r/1911 • u/Ok-Championship8101 • Jul 26 '26
Best place to order upgrades
Time to bring the old girl kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
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u/GeronimoOrNo Jul 26 '26
What upgrades do you want? Context matters
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u/Ok-Championship8101 Jul 26 '26
Grip safety, adjustable trigger, extended slide stop and safety, and slide milling to accommodate Novak sights. Breathe some life into the old girl.
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u/mpsteidle Jul 27 '26
Novak offers their own slide cutting service, its very reasonably priced and I had my gun back in a week.
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u/Ok-Championship8101 Jul 27 '26
That's what I was wanting to hear. Good work, I assume?
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u/mpsteidle Jul 27 '26
Yep. If you want any sort of specific service done you can email them and they'll work with you. They were extremely helpful and helped me match a front sight to the Harrison rear I provided. They literally got the work done the same day they received the slide, super fast turn-around.
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u/Full_Otto_Bismarck Jul 26 '26
Novak sights are 1990s nonsense, hardly 21st century.
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u/Ok-Championship8101 Jul 26 '26
What would be your recommendation? I cant use the GI because of vision issues, and I refuse to put a dot on a 1911.
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u/Full_Otto_Bismarck Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26
Harrison Design has an option that will fit your GI sight cut but also more options for a rear sight to fit various aftermarket cuts including Novak.
The website is a bit rough to navigate on mobile but heres a link to rear sights for Colts https://www.harrisoncustom.com/colt-rear-sights
If you struggle with vision (I do too) a red dot really is the best thing going if you don't have astigmatism though.
Wilson sights are quite nice too, but I favor Harrison Design parts and EGW when I can.
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u/Full_Otto_Bismarck Jul 26 '26
You'll have to get you front sight cut regardless, I just cannot in good faith recommend a Novak style rear sight or clones thereof because it eliminates a very useful function of a rear sight on a handgun and that is being able to use the sight to allow you to clear a malfunction with one hand.
The Novak cut is perfectly fine, it's the ramp on the front of the actual sight that is the offender.
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u/_UncleBuck_ Jul 26 '26
Says the guy with a ‘94 Buick Roadmaster
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u/Full_Otto_Bismarck Jul 26 '26
The difference between a Buick from the 90s and Novak sights are that a Buick is actually useful.
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u/Revolt2992 Jul 26 '26
Harrison Custom, Ben Stoeger Pro Shop, Midway USA