I have had my M&P .22 for close to a year now and never really liked the front sight. It's dull and the dot seemed a little low to me. I replaced it with a Dawson Precision fiber optic and am 100% satisfied. It required a little filing to slide in but that was about it. Switched the red for the green rod and now have a sight picture like my other guns. I like the black adjustable rear the M&P came with but that can be replaced to. It has improved my accuracy a bit and target acquisition is much faster. If you have a M&P 22 this is a must do.

What height? Did you have any elevation problems to begin with? My rear sight is lowered all the way and it still shoots high... I thought about getting the .18 height one to compensate...

What sight height did you get?

I went with the .160 front. I put calipers on the stock front and it measured at .160 also. Test firing from a rest, it was perfect.

Thank you!

I installed the same sight on my 22 and several other M&Ps I have. They are great especially for my old eyes. I also found that if you don't follow the instructions but carefully leave the heat on a little longer the bulb will expand further making it larger and easier to see. It then matches the size of the Novak that came on my pro version.

The M&P Pro uses a Novak. Anyone tried putting one of those on the .22?

The Dawson FO is only a .040 diameter rod. I drilled mine out and put a .060 rod in it. Much easier to see quickly on my M&P9 compact.

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This is on my M&P9c, a Dawson front sight I drilled out and installed a .060 FO rod. Counterbored a spot over that for the expanded bulb to fit into. Fills up the width of the front sight. Since this picture was taken, I've installed a Novak rear FO sight with green rods.

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