I just replaced the rear sight on my P229 with a night sight. I ordered a Sig tritium #8 rear sight and installed it with the MGW Sig Sight Tool (idiot proof to use, by the way).
My question... There is a gap beneath the bottom of the sight and the slide... Is that normal? Is it because of the lapping done to the SAS slide? The old sight was kind of shaped like a triangle, and didn't hang forward of the dovetail like this new one does... So I just wanted to make sure.
Also, how does one fine tune (sight in?) pistols sights? I used a piece of tape, a pen and a micrometer to mark the exact location of the old sight on the slide and adjusted the new one until it was perfectly aligned to the same spot the old sight was... My logic being that the pistol shot fine before, so putting the new sight in the same place would be my best bet. Is there anything else to it? Is the average person accurate enough offhand to fine tune these sights at the bench, or would I need some type of rest?
My question... There is a gap beneath the bottom of the sight and the slide... Is that normal? Is it because of the lapping done to the SAS slide? The old sight was kind of shaped like a triangle, and didn't hang forward of the dovetail like this new one does... So I just wanted to make sure.
Also, how does one fine tune (sight in?) pistols sights? I used a piece of tape, a pen and a micrometer to mark the exact location of the old sight on the slide and adjusted the new one until it was perfectly aligned to the same spot the old sight was... My logic being that the pistol shot fine before, so putting the new sight in the same place would be my best bet. Is there anything else to it? Is the average person accurate enough offhand to fine tune these sights at the bench, or would I need some type of rest?
