by Novak sights.

The XSE is more along the line of the standard Government blade site, and has no relief cut milled into the slide to lower the site, just a dovetail.

The critical difference with the Kimber cut is the difference in angle of the dovetail, and the location of the dovetail. Also, the further relief at the very rear where the blade and drift adjustment "buries" into the slide. That profile differ's from a standard Bomar, while the dovetail is different from the Para LPA sight, IIRC.