It’s as much a joy to shoot as the .380 I lucked into a couple of years back, but does share one problem: the sights suck.I know, I know, “It’s for up-close-&-personal self-defense, that way it doesn’t snag in a pocket” and so forth. All true. I still want better sights, at least in front, which led to an idea.
Before anyone starts screaming, this is not a case of damaging a collectable: at some point, trying to ‘repair’ damage caused by pitting(looks like it spent a lot of time in a pocket or tucked into a belt) someone with a very heavy hand went after it with a buffer. Half the markings are almost obliterated, the others damaged. Add to that a bore that wasn’t cleaned after use with corrosive-primed ammo(there is rifling there, in between all the pits) and this is a shooter, not a collector’s piece. Which is fine, I wanted a shooter, and I’m going to improve on it a bit.
Realistically, the big factor is going to be a front sight big enough to see, and a rear that makes using it fast easy. There’s a couple of options I could go with, I’m going to try this:
Yes, that’s a Mepro shotgun sight. Friend and I discussed this, and I think with a .32 the shank should be plenty to handle the stresses of the slide cycling, and it’ll be a big, bright dot in bad light,
a nice, easy to see post in good.What if this doesn't hold up? I'll find something suitable and cut a dovetail for it.
Suggestions, imprecations, bad language and so forth appreciated. Some parts of that more than others.
Marbles has ivory and "gold" bead front sights plus fiber optic. Still these guns are designed for minute of belly shooting. I like precise sights on target rifles and pistols. An arm that will never be used at ranges further than across a room? Not so much. You won't lose collector value. what you will lose is the ability to stick it in a jacket pocket and know that you can pull it without a snag.
ReplyDeleteI used to have a three inch S&W Model 60 with target sights. I ended up giving it to my daughter for a bedside gun while I replaced it with a Ruger SP101. The target sights were the reason. They kept snagging when I drew from a concealment holster.