2 questions actually. Is the rear sight dovetail the same between target and standard taper barrels? I'd like to replace my fixed with an adjustable. Secondly, is there a good gold bead or fiber optic replacement for the pinned front sight?
The rear sight dovetail's use to be different. The adjustable dovetail was wider. I think they still are. Brownells offers colored plastic sheets that are used for sight inserts. I've made a sight for the front by sanding it to the correct thickness, filing to shape and pinning it in place. It was in hot pink color but it sure stood out.
Thanks for the info. Maybe I'll just leave the rear. I'll try some paint first but I like the plastic sheet idea. I might try some aluminum and drill a divot to epoxy a brass bead into.
On the rear sight the base material is aluminum. It's fairly easy to file the proper width dovetail if you take your time and pay attention to keeping things squared up. If you happen to mess up your only out what ever cost you have in the sight. Just a thought. Your front sight idea sounds good.
The dovetails are the same between the fixed sight and adjustable sight versions. The problem is that the Ruger adjustable sight sits higher than the the Ruger fixed sight, so the gun typically shoots too high when you add a Ruger adjustable sight to a fixed sight Standard MKII. To solve this, you have to either go to a taller front sight or use the LPA TPU adjustable sight made, specifically, to replace the fixed sight on a Standard.
Look up Mark Series rear sights on Google...someone (who's name escapes me) makes one that can use the original front sight. I have no experience with it, though.
If you want to use the original height rear sight (Ruger or other) you could use this replacement front sight which was made by Volquartsen briefly. A few pop up on eBay from time to time.
You could also find a Millett front sight made to use the adjustable Ruger sight on a Standard. Ebay also has these in several styles, like this one.
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