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Just bought a Ruger LCP and like everything about it pretty much except the sights. I've had Keltecs that have pretty lame sights, and I can't believe Ruger copied their design but made the sights even worse! It would be better if the LCP had no sights then I wouldn't strain my eyes trying to see them, and I know its just a point and shoot belly gun, but I still like my guns to have decent sights. J-frames have pretty good sights and you never hear anyone complaining about them snagging or getting in the way. I guess I could paint the front sight red but there is hardly nothing there to paint, so I was wondering if something else could be done, like a little JB Weld on the top of the front sight? I know there are gunsmiths that attach some nice fixed sights for 150 bucks or so but I don't want to spend that kind of money on a gun I got cheap. Any suggestions?
 
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:) The Kahr's and the Sigs have sights but cost a lot more. The Kel-Tec's and LCP's are good guns but for the low price you don't get a lot of extras. Don
 
Given the range the LCP is intended for, there really isn't much of a need for sights. I think I used the sights on my LCP once and realized I shoot better without them.
 
The LCP is designed for card-table ranges under quick draw-aim-fire/life and death circumstances.

IMHO it doesn't need sights at all...just to be kept clean with one and the spout and a full magazine of reliable ammo.
 
My only "mods" for the LCP was good lube and a silver sharpie line down the front sight and two silver dots on the rear sight. It works for me.
JR
 
I know its just a point and shoot belly gun,
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I believe like the others, and you answered your own question.
A quick pull, fast, point, up close, face to face little defensive auto. I think that's all Ruger had in mind for the LCP.
 
I am going to have a gunsmith install a shotgun bead where my front sight is, then epoxy an XS Big Dot Tritium sight (the model intended for vent rib shotgun barrels) over it. ;)
 
Trade it for a Ruger LCR revolver and you'll be able to actually hit stuff out to 15 yards.....

And it won't malfunction...

I bought a Ruger LCR recently and am very impressed with it, quite accurate with a great trigger, it's what I carry when I need deep concealment. Something that I know will operate when I need it.
 
I have to agree with the previous posts; the LCP is a point and shoot, up close and personal gun. I found mine to be reasonably accurate at close range which is what it was made for. But, if you want sights, the recommendation above about a silver sharpee sound reasonable - and cheap.
 
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I don't understand the objections of so many gun enthusiast of wanting to put decent sights on a handgun. A slingshot? yeah. A pipebomb? yeah. Maybe even a stick gun in a prison. But not a good quality handgun. Maybe Farmer17 is like me and really likes good sights on any firearm he has. There may just be a time when he wants to or really needs to actually hit something futher than 5 feet away with an LCP, and that's all he has! He probably will have left his 80 caliber magnum revolver with a 14.5 inch barrell with Nikon 500 dollar scope that everyone else keeps in their pants pocket at home.:D It has a 2 3/4" barrell folks. There are people here and many other places that want good sights on their Smiths's with shorter barrels than this.

If 5 or 10 feet is all this and other 380's are good for, why not pass a law to forbid such a useless round? Lets get rid of the 32's also, and the 25's and 22's.

I apologize for being so antagonistic about this, but everytime I see someone post about putting decent sights on a small frame handgun, it's always "put it in their belly and pull the trigger!" type of response they get. I hope to God I never have to "put it in their belly and pull the trigger", with my LCP, but I have had to use it for feral cats and groundhogs when I had absolutely nothing other than a rock to throw, and I would have greatly appreciated a good sight on my Ruger.

Try "putting it in their belly and pulling the trigger" for one of those critters!:eek:

Yeah, I could carry a bigger/better gun. Been there and done that. Too freaking old to carry a hogleg around all day anymore.

Let's see if anyone can really come up with some ideals to help Farmer17. I know I would like to have a choice for my LCP, but until Ruger sees fit to put something actually usable on them, we're stuck with other ideals.

Thanks for letting me rant!

C.
 
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I don't understand the objections of so many gun enthusiast of wanting to put decent sights on a handgun. A slingshot? yeah. A pipebomb? yeah. Maybe even a stick gun in a prison. But not a good quality handgun. Maybe Farmer17 is like me and really likes good sights on any firearm he has. There may just be a time when he wants to or really needs to actually hit something futher than 5 feet away with an LCP, and that's all he has! He probably will have left his 80 caliber magnum revolver with a 14.5 inch barrell with Nikon 500 dollar scope that everyone else keeps in their pants pocket at home.:D It has a 2 3/4" barrell folks. There are people here and many other places that want good sights on their Smiths's with shorter barrels than this.

If 5 or 10 feet is all this and other 380's are good for, why not pass a law to forbid such a useless round? Lets get rid of the 32's also, and the 25's and 22's.

I apologize for being so antagonistic about this, but everytime I see someone post about putting decent sights on a small frame handgun, it's always "put it in their belly and pull the trigger!" type of response they get. I hope to God I never have to "put it in their belly and pull the trigger", with my LCP, but I have had to use it for feral cats and groundhogs when I had absolutely nothing other than a rock to throw, and I would have greatly appreciated a good sight on my Ruger.

Try "putting it in their belly and pulling the trigger" for one of those critters!:eek:

Yeah, I could carry a bigger/better gun. Been there and done that. Too freaking old to carry a hogleg around all day anymore.

Let's see if anyone can really come up with some ideals to help Farmer17. I know I would like to have a choice for my LCP, but until Ruger sees fit to put something actually usable on them, we're stuck with other ideals.

Thanks for letting me rant!

C.
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Do you consider whats on a S&W J frame actual sights?

I have a LCP and can shoot it much more accurately at 5- 10 yards then a J frame. Do you actually think in a defensive situation you are going to have time to accurately line up your sights on the bad guy?. It's a pocket pistol and larger sights only serve to snag. Sighting down the slide works very well. If you want large sights carry a holster gun.

Here is a quote from Larry Seecamp from his homepage and I know he will not mind me printing it here. The Seecamp kept the 32ACP alive and is one of the finest, best made in USA pocket pistols around.. I admit the 380 is brutal to shoot and prefer the 32 Auto

"Prior to the introduction of the LWS .25, firearms manuals did not address the issue of self-defense. It was pretended in the manufacturers' instruction manuals, no doubt on the advice of high priced lawyers, that every pistol was a target pistol. Extensive sections of our first manual were reprinted in gun magazines because a manufacturer officially acknowledging self-protection as a legitimate reason for owning a firearm was a completely novel concept at the time. It was almost as shocking as bringing out a pistol without sights."
 
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