2214 sights

[CRenzi]

Hi people, I would appreciate some info if you wouldn't mind.

I've been offered a 2214 in good conditions but the front sights are loose.

I'm thinking of replacing both front and rear sight with LPAs but I don't know what cut are those...

Do you happen to know that?


Thanks and all the best

 

[indigo22]

LPA model number made for the 422 line is LPA TPU23SM. Word has it that the Novak sight made for the S&W 1911 will fit also.

LPA on my 2214

 

[shoot summ]

Hi people, I would appreciate some info if you wouldn't mind.

I've been offered a 2214 in good conditions but the front sights are loose.

I'm thinking of replacing both front and rear sight with LPAs but I don't know what cut are those...

Do you happen to know that?


Thanks and all the best

The front sight is a dovetail cut, a good 'Smith should be able to resolve it being loose..

It is very unlikely you are going to find the 422 LPA sights, they are mostly unobtanium.

 

[CRenzi]

LPA model number made for the 422 line is LPA TPU23SM. Word has it that the Novak sight made for the S&W 1911 will fit also.

LPA on my 2214

This is what I'm aiming for! Thanks Indigo!

 

[CRenzi]

The front sight is a dovetail cut, a good 'Smith should be able to resolve it being loose..

It is very unlikely you are going to find the 422 LPA sights, they are mostly unobtanium.

Yeah but I was thinking about sprucing it up a little while I'm at it.

A brief search shows that they are quite difficult to find indeed.

 

[shoot summ]

Yeah but I was thinking about sprucing it up a little while I'm at it.

A brief search shows that they are quite difficult to find indeed.

The only ones I have seen for sale in the last few years are on a pistol already. There have been a number of 422's that have passed through GB wearing them. The dovetail on the rear sight of the 2214 and 2213 are cut "deeper" than the 422/622/2206 so there is some fitting too make them work, @indigo22 can give you details.

 

[CRenzi]

The only ones I have seen for sale in the last few years are on a pistol already. There have been a number of 422's that have passed through GB wearing them. The dovetail on the rear sight of the 2214 and 2213 are cut "deeper" than the 422/622/2206 so there is some fitting too make them work, @indigo22 can give you details.

I see... This helps a lot, thanks.

 

[indigo22]

Pictured is the slide of my 2214 prior to adding the LPA adjustable sight. The arrow shows the area I had to have a very fine sliver of material milled off of the back deck before the LPA sight would fit.

From my understanding as stated by shoot summ iit s true that the 2214/2213's are deeper so a slide from a 422 and other 622 and 2206 slides would not need to be milled.

and after

 

[indigo22]

The sight picture is far better than the stock dovetail sight. Does a 3" barrel really need adjustable sights? Likely not but they are nice to have. I would likely have just as nice of a sight picture with the Novak fixed sight.