New sights for the P-64?
Posted: September 21st, 2011, 7:15 pm
In looking at this pistol, a thought came to mind on a new sight installation. Let me run it by you all for some feedback. The drift adjustable rear sight is in itself situated in a larger channel that could suffice for a rear sight. If the rear sight was trimmed to the full width of the rear channel, could the front sight then be filed off, a dovetail cut and an XS Big Dot sight installed? With the existing channel in the rear, and the Big Dot in the front, I think this would be a slick set up!
Now the hard question, I don't want to pay someone to dovetail the front sight, so how difficult would it be to file the dovetail yourself, thus keeping the cost "reasonable"?
As an aside, I installed 1911 sights in a CZ 52 by drilling a hole in place of the front sight & peening the sight in just like they "used to do" and I enlarged the rear sight dovetail to accept the 1911 rear sight. It was this project that got me to thinking about a similar modification to the P-64.
Any thoughts, ideas or opinions?
Now the hard question, I don't want to pay someone to dovetail the front sight, so how difficult would it be to file the dovetail yourself, thus keeping the cost "reasonable"?
As an aside, I installed 1911 sights in a CZ 52 by drilling a hole in place of the front sight & peening the sight in just like they "used to do" and I enlarged the rear sight dovetail to accept the 1911 rear sight. It was this project that got me to thinking about a similar modification to the P-64.
Any thoughts, ideas or opinions?