I have a 1907 coming to me, the reason why is I reload and I wanted something I could shoot that would stand its own on cost with .22LR ammo. I think I can actually get cheaper than .22 with the right .32 ACP loadings so I think it'd be a fun project/plinker.

That out of the way, it is missing the front sight. This seems to be a very common problem with these guns, does anyone actually make a replacement? My plan B is to buy a front sight from a 1911 or a piece of steel stock and see if I can stake it on. Dimensionally a 1911 seems pretty darn close based on the info I can find, I may have to either enlarge the opening on the slide for the pin or file down the pin on the stake. I think it's something that could work with a bit of file action.

Otherwise, what is everyone else doing with their front sights? Is it possible to dovetail one of these and retrofit some regular 1911 sights on it?

One more thing, it looks as if the safety is loose which is supposedly common on the early guns (This one's in the ~10,000 SN range, metal grips) How does one fix this? Is it something where you peen the safety or retrofit a spring like the later guns? If so, any pics by anyone of the retrofit?

Thanks