CZ SP-01 Advice Needed

[DDM4556]

Hey fellow Calgunners. Just picked up my CZ SP-01. After looking it over and admiring its beauty I noticed that the front sight is not quite centered in the grooves on the top of the gun. It's slightly to the left of center when looking from the rear (see pics). Since its not a dovetail sight it can't be moved. This seems odd to me and I'm wondering if this is common or defect?

So I'm am asking fellow SP-01 owners; is this normal? Would anyone mind posting or texting me a pic of your front sight for comparison? 818-606-0187.

Thanks!

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[mnichols]

If it shoot straight, don't worry about it. You can always adjust the rear to compensate if needed.

[NYT]

the grooves may be misaligned more than the site post. you can measure it to be sure but other than that, i wouldnt worry about it. the read sites are usually the adjustable one.

[Midtown]

Got a lot of time on your hands OP? I don't think I ever would have noticed something like that, and I consider myself pretty OCD.

[Carcassonne]

Hey fellow Calgunners. Just picked up my CZ SP-01. After looking it over and admiring its beauty I noticed that the front sight is not quite centered in the grooves on the top of the gun. It's slightly to the left of center when looking from the rear (see pics). Since its not a dovetail sight it can't be moved. This seems odd to me and I'm wondering if this is common or defect?

So I'm am asking fellow SP-01 owners; is this normal? Would anyone mind posting or texting me a pic of your front sight for comparison? 818-606-0187.

Thanks!

Mine looks the same. I never noticed it.


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[DDM4556]

LOL, I guess I'm just more OCD than most... It just struck me as strange.

Thanks Carcassonne for the pic. That helps a lot! Since you never noticed it, I assume its never been an issue when shooting.

[rebelnitro]

one of mine is to the left too, but only by a hair.

[whipkiller]

Mine looks the same. I never noticed it.

Does your shoot Jelly Beans?! WTH is that in your barrel?

OP, now I have go home and check mine. If I find out it's crooked now, after it being my favorite gun for a few years, I'm gonna' be sooo pissed!

[DDM4556]

Let me know what you find...

[whipkiller]

Let me know what you find...

I'm not sure I want to know.

It'd remind me too much of The Linda H***r incident.

Dating one of the hottest girls in my class in High School, cheerleader, gymnast, smokin'...

We went out for a while, things progressed, got her shirt off and she had thick ropy hair on her nipples. Ruined it for me.

[Lead Waster]

Mine looks the same. I never noticed it.


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I now actually refuse to look at mine.

[Lead Waster]

I'm not sure I want to know.

It'd remind me too much of The Linda H***r incident.

Dating one of the hottest girls in my class in High School, cheerleader, gymnast, smokin'...

We went out for a while, things progressed, got her shirt off and she had thick ropy hair on her nipples. Ruined it for me.

Dang, in high school? I'd have have gotten over the ropy hair in a second.

[DDM4556]

Wow. Thanks Whipkiller for that very disturbing story and unshakable mental image...

Check your SP-01. If many of them are the same then I guess it doesn't really matter.

Anyone else notice this on your SP-01s?

[Carcassonne]

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Does your shoot Jelly Beans?! WTH is that in your barrel?

OP, now I have go home and check mine. If I find out it's crooked now, after it being my favorite gun for a few years, I'm gonna' be sooo pissed!

It is half of a foam earplug. It keeps dirt out of the barrel. The other half is in the hammer channel of the slide covering the rear of the firing pin so it doesn't get hit with the hammer when I (practice) dry fire.



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[penguinofsleep]

Noticeable to me but if it shoots straight, no problem. Slight chance it came corrected from the factory to correct for something else. Most likely the sight wasn't machined properly. If you look in your first picture, it seems like the cutout/groove for the sight starts 1 line in on both sides but it blurs out there so it's hard to say for sure. And yet the sight is off center. However, whether the lines are perfectly centered or not is another issue I can't tell from the pictures.

However, if the slide wasn't machined properly, it'd still be an easy fix drifting the rears over the same amount.