CZ 75 front sight.

espo3

February 25, 2012 05:25

I have an older CZ75 in 9mm. While shooting, the front sight flew off and has not been found. I see all of the newer ones are dovetailed in but mine is not. It has a small arc slot milled in the top of the slide and a small hole I assume for a pin. I cannot find one anywhere. Any help would be great. Thanks Chris

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  charliemeyer007

  February 25, 2012 08:15

  I had the same thing happen on my AMT HardBaller. I measured the arc for length and debth and then drew it up in Autocad. The arc/slot was cut with a 1/2 inch diameter mill. Anyway I took a small piece of stainles steel the correct width and filed out a new front sight with a tendon to fit through the botton hole. I peaned that tendonin and cleaned it up with a dremel tool but it didn't hold for long. I then silvered soldered the sight in place. It is still there and has survived many 1000's of full tilt rounds.

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  espo3

  February 25, 2012 12:01

  I am a machinist and may have our edm dept. Wire me one and soldr it in too.

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  rufe-snow

  February 25, 2012 12:45

  quote:Originally posted by espo3
  I am a machinist and may have our edm dept. Wire me one and soldr it in too.
  
  
  
  As long as your a machinist, and have the knowledge and access to milling machines, with dovetail mill cutters. You might consider cutting the front of the slide for dovetail type front sights. Brownells has the dovetail front sights in stock. I had it done to a number of my slides in the past. Once their staked/pinned in place the dovetailed front sights are very durable and easily filed for changes in elevation.

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  rawhide54

  February 25, 2012 15:57

  I wouldn't machine a dovetail into that CZ if it's one of the originals with the spur hammer and baked on finish. They're becoming collectors items. I brought one back from Germany in '87. I'd wait until I found the correct front sight if it was me.

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  Hawk Carse

  February 25, 2012 17:10

  I went with rufe.
  My CZ75 got a cross-dovetail front sight big enough to see and a taller rear.

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  rawhide54

  February 26, 2012 06:27

  Have you contacted CZ USA for a sight? They may be able to come up with one for you. They have a first rate web page.
  
  FWIW, those older CZ's take the smoothest trigger job of any pistol I've ever encountered.

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