New Sights Added to P64!

[Byrd]

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Well I bit the bullet and added new sights to my P64. It is a front shotgun bead. I filed off the front sight, drilled the slide in the center & tapped 6-48, and epoxied it in. I removed the dovetailed rear sight to give a larger rear sight. The effect I wanted was that of the Ashley Express "Big Dot" I think I nailed it, because now the mantra "front sight, squeeze" is attainable, instead of "where is that sight?"
Let me know what you think?

[dfunk]

Nice! Have you shot it? Does it shoot to poa?

[Byrd]

I have shot it, and it does indeed shoot to point of aim. It will nail the center out of a B27 target at 10 yards. Precise it is not, but for what I wanted to do with it, it was a successful project. Next I am going to do a complete teardown, stone lightly, parkerize & Dura Coate it. I wanted a reliable, useable inexpensive carry pistol, and this fits the bill.

[eugene213]

That looks nice... just to be clear.... in the third photo, is the rear sight filed out more than normal?

This is a good looking project for a practical P-64 carry gun.

[juniustaylor]

Eugene, he removed the rear sight completely. You can see it faintly in the second photo. He also said this:

I removed the dovetailed rear sight to give a larger rear sight.

[Byrd]

I did remove the rear sight so the bead would have a "channel" to sit it, for lack of a better term. It works perfectly, but now there is a blank dovetail where it was, not too pleasing to the eye. Before I refinish it, I will file the rear sight to conform to the groove in the slide and replace it. As it is, I think this was a successful experiment.