Mortis03 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Hey all So I bought a dawson FO font sight and adjusable rear for my 17. I love them. I picked up a 35 recently and want to replace the sights. I think it makes sense to get the same set so I only have to learn the one sight picture. Question is, should I get the same height, or a slightly different height. I'm thinking because I am getting the adjustable rear, I can make up for the cal and sight radius differences. Anyone have any input? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky #7 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Most folks get the .300" front sight for the longer slide models. (34, 35, 17L, and 24) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waktasz Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Yep. I had a .300 on both my 35 and 24. I switched to a thinner sight that Dawson doesn't make from Ameriglo and had to go to a .315. That works great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EkuJustice Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 .300 here also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Marketing Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I switched to a thinner sight that Dawson doesn't make... Keep in mind, if there's a sight we don't make, give us a call and we'll be more than happy to make what you need. -Chet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortis03 Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 thanks for the input guys. I ended up going with the sane height as on my 17, .285. I tend to shoot low so I got the shorter recommended height. Chet, ill prolly end up taking dawson up on that with my 1911. I had my milspec machined to fit a dove tail but I'm not a fan of the one the gunsmith used. And he put the wrong rear sight on. lol, that's for a different day and forum though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waktasz Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I switched to a thinner sight that Dawson doesn't make... Keep in mind, if there's a sight we don't make, give us a call and we'll be more than happy to make what you need. -Chet Good to hear. I'll definitely keep that in mind although in this case I sort of wanted it ASAP and I found out Ameriglo is local to me and had it in stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortis03 Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) Well, the rear sight I bought it with has been removed (heinie), the previous owner or whomever put that sight on did not want it to move at all! Had to hit it more than I would have liked to get it to slide out. So the dawson adjustable is fit and looking good. I put the front sight on and... it overhangs the slide cut out. I thought I read somewhere that they don't? I should have looked into that a little more though. I didn't really want it to overhang b/c, imho, it looks dumb. The front sight that was on it previously overhung a ridiculous amount and I didn't like it. Edit: Did I just imagine I read that and they have always overhung, or did I do / am doing something wrong, or did they change it recently. Thanks Edited February 25, 2012 by Mortis03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.roberts Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Glock has changed the placement of the slide cut-out somewhere along the years, moved it a little farther rearward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortis03 Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 ah ok so since I bought a used one it is prolly one of the order models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magsz Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Anyone else here running the .215 tall warren on their 34's with zero issues? I might have gotten lucky as my G17 has the SAME POI/POA as my 34 with the same sight setup. Kind of weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughnje Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 (edited) Got the .245 but never checked POI. It seemed to be pretty good. Well, I checked a couple of weeks ago and it shoots about 1 1/2" low at around 12 yards. Just got a .225 and still a touch low. Will try the .215 next Edited March 3, 2012 by vaughnje Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smo11 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 i have the dawson black serrated 215 tall front sight on my 34 with a hiene rear sight with no issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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