P95 Sight Radius

[Jason Porter]

Hi everybody!

Anybody know which aftermarket sights have the longest sight radius when installed on a P95? The factory sights are pointy (catch on holster when drawing from certain positions) and pointing straight up. Interested in Williams Firesights, or maybe Meprolights or whatever gives me the longest radius per dollar.

Any ideas? Any pictures of sights mounted?

 

[boltons75]

I dont know about the P95, but on my SR40C, the williams firesites front site was alot taller than the stock ruger, and it is square front and back. Made holstering a huge issue. I had them on for 2 days, now they are just hanging on my reloading bench.

 

[Jason Porter]

Williams, Meprolight both supposedly give about an extra 3/16" tops. The issue is finding a rear sight that sits back like this one:

http://www.wichitaarms.com/images/Wi...htColt1911.jpg

Back of the slide, just short of the hammer would be about 9/16" increase (just over 10%), and a flatter sight profile (think no pointy hump). I could care less about glowing anything, as that's something I can handle on my own.

The reality is that having shot a couple of firearms with a 5.5" sight radius, I want that extra 1/2 inch, and I can tell a difference. What I don't want to do is end up at my work bench making my own rear sight with files for an entire weekend or more. But I will if it comes to that, because I want what I want

 

[blume357]

I would think better visibility would be what you want over 'longer'.... which I'm having a problem understanding anyway.... how can you make the sights longer on the pistol.

as for the front sight sticking up and this interfering with drawing it from a holster... I have a black widow holster that does not even cover the front barrel of the pistol. So, any front sight will catch on it... solution was to learn to slightly twist the pistol when you pull it out.

 

[Jason Porter]

I would think better visibility would be what you want over 'longer'.... which I'm having a problem understanding anyway.... how can you make the sights longer on the pistol.

as for the front sight sticking up and this interfering with drawing it from a holster... I have a black widow holster that does not even cover the front barrel of the pistol. So, any front sight will catch on it... solution was to learn to slightly twist the pistol when you pull it out.

Making the sights longer just involves getting an aftermarket sight on the rear that offsets toward the rear of the firearm. Increasing the sight radius by 10% is what I'm going for. I may end up having to make a sight for the rear, but I'll be calling LPA on Monday to find out the rearward offset of their sights.