Okay, a little back story on this. I really good friend of mine who lives in Petal, Mississippi has a really nice full-size stainless Springfield 1911. A while back I added some upgrades to his receiver at his request (Wilson combat hammer, beaver tail, extended thumb safety, and speed chute - and yes, I've got the proper credentials to be doing said work). Well, he called me a few months back wanting to know how hard it is to get new sights put on his 1911. I advised him to have a certified gun smith do the work, especially since it requires staking of the front sight. I directed him to a website that had some Trijicon night sights for his gun and he was very happy with the purchase. Now, here's where it gets ugly. His cousin said he has a "guy" who is a small arms armorer in the Army that would put the sights on for him at no cost. He quickly jumped on the deal. Had he told me about this "guy" before he gave him the gun, I would've told him to run far and fast in the opposite direction - unless he is able to show proof of training that he knows wtf he's doing. I'm sure Bert will chime in on this, and agree 100%, you have to really check out who you are going to have work on your gun and get multiple references. If you don't, then crap like this happens. This is why if the work on my gun is outside my skill level, it will go to Bert - PERIOD.

Oh, and for the record, I'm going to Mississippi in a week to visit him. I'm dick punching the no-talent hack who did this to his gun.













This is just freaking appauling. Now, I've recommended to him that this so called jack-hole of an "armorer" purchase him a new slide and sights to go with it. He's going to let me know in the next couple days if the moron is going to make good on it. I'll definitely post "updates".