I have been toying with the idea of putting a fiber optic front sight on my PT145 for two reasons... (a) the fiber optic sights are fantastic for being seen in the daylight, and (b) they can be ordered in a format shorter than the original Heine front sight which should help with the consistent problem of the guns shooting low.
Muscles installed a Dawson (fiber optic) front sight sight (see thread). I have chosen the Hiviz front sight designed for the Browning Hi-Power.
Here are the pictures of the installation. The original Taurus sight width for the front is .300. I broke a torque bit off in the front sight of the Taurus which meant I would have to cut the sight in order to remove it... the front sight hex set is set into the slide to made the slide impossible to drift off without removing the pin, or cutting the sight. So I set the slide into a padded vice and got out the dremel tool
The Hiviz Browning Hi-Power Front is .290 so I knew I would have to do some "shimming" but I chose to use the old technique of "peening" the edge of the dovetail where the sight would cover it... and with some "blue" Locktite, I was able to set the new sight into place.
The Hiviz sight is nice in the fact that the light tube is encased in epoxy which means that the tube can't be damaged, and the tube will never need to be replaced.
In any kind of daylight, the fiber optic sight just blazes... you simply can't miss it. It sets closer to the slide so it should raise the POI to the POA, but I will have to test that theory out with a trip to the range.
The only disappointment is the fact that since it was designed for the rounded Browning Hi-Power slide, there is a small "air gap" on the Taurus. To best the thickness it is about 4 thicknesses of a paper sheet or .02 on the chronometer. I don't think this will be a problem, but I'll report any issues which arise.
One of the reasons I wanted to document this is to show you that changing sights on the Taurus isn't that difficult a task. If you are unhappy, don't wait for years for Taurus to introduce a set of sights that you like... just find what you like and "fit it." Most of the Novak and Kimber sights have a base width of .330 which means you will need to removed .030 to fit them to the Taurus, but judicious use of tools makes that a task that most handi-man guys could tackle... and if you can't, see if you have a shooter friend who can... or know that any gunsmith is going to be able to change the sights by fitting other models (most 1911 type models can be modified to work).
Muscles installed a Dawson (fiber optic) front sight sight (see thread). I have chosen the Hiviz front sight designed for the Browning Hi-Power.
Here are the pictures of the installation. The original Taurus sight width for the front is .300. I broke a torque bit off in the front sight of the Taurus which meant I would have to cut the sight in order to remove it... the front sight hex set is set into the slide to made the slide impossible to drift off without removing the pin, or cutting the sight. So I set the slide into a padded vice and got out the dremel tool

The Hiviz Browning Hi-Power Front is .290 so I knew I would have to do some "shimming" but I chose to use the old technique of "peening" the edge of the dovetail where the sight would cover it... and with some "blue" Locktite, I was able to set the new sight into place.

The Hiviz sight is nice in the fact that the light tube is encased in epoxy which means that the tube can't be damaged, and the tube will never need to be replaced.

In any kind of daylight, the fiber optic sight just blazes... you simply can't miss it. It sets closer to the slide so it should raise the POI to the POA, but I will have to test that theory out with a trip to the range.

The only disappointment is the fact that since it was designed for the rounded Browning Hi-Power slide, there is a small "air gap" on the Taurus. To best the thickness it is about 4 thicknesses of a paper sheet or .02 on the chronometer. I don't think this will be a problem, but I'll report any issues which arise.
One of the reasons I wanted to document this is to show you that changing sights on the Taurus isn't that difficult a task. If you are unhappy, don't wait for years for Taurus to introduce a set of sights that you like... just find what you like and "fit it." Most of the Novak and Kimber sights have a base width of .330 which means you will need to removed .030 to fit them to the Taurus, but judicious use of tools makes that a task that most handi-man guys could tackle... and if you can't, see if you have a shooter friend who can... or know that any gunsmith is going to be able to change the sights by fitting other models (most 1911 type models can be modified to work).