J Frame Sight Options

[1slow]

The easy button for a J-frame with good sights is a 640 Pro. I can’t say I can hit an 8” plate at 50 yards every time, but I do it often enough it’s not happenstance.

Yes !

S&W should do a lightweight J frame with 640 Pro sights.

[Up1911Fan]

Here's something else to think about. I've never used them but I find the ideas intriguing.

https://www.dlsports.com/dl_jframe_sw_sights.html


Okie John

Those are the sights on the 640 JCN posted. They're great.

[Up1911Fan]

Yes !

S&W should do a lightweight J frame with 640 Pro sights.

And chamber it in .32 H&R.

[BN]

Here's a big dot and a standard dot on J-Frames. I prefer the standard dot because it fits down in the rear notch while the big dot doesn't give a good sight picture because it has to ride above the notch.

[gato naranja]

Here's a big dot and a standard dot on J-Frames. I prefer the standard dot because it fits down in the rear notch while the big dot doesn't give a good sight picture because it has to ride above the notch.

I found the same to be true- when the sight radius is short-coupled, the rear notch is frequently problematic with the big dot.

Where I found the big dot more useful was on longer-barreled items, leading me to conclude that they may be too much of a good thing on a pocket gun.

[Lester Polfus]

I found the same to be true- when the sight radius is short-coupled, the rear notch is frequently problematic with the big dot.

Where I found the big dot more useful was on longer-barreled items, leading me to conclude that they may be too much of a good thing on a pocket gun.

Concur. The XS Standard dot is still pretty big compared to most sights that have a dot in them.

[gato naranja]

Where I found the big dot more useful was on longer-barreled items, leading me to conclude that they may be too much of a good thing on a pocket gun.

FTA: it is a day late and a dollar short, but I will add that of all the big dots I have installed over the years, the ones that actually worked out better than I expected were on 6" - 8" revolvers and shotguns.

[Dave T]

This is how a now retired gunsmith friend fixed the front sight problem for me on my 642-1.



That's an XS Standard Front, dovetailed into the original S&W ramp.

Dave