My buddy wants to put a red dot on his Shadow 2 and needs to have the slide milled. I recall some mention of a company in north jerz that does good work. Can anyone tell me the name of the company, or even other companies that do grade A work.
Don’t know of a place in NJ, curious to see other’s answers.
I am a very satisfied customer of Wager Machine Works - they milled a G26 frame for a holosun optic for me and it was the impossible trifecta - cheap, good and fast. I’m considering getting a CZ p-01 slide milled and they’ll likely be my first choice:
My go-to guy is Thomas Richardson. He works out of National Range and Armory in Williamsport, PA.
I have a Shadow 2 OR for USPSA. I wanted a SP-01 that I could use in IDPA CO division (S2 is too heavy for IDPA) and act as backup for the Shadow 2. Thomas was able to reproduce the mounting plate footprint used by the S2OR on my SP-01 so I can use the same plates on both. This means I can swap optics if I need to, as well as be able to mount the next generation of optics if the optic footprint changes - I’ll just buy the new plate that goes with the new optic.
He is also expert at installing Cajun trigger kits. All my CZs have been tuned up by him.
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Does this mean they make several mounting form factors for one type of cut?
Also, read up on just getting an OR replacement slide, but seems that they need to be custom fitted. Like ya cant just get a new OR slide and slap it on.
Sorry if these questions seem stoopid. I literally am asking for a friend. I don’t know much about handguns at all.
There are several footprints for the optics. The Sig Romeo3 and C-more RTS/2 share the same footprint, but it is different from say the Trijicon RMR, or Aimpoint ACRO P2.
One option is to cut the slide to match one of these footprints so you can direct mount the optic to the gun. This brings the sight slightly closer to the bore height, but means you are stuck with that footprint for the life of the gun.
Most gun manufacturers use a mounting plate system where the plate locks into the slide on its lower side and its upper side is machined to match the footprint of a given optic. If you want to change optic, you just need a plate which matches your gun on the bottom and the optic on the top.
Each gun manufacturer has their own design for the lower side of the plate. There are features that stop the plate moving laterally under the forces of recoil. A Glock MOS plate will not work on a S2OR or vice versa.
By having Thomas cut my SP-01 to match my S2OR, I have the option of getting a factory plate for the S2OR which matches whatever optic I want to put on my SP-01.
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Primary Machine in LA has always done amazing work for me. Not in NJ but your friend would only have to send them the slide and the optic for milling. Fair pricing too.
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