Does your Carry Gun have adjustable sights?

[Creature]

No adjustable sights on my primary and everyday carry, a S&W Chief's Special:

 

[mljdeckard]

If I ever got a carry gun that wasn't acceptably accurate out of the box, I would have it fixed, but no, I have never wished I could adjust the sights on my carry gun.

 

[M2 Carbine]

Does your PRIMARY carry gun have fixed sights or adjustable?

No, but I rather they did.

I'd rather almost all my guns had adjustable sights. I have a number of fixed sight guns that do not shoot POA. It's irritating but too costly to have adjustable sights installed.

Even though my primary carry guns, Kimbers, shoot POA at about 15 yards, I would rather they had adjustable sights for different ammo and for distance shooting.

Does a laser count as adjustable sights if so yes

All my defense guns have (good) lasers, if available for the gun.

 

[EddieNFL]

attempt to train for one handed malfunction clearances with a gun with adjustable sights and see how long it takes to tear them up, or worse yet loose your "zero".

Been doing it for years with my primary IDPA piece. Still has the same rear sight and I don't recall the last time I adjusted it. Trick is to avoid cheap parts.

 

[Rexster]

Present usual primary, no. (P229) I reckon I should vote my present set-up.

Present usual secondaries, no. (SP101)

Past primaries have had adjustable sights: GP100, S&W Models 19, 66, etc.

I will almost certainly revert to revolvers as primary when I retire from "peace officering," with my 4" adjustable-sight Model 19 a major contender for the title. I have a Milt Sparks 200AW holster, which has a leather tab that protects the cover garment from the hammer and rear sight blade, and protects the rear sight blade from damage. OTOH, a fixed-sight 3.06" SP101 is another contender for my retirement-era primary.

In the case of S&W revolvers, I like adjustable sights more for the improved sight picture than for the adjustability factor. The ease of dialing-in the sight for a particular load is certainly nice, but I generally do this only every great once in a while; I don't adjust often.

Adjustable sights are not always as delicate as some think. I carried revolvers as duty handguns most of the time from 1984 to 1997, and only managed to break one rear sight blade. It didn't catastrophically fail, but started developing a crack. OTOH, I saw a colleague drop her Model 686, and the impact broke her rear sight blade.

I reckon one good, tough adjustable sight to be a Micro Aimpoint T-1, no? This is what I want to mount on a sixgun soon. Warne makes a wonderful mount. I can't, however, say it will be a primary carry gun.

 

[SwampWolf]

Adjustable sights are not always as delicate as some think. I carried revolvers as duty handguns most of the time from 1984 to 1997, and only managed to break one rear sight blade.

I agree. I also carried a revolver on duty (from 1972 to 1984, before my agency transitioned to semi-autos) with no ill effect. I think way too much is made of the supposed fragility of adjustable sights. And, 2ndAmFan's point is valid:

I guess adjustable sights probably wouldn't make much difference at typical SD ranges even if they were knocked out of line or fell off

I agree that adjustable sights do pose a potential liability in terms of snagging during the draw on a handgun carried in deep cover or in a pocket. Otherwise, if carried in a proper holster, I see no downside to a self-defense handgun having adjustable sights and plenty of "upsides".

 

[One-Time]

No, but I did carry a SW Model 66 on duty that had adjustable sights, once zeroed I just added a drop of loctite to keep them from moving easily, never had issue and it was always in zero