Adjustable sights for a carry pistol?
Seems to me, adjustable sights would possibly get hung on something. Or another possible issue if you bumped, bent or somehow cobbled them up. For me a good set of night sights and I'm good to go.
What are your thoughts?
They might...umm...adjust.
Might be fine for a competition gun, but probably not a good idea for a carry gun that might be used in self-defense, possibly with innocents around.
not if you can help it; get solid, steel, night sights
FWIW, I have adjustable dawson rear on my 1911. This is my primary competition and CCW gun. I marked the adjustment screws when I originally zeroed the gun.
I carry it 7 days a week. I've just surpassed 12,000 rounds fired.
I check the marks when I clean the gun and they have never moved.
It takes usually some work to adjust sights depending on the sights. I do not see a problem with it but I prefer a set of steel night sights on my pistol that are low profile and a lot of adjustable sights are rather large compared to static ones.
Am I missing the fact that you can/should adjust your fixed Novak, Heine 8 or night sights? What does that take... a trip to the range, a brass drift and a hammer.
I have not found handgun adjustable sights, specifically S & W, to be especially fragile or entangling in garments however some handguns can wear the lining in your blazer or suit coat but suspect that is more hammer-related.
Like OEM, after market adjustable....and fixed - all good.
I carried adjustable night sights on my Glock for many years. I never had a problem with them being fragile, snagging on clothing or changing zero.
I switched to fixed Defoors 2 years ago because I liked the notch/post size better and I wanted a better ledge for one handed manipulations.
There's nothing inherently wrong with adjustable sights on a carry gun, provided that it's a robust design.
Gringop
Depends on the sights. Some are sturdier than others. The sight Smith used on their second generation autos were pretty stout and well protected. Actually their first generation sights were bad either but they were only adjustable for windage.
I think the fragility of adjustable sights is overstated.
People carried revolvers with adjustable sights for decades and never worried about it. I never worry about the sights on my "woods gun" (Dan Wesson .44 mag) getting knocked out of whack.
fixed, imo, is the better option; when doing one handed manipulations all the time, wheter on clothing or static componets, snagging on the front end or misaligning/off zeroring your sights can happen easier
Originally Posted By NVGdude:
I think the fragility of adjustable sights is overstated.
People carried revolvers with adjustable sights for decades and never worried about it. I never worry about the sights on my "woods gun" (Dan Wesson .44 mag) getting knocked out of whack.
I totally agree with this.
That said, once you adjust a pistol's sights for combat use, why do you need to re-adjust them? Thus, the argument for adjustable sights wanes significantly...
Originally Posted By ALPHAGHOST:
fixed, imo, is the better option; when doing one handed manipulations all the time, wheter on clothing or static componets, snagging on the front end or misaligning/off zeroring your sights can happen easier
Now, this is a great reason not to have them. I have torn the shit out of my hands manipulating the sights on my CZ75 Kadet....
Preferably not. Generally sharp edges by design.
I wish Springfield would make the Range Officer with fixed sights.
