TRP Full Rail replacement front sight

[paintballdad]

Need recommendations on a replacement high visibility tritium front sight for a Springfield Armory TRP Full Rail.
I have a hard time seeing the stock tritium front sight and would like to replace it with an orange outline tritium fronts.

Any help would be appreciated.

[hermosabeach]

Have you searched on the Trijicon site?

How is your front sight installed?
Dovetail
Stake
Screw

[paintballdad]

Have you searched on the Trijicon site?

How is your front sight installed?
Dovetail
Stake
Screw

Front sight is dovetailed and has adjustable rears. Not sure of the dovetail dimensions. I did check Trijicon's site and they only offer Novak cut front/rear sets.

[Mr. Blue]

Trijicon HD has the large yellow or orange dot.
Ameriglo also offers this.

In what conditions are you having trouble finding the front sight? Have you owned the gun a long time? How many rounds?

[paintballdad]

Have owned the pistol for 2 years with about 400 rounds fired. It currently has Trijicon tritium fronts but the tritium with the white outline basically disappears in daylight on a black target. Most of my irons sighted pistols have switched over to fiber optic front sights but would like to keep this and a couple of other pistols with high visibility tritium front sights.

[XDJYo]

[Mr. Blue]

Have owned the pistol for 2 years with about 400 rounds fired. It currently has Trijicon tritium fronts but the tritium with the white outline basically disappears in daylight on a black target. Most of my irons sighted pistols have switched over to fiber optic front sights but would like to keep this and a couple of other pistols with high visibility tritium front sights.

I recently bought the new Trijicon DI sights. Both tritium and fiber optic. I don’t think they will solve your issue however. Here is a 2min. Video that shows them. https://youtu.be/D1DxmkAuCh0

In my Dan Wesson Classic Commander video, I show the AmeriGlo sights compared to the same trijicon sights you have. I have them on my MCO. Yours are target rear, mine are Novak. But the white ring/tritium is the same. I had the Trijicon HD yellow on my HKP2000sk and it’s noticeably brighter than your front sight. The trade off is precision. The HD’s have a bright yellow or orange ring around the fiber optic. Its luminescent as well. I’m not sure if you can purchase just the front sight and have it work with your current set up. The reason being, the new set will have the same exact rear sight that you have now.

[stormvet]

I have the non-railed TRP, same sights. S.A. TRP’s come with target sights, very slim front post can be hard to see with older eyes. You will need to replace the rear sight also if you go that route as the orange rimmed front sight posts are much wider then the stock post, they are for fast sight placement not fine target shooting. If you go with fiber optic then you can get away with not replacing the rear, although a tritium rear and a FO front would be a little odd.

[CifaldiPrecision]

[sappycapybara]

I had the same problem as the OP.

Unfortunately, the TRP and other Springfield handguns use a proprietary dovetail cut that isn't exactly the same angle as the more popular Novak cuts. Furthermore, the adjustable rear sight of the TRP has a very narrow notch which means that you are limited to sights that are .125 inches in width so you would have to change out the rear (of which there are few options as the rear is a Bomar cut).

Thankfully, Springfield Armory can install those front sights and properly machine the sight to fit their dovetails. I've sent my TRP to them to install an Ed Brown HD XR Front Sight which matches well with the stock rear sight. They charged me 80 dollars to change both front and rear sights. Bit pricey but there's no light gaps on the front sight and it's covered under warranty if anything gets loose.

Alternatively, you can send it to Harrison Design and Consulting to have them modify a Novak front sight for the TRP and use one of their fixed rear sights. Novak Sights is also willing to do front sight installations for you if you purchase one of their front sights. I had one of their new Night Fission sights installed on my Springfield EMP3 and it works great though there is a gap due to the aforementioned Springfield proprietary dovetail.

Finally, Dawson Precision is awesome. If you do buy a front sight from them, make sure it's a Springfield cut.

As with other replies, if you're installing sights for 1911, they can take a fair bit of fitting. I don't recommend sight pushers for the front sight as there's a risk you put too much pressure on top and snap it or not notice when the sight is not properly aligned with dovetail. Preferably, use a brass/aluminum punch to strike at the base of the dovetail and feel for when the sight doesn't move in very well and check frequently for fit. You can find guides on Harrison Design and Consulting or check out Youtube for Dawson Precision's tutorials.

[CifaldiPrecision]

[paintballdad]

The rear is NOT a BoMar cut. It’s an LPA cut as are pretty much all factory guns with this style adjustable sight now. Also the front is a novak (style) cut, 65degree by .330 but requires hand fitting again like all 1911s as the dovetails vary slightly as do the sights.

The reason they say it’s not a Novak cut is because they aren’t authorized by Novak. There are 3 types of front sight cuts. Heine, Novak and Para. There may be some strays but these are the standard cuts. Heine being 60degree by .300 and closer to the front.


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If that is the case, then will any of these Novak sights work? Looks like there are 2 options, .075 or .060 base, which one for the TRP Full Rail?

https://www.novaksights.com/Products.aspx?CAT=9479

Thanks

[CifaldiPrecision]

[paintballdad]

FYI for other TRP owners. According to Novak, the sight has the .075 base. The sight below should work for the TRP Full Rail.

https://www.novaksights.com/Detail.aspx?PROD=1422476&CAT=9480

[CifaldiPrecision]