making a Colt/Keith style sight base and front sight

[Lonestar grips.]

after tightening the sight blade into the base using a clamp I then drilled the holes though the sight blade.




I then squared the blade up with the base. and did a mock up. looking pretty good so far.












for the pins I took a wore out 1/16" drill bit and heated it up with a torch till the steel softened. I then cut the new pins and put a slight bend in them so they'd stay nice and tight during recoil.







the blade was a little too wide so using the belt sander and hand sanding I was able to thin it down.



rough cutting the sight and shaping it with files.







I used Birchwood casey super blue to blue it.








all in all it turned out better than I expected but only time will tell if it was worth the effort.