New Guy from Ecuador 🇪🇨 here

[echacon. 96]

Hi! I'm looking for help while upgrading my S&W model 59. It's has been a headache because I haven't been able to find the sight assembly base or any way to put a laser or light on it, so I hope people here that are experts can help me on it!!

 

[URIT]

Welcome aboard from coastal North Carolina.

I can't help you out with your add-ons request, because I'm not a fan of either battery-powered device for home or self defense. I fear the battery will fail when it is truly needed.

I'm sure others can give you sound advice. If not, night sights and a mini-flashlight are a good combination for both home and personal use.

Enjoy your 59!

 

[Baxter6551]

Welcome from CT. Lots of knowledgeable people here. Someone will be along to help you I’m sure.

 

[Delta Expatriate]

Welcome from Mississippi.

 

[bruce5781]

Welcome from East Texas.

 

[lkabug]

Welcome to the forum from the Commonwealth of Virginia.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Bienvenido a la fogata!

I'm not a fan of either battery-powered device for home or self-defense. Besides worrying about the battery failing when it is truly needed I think they're a crutch that a good shooter should avoid.

 

[dobegrant]

Welcome from Arizona

 

[pmanton]

Hi from Salome, AZ.

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Welcome from the woods of South Carolina.

 

[squirrelnest]

Welcome to the forum from Virginia.

 

[sophie]

Welcome to the forum from Texas.

 

[husker51]

Welcome from the Great Plains of Nebraska!

 

[tlawler]

Welcome to a great forum from Southwest Florida. I think you’ll like it here. Forum member guzzitaco is the expert in putting a red dot sight on older S&W semi autos. I think they make small lights and lasers that will attach to the trigger guard, but I don’t know how sturdy they are with so little purchase on the gun. A better idea would be to get a newer M&P pistol that is optic ready and has a mounting rail. What are your firearm ownership laws like down there in Ecuador?

 

[gunbarrel]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=d9FRX_G7Zug&si=0u4bhIQMfMmBY2EY

 

[Baxter6551]

Welcome from CT. This is a great forum.

 

[echacon. 96]

Thank you so much with everyone!! What a good response I had here!!

 

[echacon. 96]

Welcome to a great forum from Southwest Florida. I think you’ll like it here. Forum member guzzitaco is the expert in putting a red dot sight on older S&W semi autos. I think they make small lights and lasers that will attach to the trigger guard, but I don’t know how sturdy they are with so little purchase on the gun. A better idea would be to get a newer M&P pistol that is optic ready and has a mounting rail. What are your firearm ownership laws like down there in Ecuador?

Hey! The problem here is that you cannot change the gun that the army has assigned you! So thats why I cannot get an updated one

 

[echacon. 96]

Bienvenido a la fogata!

I'm not a fan of either battery-powered device for home or self-defense. Besides worrying about the battery failing when it is truly needed I think they're a crutch that a good shooter should avoid.

I agree with you! But every time we are going to be deployed, I check my equipment so the batteries won't be a problem!!