Night Sight Install on a P9 Kahr

[Zeke38]

As some of you may know I recently (last week) purchased a P9 to carry instead of my K9. I purchased a set of Tru Glo night sights for the P9 and I'm wanting to install them but I don't want to mar the sight or the slide. I have a sight pusher. My question is this: When looking at the slide with the rear sight toward the shooter and the front sight away, as in same attitude of the weapon in normal shooting, which side do the sights drift into the dovetail? From the right or from the left side of the slide?

BTW the gun shoots very accurately and the trigger is smoothing out.

Thanks in advance for your help!


Zeke

[gb6491]

As some of you may know I recently (last week) purchased a P9 to carry instead of my K9. I purchased a set of Tru Glo night sights for the P9 and I'm wanting to install them but I don't want to mar the sight or the slide. I have a sight pusher. My question is this: When looking at the slide with the rear sight toward the shooter and the front sight away, as in same attitude of the weapon in normal shooting, which side do the sights drift into the dovetail? From the right or from the left side of the slide?

BTW the gun shoots very accurately and the trigger is smoothing out.

Thanks in advance for your help!


Zeke
I'm not sure it matters, but I've changed them on several "P" guns going out: left to right, in: right to left (as viewed from the rear of the slide).

What sight tool are you using?
I ask because the rear sight on my CW45 was stubborn and I bent the screw arm on the pusher I was using then. I've a Wheeler tool now and I am confident it will do the job, but it still may need to be whacked with a hammer to break the sight loose. Before that my go to tools for Kahr sights were a brass punch, hammer, and solid vise for removal; the new sights can be fitted so that the pusher/puller can do the job.

Regards,
Greg

[Zeke38]

Hi Greg, thanks for the help. I have the Universal 500 I purchased it from Brownells, years ago.

[Funflyer]

I've always played it safe and drifted sights out left to right, and back in right to left, looking from back to front.

[Zeke38]

Funflyer I think you are right I will follow the guidance I have received from all who posted here,