Springfield 1911 front sights

Front Sights for all Springfield Armory 1911s with round top slides whether 1911, EMP or Prodigy.

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Factory Springfield front sights are made with the dovetail's ends rounded over and covering the full floor of the slide's dovetail. This is done by Springfield just for style. Sights with rounded tops on the dovetail are very difficult to drift out - there's nowhere to butt the punch against, other than the blade.

My Harrison Design sights and  Dawson sights do not share this design. A chamfer is machined on the top corner of each end to "kill" the sharp edge, but leaves a flat edge face to butt the punch against. 

These aftermarket configurations are a big improvement over sights with rounded top dovetail ends. Again, with rounded ends, there is no place to engage with a punch to deliver the energy straight into the dovetail joint. With a rounded end,  you have to put the punch against the sight blade, which A) offsets the energy driving the dovetail in, B) may bend or break the blade and C) has you delivering hammer energy right againt the side of the tritium lamp (protected by about .030" of the sight body), which can result in a broken or cracked lamp.