P45 sight question

[flyandscuba]

When I bought my P45, it had the conventional non-tritium sights. The point of impact was consistently dead-on to the point of aim at 7-10 yards (typical self defense shooting distances).

Recently, I purchased a set of Meprolight night sights and had them professionally installed by a local gunsmith. The pistol now shoots consistently 2-3" below point of aim at the same 7-10 yard distance.

Although I like the night sight capability, I'd rather have the non-tritium sights and get point of impact back at point of aim. Since the gunsmith destroyed the original sights when he removed them to install the Mepros, I'm debating buying a new set and sending the slide back to Kahr for installation.

Anyone else had a similar experience after installation of Mepros? Would changing the rear sight to the Novak tritium have any beneficial effect?

Thanks & regards.

[nuparadigm]

If it were me, I'd just have the Kahr OEM sights put on either by your local smith or by Kahr. The original OEM can be bought for $19.00 at Kahr Shop (http://www.kahrshop.com/). Unless you have a burning desire to spend the money on Novaks (or some other after-market brand), the savings could be put toward ammunition.

[flyandscuba]

Yeah, I've already thought about going back to the factory sights -- sent an email to Kahr service to see what they might suggest.

I did notice that the front Mepro seem to sit up high -- enough that you see daylight underneath -- in the dovetail. Yes, it was the correct sight set for the "new" dovetail.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/flyandscuba/p45Meprofront.jpg

It may not seem like alot -- but even when aiming high (covering the center bullseye with the front sight), it still shot low...

[josp]

The AO big dot sights on my P45 did the same thing, but you are supposed to cover the target up to 15 yards, so I guess its not as big a deal with those.
Just as a side, i can still hit bowling pins at 50 yards with the AO sights about 70% of the time, so I'm happy with them. They are extremely fast for close in point shooting, which is what I hope I never have to use it for.