mpolans Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I've seen some guns that were tritopped but had the bottom of the front sight flush with the top of the slide. My Edge already had a front sight installed; I'm guessing if I were to have my gun tritopped, the front and rear of the slide where the sights are dovetailed in would have to be left untouched, right? Is the only way to have the whole top of the slide flat (including where the front sight is) to tritop a bare slide and then machine in the dovetail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ormondopen Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 freedom gun works has a custom dawson sight that will allow the entire top flat topped, send him an email for more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Hello: You could also flat top the slide then recut the front sight dovetail for a wider one. Thanks, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennRasch Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 When you tritop a slide, your only milling .030-.040 off..... witch will give you about .750 flat. A dove tail is around .060 deep and that is 2 much to mill on the top. You can mill up to the back of the front sight and stop at the front of the rear sight, and then cut the sides. Here's a pix of a open gun, I'm working on for my son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpolans Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 When you tritop a slide, your only milling .030-.040 off..... witch will give you about .750 flat. A dove tail is around .060 deep and that is 2 much to mill on the top. You can mill up to the back of the front sight and stop at the front of the rear sight, and then cut the sides. Here's a pix of a open gun, I'm working on for my son. Yeah, I was afraid the top of the slide wouldn't be thick enough to mill a new dovetail. I just think milling only from the front of the rear sight to the back of the front sight doesn't look as cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TISCHLJ Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) You can also do what is called an "interrupted cut" where the tri-cut bevels up at the sight dovetailon the top or at the sides, if you elect to "tritop" after the sight cuts are made. That's what I did with this STI short block kit I built up, with the assist of GANS Guns. Talk to Gary Natale at GANS. Great work, good prices and super fast turn around! Hope this helps . . . . . .crap image issues . . . Edited May 6, 2011 by TISCHLJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TISCHLJ Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Here we go . . . Hope you can see the interruption just in front of the front sight and in front of the rear sight. came out nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennRasch Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Here we go . . . Hope you can see the interruption just in front of the front sight and in front of the rear sight. came out nice. That LOOKS real nice.........I may have to try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
want2race Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=122516 As long as you have an STI (Heinie) front dovetail, it's doable. Edited May 6, 2011 by want2race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Hello: You could also leave the radius on the top and just cut the flats on the sides. Thanks, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterj Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Bobby Tri-topped my Spartan too. http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=127234 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EkuJustice Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Thats the one Bobby did for me in Want2Races link. Came out flawless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpolans Posted May 7, 2011 Author Share Posted May 7, 2011 (edited) Thats the one Bobby did for me in Want2Races link. Came out flawless Just to clarify, this was a Spartan that already had the front and rear sight dovetails and he was able to tri top it and recut the front and rear sight dovetails? Or did he fit a new special front sight and just leave the rear dovetail as is? Roughly how much did it cost to do that? I have a Spartan and would like to do something like that. Edited May 7, 2011 by mpolans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterj Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 The dovetails in the Spartan slide are deep enough where the slide can be flat-topped and the Freedom Sight installed with no further cutting of either dovetail. I didn't ask Bobby to give me a price breakdown. Give him a call or an e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EkuJustice Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Mine was the factory eagle with front and rear sighs in it. Not sure what the breakdown was as I had the tri-top, highpower cut to remove the serrations, and the gills done as well as the cobalt finish. He can give you a breakdown based on what you want but I will say it was very reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpolans Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 (edited) Thanks for the info. Also, approximately how many ounces are removed from the slide when tri topping? Edited May 9, 2011 by mpolans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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