Am looking for a set of night sights for my rock island 1911 gi model and would like to put a full beaver tail on it if thats possible cant find anyone who makes the sights and dont know if I can replace the existing small beavertail thats on it would like to get meprolight sights if any one knows how already tried the wewb sight and it didnt show any thing thanks for any info GUNS4LIFE
Do a search on Brownells site. You'll find anything you would ever want for a 1911. They even have a 1911 exclusive catalog.
I customized my Rock Island with just about everything you can buy: grip safety (beaver tail), all internal trigger parts, added a Group Gripper with a new barrel bushing (fitted to slide and barrel), and a Bullseye style full length Bomar rib with Bomar sights, and thin grips.
Everything fit just like a Colt 1911 except the safety. That I had to fit to make it work correctly. The RI is pretty close to a GI 1911 because all the standard 1911 parts fit. I have no idea why the original or the replacement safety would not "drop in" but it didn't. I ruined the original RI part trying to fit it and had to go with an after market part that still needed fitting too, but I got it right the second time.
The end result was an excellent trigger, and accuracy way beyond what I would have expected from the least expensive 1911 on the market. The barrel must be good once you get the slop out of the front mounting point (the bushing) and the rear of the barrel (with the Group Gripper).
LDBennett
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