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Sanch
03-22-2020, 01:55 PM
I'm looking for sights for my glock 48. I was using g43 sights on them for testing but don't think that's right.

I looked on the heine website and it lists their glock 42/43 and glock 17/22/fullsize sites as:

Front Height: .215
Rear Height: .250

But for some reason their website lists Glock 48 as:

Front Height: .235
Rear Height: .250

Some of the sights I'm looking at, like Henning fibers, don't have G48 specific sights. So I'm not sure if I can use a full size glock, or a glock 42/43 set on there. And I'm wondering why heine has different heights for the G48.

Also just wondering since the heine rears are higher than the fronts, does that mean you get a parabolic arc to the bullet path instead of just a straight drop? If so, what are they trying to get the two parabolic zeros to be? Like with an AR, if you zero at 50 yards it also comes back down at the 200 yard mark or so.

Nephrology
03-22-2020, 03:06 PM
I'm curious as well. I have a Glock 48 that I want to get new sights for eventually, but it is a low priority at present time.

RJ
03-22-2020, 03:38 PM
What sights do you have now?

How do they shoot?

Do you use top of front sight picture, or drive the dot?

FWIW:

My G43X accepts standard G19 sights just fine. It shoots PoI=PoA drive the dot using OEM rears and 0.180" high fronts (Ameriglo Pro-Glo.) with any/all of the following Speer 124GD/AE115/AE124/AE147/Federal HST 147.

Joe Mac
03-22-2020, 03:59 PM
What ammo and sight picture do you want to use?

For G43, 43X, and 48 I'm using Ameriglo GL-450. The front sight is .165 and POI is the top of the blade with 124+P. The G48 does not need a different height.

Edit: as RJ noted above, if you want to "drive the dot" then .180 or taller, depending on ammo.