Sights

You look at your iron sights on every shot, and the factory set is frequently a plain black polymer part with no adjustment. A replacement set changes three things: how fast your eye finds the front sight, whether you can move the point of impact yourself, and what you still see when the light goes. The bulk of the range is LPA steel from Italy, joined by Night Fision and Angry Bear tritium and by Zendl.

Choose the sight picture

Fiber optic rods gather daylight into a bright point. They are fast in good light, which is why they are common in competition, and they fade in the dark. Tritium vials glow with no light, battery or charging, so they work at night but hardly stand out in bright sun. Luminescent dots charge in light and glow for a while afterwards, a middle way for dusk. White dots or lines add contrast in daylight. A blank rear with a serrated face cuts glare and, behind a fiber front, sends your eye straight to the front sight.

Adjustment and height

A fully adjustable rear has click screws for windage and elevation, so when you change ammunition and the hits move, a few clicks bring them back. Semi-adjustable sights move on one axis, and fixed sights are corrected by drifting them in the dovetail. Height matters too. Low sights sit under factory height. Co-witness sights stand high enough to line up inside the optic window of a slide mounted dot, so a flat battery or a dirty lens does not leave you without sights.

Finding the sight for your gun

A sight fits only the dovetail and slide it was cut for. Look-alikes catch people out: Glock MOS and classic slides take different sights, the Optics Ready version of a pistol rarely takes the standard set, and the CZ 75 SP-01 and SP-01 Shadow differ. On a 1911 the rear sight cut decides (BoMar, Kimber, LPA or Novak). Some sights cross brands: HS Produkt and Springfield share several pistols, and one 9.5 mm rear fits the Tanfoglio Limited, EAA Witness, IWI Jericho and Springfield P9. Sights are sorted by brand: Sights for 1911, Sights for AR-15, Sights for AR-9, Sights for Beretta, Sights for Browning, Sights for Bul, Sights for Canik, Sights for Colt, Sights for CZ, Sights for EAA, Sights for FN, Sights for Glock, Sights for Grand Power, Sights for HK, Sights for HS Produkt, Sights for IWI, Sights for Magnum Research, Sights for Remington, Sights for Ruger, Sights for Sig, Sights for Smith & Wesson, Sights for Springfield, Sights for Tanfoglio, Sights for Taurus and Sights for Walther. For a dot instead of irons, see Red dot mounts and Optics ready plates.

Frequently asked questions

Fiber optic or tritium?

Fiber optic if you shoot mostly in daylight and want speed, as in most matches. Tritium if you need to aim in the dark. Luminescent dots sit between the two.

Do I need a new front sight with an adjustable rear?

No. An adjustable rear works with the factory front. Change the front only for a different sight picture.

Can I fit the sights myself?

Many shooters do, with a sight pusher. LPA recommends having its sights fitted by a qualified gunsmith, and Glock front sights need the matching screwdriver from our tools.