School me on 1911 sights...

milktree

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I just picked up a Para P14-45, and the sights kinda suck.

I was looking around the intertoobs at replacement sight options and ran across a lot of places selling sights for particular brands of 1911s.

What's with that? I thought one of the beautiful things about 1911s was that pretty much everything fit everything else. (more or less)
 
I just picked up a Para P14-45, and the sights kinda suck.

I was looking around the intertoobs at replacement sight options and ran across a lot of places selling sights for particular brands of 1911s.

What's with that? I thought one of the beautiful things about 1911s was that pretty much everything fit everything else. (more or less)
Nope. Different 1911s have different dovetails for the sight cuts. Some 1911s have staked front sight, rather than a dovetail.

Personally, I like Heinie and 10-8 Performance sights.

Furthermore, most parts on 1911s are not drop-in, but instead have to be fitted by a gunsmith.
 
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