Mods and Fixes by P-64 users...
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Ketchman
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by Ketchman » January 28th, 2012, 10:29 am
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by Curly1 » January 28th, 2012, 1:51 pm
Nice work there.
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by normsutton » January 28th, 2012, 9:02 pm
Ketchman
excellent job
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by juniustaylor » January 29th, 2012, 1:49 am
Ketchman, that looks real nice. Very professional looking.
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by Gary2112 » January 29th, 2012, 9:43 am
That certainly is a unique setup. I like that you can change out the sight bead for a different color if you choose to. Good Job! It turned out really nice.
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by Dennis » January 29th, 2012, 12:11 pm
I am jealous. What I would give to have a horizontal miller. ‘Very professional job, by the way ketehman.
I don’t have a miller but I do have JB weld. I glued a fluorescent tube to my slide see attached photo. I did the same thing to one of my 1911 about 20.000 rounds ago and it has never fallen off.
If some of you try this, make sure the slide is clean with no oil on it and sand the side of the fluorescent tube where it’s going to sit in the JB wield.
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billhac
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by billhac » January 29th, 2012, 1:25 pm
i love it. but for me i wanted to go with something bigger. those little sights suck a bit. heres what i did
for me it works better than looking down the sights.
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Ketchman
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by Ketchman » January 29th, 2012, 3:21 pm
Thanks guys. buy the way, the $75.00 includes what I paid to have the slot milled in the slide. Dennis, I gotta say for pure creativity with few materials used, yours is genius! And Billhac, yours is awesome, but I have learned the hard way from previous experience that switches and batteries fail at the worst f$%*&^% times! And with my luck it would be at the time I need this the very worst so laser sights are a no go for me. But don't think that I am not in admiration of your setup, cause I am. Anyway, next up is refinishing.
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by lklawson » January 30th, 2012, 11:37 am
Very slick looking.
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by dfunk » January 30th, 2012, 12:13 pm
I think it's awesome! Great work!
PS I updated your post to display the photos inline.
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Ketchman
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by Ketchman » January 30th, 2012, 6:08 pm
Thanks for that dfunk. i wondered why they weren't showing online, guess I'll have to revisit picture posting 101!!
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by badgerjfr » March 2nd, 2012, 11:32 pm
ketchman,
sights look great. however one pic i see the safety off and in another i can see you have one in the chamber. yet you still took a picture of the business end of the gun. just sayin'

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but the heart of the fool to the left." -Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV)
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Ketchman
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by Ketchman » March 3rd, 2012, 1:34 pm
badgerjfr, good eyes on the chamber indicator. However , that picture of the business end was the last in the stack and before I took that one the mag was dropped and chamber cleared. Glad you liked the sight though. and thanks for lookin out for a fellow's safety.

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by klink140 » March 7th, 2012, 4:42 am
That's a really great use of available parts. Beats the white model paint I put on the front site every couple months.
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by 2old2run » May 9th, 2012, 12:21 pm
DaVinci is credited with saying, "The supreme misfortune occurs when theory outstrips performance." No misfortune with your work. Great idea and great execution! I also agree with you 100% on relying on electronics and batteries when your life is on the line. No laser sights or lights on any of my defensive tools. I did get a cheap Tasco Red Dot for my M1A to check it out, but the iron sights are zeroed and the Red Dot comes off fast.