Discovery 1: I own a Cajunized 97B. The gun is one of my favorites to shoot, but since I have old man eyes, regular sights became tricky for me, so I used it less and less each year. About six months ago, someone suggested I send the slide in to have it milled for a red dot. Big, BIG improvement! I can run this gun full steam, and I love it! In the last three months, I've shot over 3000 rounds through it(it pays to reload). That's more ammo through my 97 than the previous three years combined! So if you struggle with focusing on the front sight, switch to a red dot, and you will not regret it.
Discovery 2: now that I shoot more, I ran into a problem with the slide not going into the battery after about 100 rounds. The slide stays back about 1/4". At first, it would be one round per every two-three magazines, and it would get progressively worse where it would fail to get into battery several times per magazine! The only way to fix it was to do a full cleaning. Now, I am all for cleaning guns, but there are days at the range when everything just feels great. Your shots land, your split times are awesome, and you are flowing like a butterfly! I can easily run through 2-300 rounds on days like that. As you can imagine, cleaning the gun on the range kinda sucks. So after trying many things(thank you forum search button!), I looked at what caused slide "stumble" at the very end of the travel, just before the full lockup. Turns out, the chamber flag gets grimy and starts to impede the lockup! Removing the entire mechanism(tongue, stem, and spring) made the issue go away, but I lost my zero. Apparently, the tongue is used to hold the barrel parallel to the slide! After putting the tongue back in, the gun has been working flawlessly! If you are having problems with the gun not going into full lockup when dirty, remove the spring and stem from the chamber indicator mechanism!
I hope I wasn't too "wordy."