THAT is a fine piece of work, sir. You have skills. S&W sight in a High power slide? Oh Hail yes.........
New HP Project
Just finished most of the work on this 1984 BAC HP with S&W sights which I recently purchased. The top of the slide was finished in matte blue, I believe the rest is the original dark blue finish of the period.
What I found interesting was how the front sight was installed, being set forward and cut into the hog nose muzzle bushing (see image below).
Internals and added parts
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Before image, as purchased
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What I found interesting was how the front sight was installed, being set forward and cut into the hog nose muzzle bushing (see image below).
Internals and added parts
- C&S CNC Extractor and new extractor spring
- C&S CNC Firing Pin Retaining Plate (remove material upper backside to fit under S&W sight)
- New C&S firing pin spring from C&S trigger reduction package
- C&S Wide trigger, straightened
- 3 coil trigger spring (C&S trigger reduction package)
- Bobbed hammer spur, undercut bottom and top of hammer
- Installed C&S Wide Extended Safety
- Installed EGW Hard Sear
- Replaced Main spring with C&S trigger reduction spring (22lbs)
- Replaced sear spring
- Behlert sear spring adjustment
- Replaced recoil guide rod
- Replaced recoil guide rod spring with Cylinder & Slide 18.5 lbs srping
- Polished feed ramp and barrel
- Jon Aho/High Figure Grips, Checkered Cocobolo
Before image, as purchased
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No idea. The HP came out of an auction house in Cincinnati, OH, but I have no info on it. The installation is well executed, so the smith knew what he was doing. I have never seen a front sight installed so far forward and cut into the bushing. That is really the only identifying feature. I was hoping perhaps someone on the forum might have seen similar examples and possibly know who the smith might have been.
After doing some web image searches I came across one Hi Power with a similar front sight installation. It was on a Jim Hoag (slide signed) Hi Power on Guns International. It also appears the top of the slide is also matte blue like as is my Hi Power.
Even if Jim Hoag did the sight installations, of course that does not make it a Jim Hoag custom, just a slide with custom sights. So perhaps, maybe, possibly it was Jim Hoag who installed the sights, but that possibility is pure speculation/conjecture. But, it is the closest I found.
Link to the Hoag on Guns International
Old school Jim Hoag custom Hi-Power
View of the front sight Hoag installation
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Even if Jim Hoag did the sight installations, of course that does not make it a Jim Hoag custom, just a slide with custom sights. So perhaps, maybe, possibly it was Jim Hoag who installed the sights, but that possibility is pure speculation/conjecture. But, it is the closest I found.
Link to the Hoag on Guns International
Old school Jim Hoag custom Hi-Power
View of the front sight Hoag installation
Post a pic of the rear sight install. There might be some tells there.After doing some web image searches I came across one Hi Power with a similar front sight installation. It was on a Jim Hoag (slide signed) Hi Power on Guns International. It also appears the top of the slide is also matte blue like as is my Hi Power.
Even if Jim Hoag did the sight installations, of course that does not make it a Jim Hoag custom, just a slide with custom sights. So perhaps, maybe, possibly it was Jim Hoag who installed the sights, but that possibility is pure speculation/conjecture. But, it is the closest I found.
Link to the Hoag on Guns International
Old school Jim Hoag custom Hi-Power
View of the front sight Hoag installation
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Here are a couple of details on the rear sight. The install has the rear of the sight fully inset into the slide rather than an open back (such as many (not all) Behlert S&W sights). The few Hoag Hi Powers I have seen have the sight fully inset into the slide, like my example. There is a slight curve or radius at the rear of the cut, which is similar to some of the Hoag installs I have seen. The rear of the cut is also very close to the back edge of the slide, which is also consistent with some Hoag sight installs. But, others could be doing the same, and as longarm mentions, the sights could have been installed someone trained or who worked for Hoag.
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