Description
Springfield 1911 Dovetail Front Sight, .078" x 60 degree dovetail. Precision CNC machined from hardened 4140 bar stock for improved durability and finished in black oxide. Blades feature a 40lpi serrated front face for reduction of glare in all lighting conditions.
Accepts .060" fiber optic rod (.075" diameter on blade face). Comes with 1 each red and green fiber rods.
Fits ONLY Springfield Armory 1911. All Springfield 1911's use a .078" deep x 60 degree dovetail, but significant variations exist between models, individual guns, and years of production as far as the actual width of the dovetail, blade height, and presence of a vertical roll pin. In an effort to allow one sight to be able to work with all of these, we have chosen to use the most common current production height of .175" and provide an oversized dovetail. The dovetail will need to be fit to the individual gun with a 60 degree dovetail file.
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Product Reviews (26)
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Perfect.
Fit my Garrison perfectly with no filing. Used a sight pusher and it took a little pressure but it went on well. Fiber installation was easy.
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Red fiber optic is not bright.
Fits well on my SA 1911 but the orange/red fiber optic rod is very dull, Dawson Precision red fiber optic rod on my other pistol is noticeably brighter and easier to see at the range. Replaced it with a supplied green one but doesn't seem much brighter either. Will find after market red rods to replace the green one as well.
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Springfield sight
Required significant amount of filing to fit. But installed nicely and works as intended.
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fiber optic front site
site was oversize which was good, the only thing is the fiber optic supplied was not as bright as my other ones.
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1911 fiber optic front sight
Great Novak cut fiber optic front sight for 1911 handguns. Some fitting involved but not a whole lot for easy installation. Looks great and performs even better. Thanks 10-8!,,
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1911 front sight
Installed easily with no fitting of the sight or slide necessary on an older Ed Brown Kobra. I do not consider this a deficiency of the 10-8 sight. The Ed Brown slide seems to have dovetail dimensions that allow most sights, including the factory sights, to slip in easily without fitting. I appreciate the added roll pin for on slides that a drilled for it like my particular Ed Brown. Loctite will be necessary for extra security. The size of fiber optic rod provides a nice bright easily seen visual reference.
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1911 Front Sights
perfection
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I even got a guitar pick!
I am a fan of Hilton Yam and his products. I needed a gold bead front sight to match my 10-8 Products rear sight and bang - one was nearly instantly at my home. I think I will look at other products in the future. He even sent me a guitar pick! Thanks. Do you have them in thin? I think this is for a bassist!
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Best 1911 Fiber Optic Front Sight Available
There are several companies making 1911 Fiber Optic Front Sights but none equal these 10-8’s. First off, the finish is excellent, the best I have seen from any company actually. Secondly, the .060” Fiber Optic rods are the perfect size, you might think it’s too big compared to the normal .040” rod for precision work but it is not, it’s the perfect size. The great thing is that the sight blade itself is nice and narrow for precision work but the .060” Fiber Optic jumps right out, nice and bright and is far superior to smaller diameter rods. These sights are awesome and I highly recommend them! My biggest problem is that they only had one of the size I needed so I need to wait for the next batch which is disappointing. I also wish they offered these in shorter heights so I could use them on some other 1911’s which require shorter front sights. One other thing that would be nice is if they offered this in a “contoured” version as well since they stand up fairly high above the slide profile of a standard 1911.
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Fiber Optic - terrific sight
After installing the fiber optic front and all black rear sights on my 1911 and Glock, I wish I made the transition years ago. This combination is, by far, the fastest I've used. Easy to acquire from the holster, tracks well during recoil, and the narrow front post is a bonus on small targets at distance. Well done, 10-8.
