Patent ID: 7287351

Claim:
A rear tactical sight for a handgun having a barrel with a barrel axis, said sight comprising a base extending in a longitudinal direction parallel to said barrel axis, said base having a back and an oppositely facing front, and sides extending in said longitudinal direction; said sight further includes a pair of spaced apart side walls extending upwardly from said base sides to a top sight surface and a notch wall extending between said side walls which includes an upwardly opened notch having a substantially horizontal notch base transverse to said longitudinal direction and substantially vertical notch sides adjacent either side of said notch base, said notch sides being joined to said notch base by symmetrical arcuate corner surfaces, said notch partially defining boundaries of a sight line for said sight, said side walls and said notch wall having back surfaces which are contiguous with one another and form a planar rear sight surface extending downwardly from said top sight surface, said side walls include outer surfaces that are substantially symmetrical to one another, each said outer surface including a first surface extending upwardly and inwardly from a corresponding one of said base sides respectively and a second surface extending upwardly from said first surface such that said first surface has a lower edge adjacent to a corresponding one of said base sides and extending inwardly toward an upper edge adjacent to a respective lower edge of said second surface.