Sighting in a SP-01 Shadow ???

[VladTepes]

I have an out of the box Shadow that I intend to shoot IPSC with.

I have borrowed a bench rest so that I can check where it's shooting.  If it's not shooting to the point of aim, how do I adjust the sights / where it's shooting to ?

As far as I can see the sights are not user adjustable as such.

All help appreciated.

[fxdrider]

From the manual:

Sight Adjustment
The pistol sights were sighted in at the manufacturing plant at a distance of 25 m so that the
mean point of impact approximately conforms to the point of aim.
Windage correction can be carried out by the drifting of the rear sight in the dovetail
and then secured in its position by an indentation. Elevation correction is carried out by
exchanging the rear sights for higher or lower sizes.
In case of need there is an option to exchange the usual rear sights for an adjustable
sight of suitable type, or as the case may be to also exchange the front sight, which is
secured by a roll pin. These adjustments should be entrusted to a competent gunsmith.
CAUTION:
CZ 75 P-01 version: Before starting with rear sight windage adjustments it is necessary
to loosen the screw securing the rear sight against falling-out. After completing rear sight
adjustment procedure it is necessary to tighten the screw back again.

CZ Custom sells sights on their web site: CZ Custom: Sights

CZ USA also sells some sights: CZ-USA Sights

Hope this helps.

[VladTepes]

Doesn';t look like my shadow has a dovetail sight... looks different to that. (it is factory though).
Are the Shadows different to the standard CZ-75 (which is the manual you refer to I presume) in respect of teh rear sight? I know the front is differnt but the rear looks different to that illustarted in the owners book (whih clealry shows a dovetail).

Alos what are the rules for IPSC production ? Do they specify non-adjustale sights, or some such ?

[plinker]

Elevation is changed by switching out the front sight and windage by drifting the rear. I was considering the rear adjustable sight just to make things simpler, haven't heard any reviews on it though.

[Mikke]

My suggestion is that you do nothing about your rear sight (except drift it to either side if necessary). If you need to to change the elevation you need to replace the front sight, taller if hitting high, shorter if you're low. I bought the high plain black front sight from czcustom.com and then adjusted by careful filing, I didn't like the original fiber sight that came on the gun. Make sure you buy a front sight pin as well if you buy a new front sight.

[CZ75BRocks]

Is a Shadow different from all other CZ75 Variants?  All the other variants use one standard fron t sight and variable elevation rear sights.  The rear sights are numbered. The higher the number the taller the sight. Is the Shadow different? Below is a list of those installed in my CZs your's may be slightly different.  These are the same numbers for the Meprolight rear sight replacements.  That makes replacement very easy.  The downside is that CZ embossed the number on the cavity underneath the factory rear blade.  This means you must remove the rear sight to get the sight number for the new replacement. Meprolight places the number on the side of the rear blade so it's "easily" seen.  I've never owned a Shadow so this may be an outlier.  Tanks for your help.

Firearm         Installed Rear Blade

9mm SP-01           6
40cal SP-01   4
40cal P-06           4
9mm P-01           5
9mm 75BD           5
9mm 75 Compact   5
97B                   6

[fxdrider]

The Shadow comes with a "Competition" rear sight. There are some different competition rear sights shown on this page:
http://czcustom.com/cz-factory-sights.aspx

The rear sight in the picture on the CZ Custom web site looks a bit different than any of the competition rear sights listed on their "sights" page:
http://czcustom.com/CZ-75-SP01-SHADOW-PolyCoat-9mm.aspx

I bought my Shadow last September, and the rear sight that came with it looks like this one:
http://czcustom.com/CZ-Competition-Rear-Sight-1.aspx

For it to shoot to point of aim for me, and the ammo I'm shooting through it, I had to replace the front sight with one that is 6.5 mm high. The one that comes stock I believe is 5.5 mm.

[Artist]

That is so strange that the parts on the Shadows change from the factory. The factory started changing the trigger on the Shadow a little bit ago too. My Customized Shadow from Aug. 2008 has the old style 85C Trigger and the "Shadow factory sights" listed on CZ Custom's sights page here

 http://czcustom.com/shadowrearsightfactory.aspx

This is my Shadow Custom 08 set-up from Angus (Top) along with my 75B SA (Bottom)



No need to adjust the sights at all...

[VladTepes]

Ok well here's mine so maybe it does have a dovetail after all !  D'oh !

[Cesar]

When I saw the barrel being longer than US/Can model, I instantly thought of Australia
Your Shadow does have regular Shadow rear sight, in dovetail. Loosen up those allen screws and drift the sight, tighten them screws back up. If it shoots high, replace front sight with taller one.

[1SOW]

For careful aiming, like sighting it in, the FO front is a distraction.  The "top" of the front sight needs to be aligned with the "top" of the rear sight, and centered in the rear slot.  The bullet should hit the target at this intersection.

My son's Shadow is really close at 25 yds.  Shotgun hull hits close.