You could replace the orange piece with a tritium sight
You could replace the orange piece with a tritium sight
Be Aware-Stay Safe. Gunfighting Is A Thinking Man's Game. So We Might Want To Bring Thinking Back Into It.
I have a S&W M27-2 3.5" that was fitted by its former owner with a "Call" style gold bead on a Patridge front sight blade ; it works well because a Call-style bead it is not a true bead like you would find on a rifle--it is round, but the face is flat and this both cuts down on glare and provides a crisp sight picture. I have had true bead front sights on revolvers and they are sub-optimal for at least three reasons: first, they tend to be too small. The Call bead on my 27 is roughly 1/8" round, where many bead sights--for instance, the Ruger Redhawk "Express" bead sights Ruger used to make-- are adapted from rifles and the beads are much smaller. Second, a spherical bead sight will reflect light radially, making aligning the bead with the square notch of the rear sight difficult. Third, and relatedly, it is difficult--for me at least--to hold consistent elevation with a true bead sight and a square notch rear sight. Express style "V" rear sights are worse still, because they give even less visual reference for the relative positions of the bead and rear sight. What works for rifles does not always translate to handguns, and, to my mind, the bead sight is an example of that.
The Novak gold bead front sight on my Colt Wiley Clapp 21st Century Commander is similar to a "Call" style bead, and if Novak will do that sight on a revolver, it would be a good choice.
i don't have a good picture of my M27 to post right now; if I can find time, I'll post one in the next day or two.
If your revolver's front sight is not pinned, one option would be to have the front sight base machined off and a DX-style interchangeable-blade front sight system installed. Bowen makes such bases:
https://parts.bowenclassicarms.com/i...index&cPath=14
That would give you the ability to swap out front sights depending on your application.
Well I took the plunge and did the job myself. I started with filing the sight off by hand. I then filed the dovetail and fit the sight. The sight is a Novak 180 Brass Bead Sight for a 1911 I had. I figured that it would give me a good idea of required height and whether or not I want to install a Tritium Sight. So how much is a Mill anyway? Not a job I want to do right off again, but it does give a certain satisfaction and pride of ownership.
Be Aware-Stay Safe. Gunfighting Is A Thinking Man's Game. So We Might Want To Bring Thinking Back Into It.
You got cajones my friend.
Very nice.
Working diligently to enlarge my group size.
Damn dude. That looks great.
When you make your decision novak has some good options with 2day shipping for $8.