Replacement rear sight for CZ82

[sterlingguy01]

I want to replace the rear sight on my CZ82 (the currently installed sight is stamped #2) with a #5 sight.  It's now hitting 5-6 inches below my point of aim at 25 feet and it's driving me nuts.  Anybody know where I can order a #5 sight?

[pirate]

How would changing the rear sight help you, on handguns rear sights generally control windage, fronts sights elevation. The height of the front sight is all that would effect elevation. I own several of these handguns and I don't think there are any replacment sights for them other than CZ 75 night sights which will also fit the CZ 82/83 rear sight dovetail and front inline dovetail cutout.

http://www.shootersplus.com/cz_sights

[sterlingguy01]

Rear sight height differs.  Under "sight adjustment" The CZ 83 manual says, "Elevation correction is carried out by exchanging rear sights for higher or lower sizes."

[pirate]

Then your only option would be through CZUSA.  Never seen them anywhere else and a goggle search turns up nothing. I own 3 CZ 82's and one has a #2 stamped on the sight and the other two have nothing stamped on the rear sights. The handgun with the #2 shoots POA out to 30 feet. Are you just assuming the rear sight numbers would go up to #5? Just adjusting your sight picture will likely work.

[pirate]

http://www.czub.cz/Default.aspx

[sterlingguy01]

I first time or two I had it out to the range, I thought maybe there was something wrong with my technique, but I've had other guys shoot it with the same results.  I guess I could just adjust my sight picture to compensate.  If the whole rear-sight thing turns out to be a bust, I guess that's the answer I'll have to live with. 

I ran across a really excellent post (including closeup photos of a couple CZ rear sights) from a long-time CZ82 owner who described how he replaced the rear sights on one of his with a CZ factory replacement sight from a CZ75.  He said he ordered them through CZ (which I took to mean CZ-USA).  Unfortunately, I didn't bookmark the post or print it out.  If I do run across it, I'll share it here.

I did hit pay dirt while searching for the lost post a couple minutes ago.  I ran across a thread on another gun board (http://www.gunandgame.com/forums/czech-firearms/86834-what-does-your-cz-82-like.html) on exactly this topic and somebody had a link to the exact page on the CZ-USA site listing fixed rear sights for the CZ75 ( https://shop.cz-usa.com/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=0330074005).  Bingo.

Going with the #5 is pure guesswork, but at $9.00 it seems like a pretty low-risk investment.  Now that I know where to go for it, I can always pick up a #4 or #3 if I need to.  I'll keep you posted.

[pirate]

Great, glad you found the link and for only $9 you can get whatever numbers you need. let us know how it turns out.

[sbroomheadsr]

Has anyone seen a cZ rear sight like this? It feels like a hard plastic not paint build-up.  My other CZ 82 has the normal 2 dot rear sight.

[sterlingguy01]

All the CZ-82s I have seen had all-steel rear sights with standard white dots.  I've never seen any with plastic inserts.

[sbroomheadsr]

Could this sight be from another CZ model?  I know that sights from 75s and 83s will fit.  As I looked at it last night, I did notice two places it was staked.  It must be a replacement then.

I think I like this type of sight but I haven't shot this pistol yet so I don't know how well it works (or how I work with it ).