SP-01 Night Sights hitting low

Tongarirohiker

Tongarirohiker

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Put about 300 rounds through my SP-01 and I'm consistently 2" low @ 7m. I changed to a 12 o'clock sight picture and I started hitting where I wanted. Didn't experience this with a regular 75B or a Shadow. Has anybody else noticed this with the night sights?
 
My first pistol was the SP-01 and I was shooting low as well. But that was because I was anticipating the shot. I was unexperienced and that was the issue.. Dont think it had anything to do with the sights. Now I've got over 2000 rds through it and she's bang on...
 
Night sights? If you changed the sights out to an aftermarket sight set then a small difference in the height at either the front or back could easily account for this difference.

If you're calling the stock fiber front sight a "night sight" then it isn't. It's a "glow in the daylight" only fiber light collecting and concentrating style.

If you're shooting stock sights try some 124 gn ammo. The 115gn stuff does shoot a hair low. With 124gn both my CZ's shoot right at the point of aim like they should.
 
BCRider said:
Night sights? If you changed the sights out to an aftermarket sight set then a small difference in the height at either the front or back could easily account for this difference.

If you're calling the stock fiber front sight a "night sight" then it isn't. It's a "glow in the daylight" only fiber light collecting and concentrating style.

If you're shooting stock sights try some 124 gn ammo. The 115gn stuff does shoot a hair low. With 124gn both my CZ's shoot right at the point of aim like they should.
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Yeah my SP-01 has night sights aswell, but im pretty sure it isnt a shadow the OP is refering to. They come standard with the pistol. It could be the SP-01 or SP-01 tactical.
Mine shoots bang on with it. I woulndt be worried about the sights being off on it.
 
While I was at the range last night, I grabbed a 75B and a Shadow for a side-by-side comparison. When I aim POA with the 75B and the Shadow, that's where I hit. Very frustrating. I think the appearance of the sights is throwing me off. Looking carefully at the sights this morning, the front sight appears bigger to me so I'm having a hard time putting the dot right on the target. I'll have to make another trip to the range to figure this one out.
 
bfiles said:
Yeah my SP-01 has night sights aswell, but im pretty sure it isnt a shadow the OP is refering to. They come standard with the pistol. It could be the SP-01 or SP-01 tactical.
Mine shoots bang on with it. I woulndt be worried about the sights being off on it.
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You're correct, it is the SP-01 and not the Shadow. The sights I have are still stock.

I didn't mean to imply that there was something wrong with the gun or the sights. I'm sure it's me, as I'm not good enough to out shoot any gun yet. I was looking more for observations other folks have had. Like I said, when I acquire my sight picture, that front sight just looks bigger to me than the sight on a Shadow or 75B. Haven't taken a caliper to it to determine if this is physically true or if it's my eyes playing with me, but I'm certain that's where my problem is coming from. Because of that, when I get the top of the sights lined up, the dots are actually on 6 o'clock.
 
Turns out that the thickness of the front blade on my front sight is 0.160". Width of the front blade on a Shadow or a 75B is supposedly 0.122". That's quite a difference!
 
I went to the range this morning, same 2" low with the first 10 rounds. I'm seeing almost no light on either side of the front sight. I started filing the notch on the rear sight to widen it, a little bit at a time. Eventually, I got it to the point where I had an acceptable amount of light on each side of the front sight.

I put the front sight on the bull, brought up the rear sight, and bam! Bullseye. I didn't realize how much having light on the sides of the front sight made a difference until now.
 
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