Author Topic: Dawson Night sights for P-01. Not sure how excited I am about them.  (Read 1640 times)

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Offline matto

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I bought Dawson Precision night sights for my P-01 and I'm not sure how excited I am about them.  The rear white dots are quite prominent, so during the day it's pretty much a traditional 3-dot sight picture, which isn't ideal. The front sight does not stand out.  (pic below)

I prefer the sights on my P365XL.  The rears are mostly blacked-out in daylight, and the front really pops.  But at night, they all glow.   Does anything like this exist for the P-01?

EDIT: I would attach a picture, but this forum doesn't support uploading of pics? (!?)  or am I just missing it?

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Re: Dawson Night sights for P-01. Not sure how excited I am about them.
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2021, 06:10:15 AM »
Yeah I'm not overly thrilled about the Dawson's I put on My PCR from CGW. They're ok but not quite what I was after. Dawson appears to be subbing out their night sight to Night Fision now as well and the set I got was not the best fit either.
The sights on your P365XL should be the Sig X-Ray 3's. Those are great sights and I put them on all My Sig pistols. I know alot of guys like the Tru-Glo's on their CZ's although I'm not a fan of those either. I'm likely going to go back to the plain black rear and fiber optic front on mine.

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Re: Dawson Night sights for P-01. Not sure how excited I am about them.
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2021, 07:45:18 AM »
Thanks. I'm curious which fiber optic front and black rear you're considering? Dawson and both sell some. I'm not sure if they're the same.

I went ahead and installed the Dawson night sights anyway., I guess because I'm a masochist and like wasting money. 

They're OK but definitely not great.  In bright light thr front stands out reasonably well but when things get dim it's not great. And the rear dots are closer together than normal rear dots and that increases the chance that my non-dominant eye interferes and causes confusion.

I'm considering what thus guy did - a night fision front and a CZ custom single dot rear.  That front sight is really wide though and I prefer some space around the front sight, particularly at night with a light when you're relying on the sights silhouette.  Hrmpf

https://youtu.be/IhfVzwnOIzE