Patent ID: 7610712
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
1. An adjustable rear sight adapted for use on a slide of a pistol, said adjustable rear sight comprising: a sight base including a sight base dovetail and a sight base body, said sight base dovetail having a planar dovetail bottom and tapered dovetail front and rear walls, said sight base body being formed integrally with said sight base dovetail; a sight base body recess in said sight base body, said sight base body recess being defined by first and second sight base body sidewalls, a sight base body recess bottom and a sight base body recess rear wall; a sight block supported for translational and pivotable movement in said sight base body recess, said sight block including a sight block bottom, spaced sight block side walls, a sight block rear wall and a sight block upper surface; a sight notch in said sight block and extending from a front edge of said sight block to said sight block rear wall; a windage adjustment screw threadably secured in said sight block and rotatably supported in said first and second sight base body side walls; and an elevation adjustment screw rotatably supported in said sight base body first and second walls and having an eccentric adjustment shank positioned between said sight block bottom and said sight base body recess bottom.