CM 45 Night Sights

[tooltruckguy]

I'm looking at a new CM 45. I would like to add night sights as my eyes aren't as young as they once were. I can't find any. Does anyone know of night sights that fit on a CM 45?

[Scarywoody]

http://www.dawsonprecision.com/ProductDetail.jsp?LISTID=800017B7-1388518379

It says out of stock but they make to order. Read up on the installation instructions in the Tech section of the forum. They have full sets as well.

[BEARDOG]

Kahr sells Trijicon for the "C" series Kahrs.

Dawson Precision also makes them.

XS makes a Big Dot set for them. BUT you need to send them your slide and pay for installation because they refuse to sell them other than factory installed.

[tooltruckguy]

[QUOTE=BEARDOG;335660]Kahr sells Trijicon for the "C" series Kahrs.

I looked at the Kahr site and they exclude the CM 45 from the Trijicon sights.

[BEARDOG]

I just checked, and you are correct. I see it now says they exclude the CM45???:confused:

I can tell you I have the Trijicon front N.S. on my CM9 and CW9. IMO they are much harder to pick-up quickly in the daylight then the stock white dot.

I really wanted to put the XS Big dot set on my CM45, till I found out XS won't sell them for self installation. I have Big dot 24/7's on my G26 and they are great both night and day.

FYI. I contacted Ameriglo recently and I was told they are working on making sights for Kahrs and they should be out sometime in the spring. I hope that I can get a set of "Hack" sights with the bright orange ring around the front tritium tube for my CM45 then.

[tooltruckguy]

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FYI. I contacted Ameriglo recently and I was told they are working on making sights for Kahrs and they should be out sometime in the spring. I hope that I can get a set of "Hack" sights with the bright orange ring around the front tritium tube for my CM45 then.[/QUOTE]

Good to hear. Maybe I'll try to contact them and encourage them as well. I have a set on my Glock 42 and love them.

[BEARDOG]

I contacted Kahr last night about why the Trijicons will not fit the CM45, and any availability of some that do fit. I thought other CM45 owners would like to know what I found out.
Here is the response;

Good morning. Thank you for the question. The sight channels are larger on the CM45 and the Trijicon sights to do not fit properly. We have no estimated time for any night sights at this point. If/when they are available in the future, we will have an announcement on the website. I hope this information helps and I apologize for any inconvenience.

I ask for more specific info and this is the response;

Good morning. The rear sight is the same channel but the front sight pegs are larger. The CM45 is the largest small pistol we offer and the pegs needed to be made larger to retain the sight for recoil. I hope this information helps.

So with that info I would not hold my breath in hopes of getting ANY aftermarket sights that will fit the CM45 front sight holes any time soon. As it now appears they made this one model Kahr a bastard size. :(
A sight maker would have to make one specific front sight for the CM45 only. You could double check with Dawson, but my guess is they don't even know the CM45 has different size pins. Maybe Kahr will at least have a Trijicon front made to fit the CM45, but again I'm not holding my breath.
Another option, have a front dovetail cut.

[frank_drebin]

I contacted Kahr last night about why the Trijicons will not fit the CM45, and any availability of some that do fit. I thought other CM45 owners would like to know what I found out.
Here is the response;

Good morning. Thank you for the question. The sight channels are larger on the CM45 and the Trijicon sights to do not fit properly. We have no estimated time for any night sights at this point. If/when they are available in the future, we will have an announcement on the website. I hope this information helps and I apologize for any inconvenience.

I ask for more specific info and this is the response;

Good morning. The rear sight is the same channel but the front sight pegs are larger. The CM45 is the largest small pistol we offer and the pegs needed to be made larger to retain the sight for recoil. I hope this information helps.

So with that info I would not hold my breath in hopes of getting ANY aftermarket sights that will fit the CM45 front sight holes any time soon. As it now appears they made this one model Kahr a bastard size. :(
A sight maker would have to make one specific front sight for the CM45 only. You could double check with Dawson, but my guess is they don't even know the CM45 has different size pins. Maybe Kahr will at least have a Trijicon front made to fit the CM45, but again I'm not holding my breath.
Another option, have a front dovetail cut.


Thanks for the update. I was wondering the same thing and found your post today. I wouldn't mind just a front night sight but having just a back night sight is useless. Oh well.

[tooltruckguy]

I'm going to verify this info myself with Kahr. I spoke with Dawson Precision and they are going to do some checking as well. I'll keep you posted as to what I find.

[tooltruckguy]

I sent a message to Kahr and so far have heard nothing from them. I spoke with Dawson Precision, they want me to send them my slide and they'll check out their existing front sights. If they don't fit, they said they would build some that did.

[BEARDOG]

I sent a message to Kahr and so far have heard nothing from them. I spoke with Dawson Precision, they want me to send them my slide and they'll check out their existing front sights. If they don't fit, they said they would build some that did.

Thats interesting, did Dawson mention any costs for that service? If you do send them your slide please let us know how it works out.

[frank_drebin]

I sent a message to Kahr and so far have heard nothing from them. I spoke with Dawson Precision, they want me to send them my slide and they'll check out their existing front sights. If they don't fit, they said they would build some that did.

Very cool. They have to have something that fits.

[tooltruckguy]

Will keep you posted on outcome.

[tooltruckguy]

I decided to return my CM 45 and I bought a used PM 45. Problem solved.