I've decided I really like my Makarov, except for the sights. I'd like to add the XS sights, but I'm not sure who to have add them.
I would think that whoever does the gunsmithing would need the whole gun rather than just the slide. I would think they'd need to shoot it to make sure they did the job right.
I hate to deal with FedEx or UPS with this because there's no one at my house when they deliver to sign for a package. I can send the gun through an FFL, but that adds some additional hastle and cost of it's own.
I tried the one local gunsmith that I've talked to before (Old English Outfitters), and they told me they had never done dovetail work on a Mak and didn't want to experiment on mine.
Do I need to send the whole gun to get sights put on, or can they do the job well with just the slide?
Does anyone in the Dayton, OH area know of a gunsmith that would do a good job of adding the sights? (I don't mind an hour or so drive to drop off and pick up the gun).
If I need to send out the whole gun do you have recommendations on who to use? I heard a couple people who got sights put on their Maks by Makarov.com's custom shop say they were no longer sighted in after the new sights were added, so I'm hesitant to use them.