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    Default Re: Kimber 1911 front sight issue

    Using a small ball pien machinist's hammer and a suitable punch, with the slide in a padded vice, slightly bend the fore and aft "ears" of the milled dovetail downward.

    That will tighten the dovetail relationship. Put a drop of LocTite in each groove and install the sight left to right, centering it, or matching witness marks if any.

    Or....you could make a series of prick punch marks on the bottom of the milled dovetail. That will knurl it and raise the floor of it, tightening the fit, without a mark on the visible parts. Secure with LocTite.

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    Default Re: Kimber 1911 front sight issue

    Quote Originally Posted by Manxdriver View Post
    Friday night, sitting in the cabin, playing cards by candlelight ( no electricity at cabin, not a gay thing) I dropped a card. Bent over to pick it up, and there is something green and glowing on the floor. If we had electric lighting, I probably would have missed it. It was the front sight for my Kimber 1911 3” .45. Front sight is a dovetail fit, and slides right in and out, easily. Looking gun over under bright flashlight and both sight and gun appear to hav3 a spot on them that I assume was a glue, maybe.
    So, gun gurus, how would that sight normally be held in place? I am the original owner, and bought it from Cabelas. How would you go about getting it rectified?
    I shouldn't joke around when something like that happens, sorry. I know you're probably pretty pissed and disappointed. I would send it back to Kimber and have remedy the problem and let them know when you pay that much money for a pistol the front sight shouldn't just fall off.
    Corruption is the default behavior of government officials. JPC

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    Default Re: Kimber 1911 front sight issue

    Yeah, if the cabin had electricity, I would never have seen it. You know, until I went to fire at a target . Then it's too late.

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    Default Re: Kimber 1911 front sight issue

    Quote Originally Posted by Gunsnwater View Post
    Wrong spot. Bottom center of slot, then use loctite like abner says. Use a sight pusher on tritium, Glass vial in there.
    Personal preference but, if you dimple the bottom of the slot, it pushes the sight up revealing a crack between the bottom of the sight and the slide.
    Locktite works, but you will have to tap the sight hard enough to dent it if you ever want to remove it- or you need to heat it which will ruin the vial with the isotope of tritium inside.
    Rockset bond dissolves overnight if you leave the slide upside down in a shot glass of water- no fuss no muss.
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    Default Re: Kimber 1911 front sight issue

    Called Kimber. “Oh well, that is not good. Sending you a RMA and a prepaid shipping label. We are going to get that back to you real quick too. Really sorry for your trouble!”
    Wow, great customer service is still alive!

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    Default Re: Kimber 1911 front sight issue

    Quote Originally Posted by Manxdriver View Post
    Called Kimber. “Oh well, that is not good. Sending you a RMA and a prepaid shipping label. We are going to get that back to you real quick too. Really sorry for your trouble!”
    Wow, great customer service is still alive!
    That's good to hear.
    This kind of shit happens and it's how it's handled that makes all the difference.

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    Default Re: Kimber 1911 front sight issue

    Got an email today informing me the UPS will be needing an adult to sign for a package from Kimber Monday! Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a renewed faith in American Superiority and Service!

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    Default Re: Kimber 1911 front sight issue

    Quote Originally Posted by Manxdriver View Post
    Got an email today informing me the UPS will be needing an adult to sign for a package from Kimber Monday! Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a renewed faith in American Superiority and Service!
    Not bad at all with a 3 day turn around, glad to hear it.

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    Default Re: Kimber 1911 front sight issue

    Nice turn around time. I had a within a week turnaround from charter arms once. Some American gun companies know how to take care of the customer. Remington took 2 years with no word for the R51.
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    Default Re: Kimber 1911 front sight issue

    Quote Originally Posted by Manxdriver View Post
    Got an email today informing me the UPS will be needing an adult to sign for a package from Kimber Monday! Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a renewed faith in American Superiority and Service!
    Glad to hear they took care of it quickly.
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