I have the 38/357 2" and added the XS Tritium front sight that Ruger sells. After a lot of dry fire and some live fire, I went back to the original factory post front. As the XS sits proud of the square rear notch accurate shooting is very difficult for me. Hard to explain, it seems to be more of a "this is basically where your muzzle is pointing" front sight with little elevation indication. It only offers me the same "good enough" accuracy as I can get with target focused shooting using the standard front sight. However, the standard front sight also offers more accuracy when I focus on it. My M&P340 is similar but at least the rear notch is U shaped though the front XS still sits high in the notch.
Adam
I've had similar experience, tried the XS and took it off in pretty short order, I put Hiviz on my 38 and 9mm with good results but precision drops off after 12-15 yds, guess I cant complain, that's my intended role for those as back ups but I do shoot better at distance with the factory sight.
Just for kicks - does anybody have a 3" LCRx (with adjustable rear sight) and a standard enclosed hammer 2" model?
I'm extremely curious if it's possible to swap the upper and lowers between the two, for stupid reasons I'll keep in my own head for the moment.
LCR is capable of good self-defense accuracy with practice. Confidence is growing in this little revolver and will see more carry time as a result.
I keep thinking of replacing my LCR with a six shot variant like the K6XS, but seeing all the posts here about accuracy at 15yds, which matches my experience with it, and reading about sight regulation over in the K6XS thread, I keep clutching what I have and slapping myself out of my discontent
Went looking for parts diagrams and disassembly videos (couldn’t find one for a LCRx). Looking at the diagrams, the lcr metal frame has a square lug that comes off the back that the upper screw goes through at the top of the plastic frame. The LCRx metal frame does not have that lug and the plastic frame doesn’t have the corresponding cross screw/ hole. I found a post that talked about removing the crane screw on the LCRx would release the two frame halves. I’m assuming the little metal lug would interfere with the external hammer on the LCRx models. I couldn’t figure out if other than the open screw hole if the parts would go together (LCRx upper and LCR lower).
Jason
Could someone with calipers measure the depth and width on the "notch" in the rear sight channel on an LCR? The snub version with fixed sights, please, not the adjustables on the LCRx.
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