Firearm sights and assemblies
Sights of the present disclosure comprise a housing supporting an optical sighting element, such as one or more lenses or iron sights. A first lateral side of the housing has a laterally-extending protrusion and a lead-in portion forward of the laterally-extending portion. In some arrangements the lead-in portion is laterally-inward of an outermost surface of the laterally-extending protrusion and has a surface roughness of less than 50 μm. In some instances, the laterally-extending protrusion has a width of at least 1 mm and the lead-in portion has a length of at least five times the width of the laterally-extending protrusion.
1. A firearm sight, comprising:
a housing having a rearward end, a forward end, and bottom side, and a top side; and
an optical sighting element comprising a lens supported by the housing;
wherein the housing has a portion that extends at least partially around a perimeter of the lens and to a first height above the bottom side;
wherein the top side at the rearward end is a second height above the bottom side, the second height being less than the first height;
wherein said portion has a rearward-facing side and a forward-facing side, the rearward-facing side having serrations and being separate from and spaced forward of said rearward end, and the forward-facing side being free of serrations.
2. The sight of claim 1 , wherein the rearward-facing side is positioned rearwardly of the lens.
3. The sight of claim 1 , wherein the rearward-facing side is oblique to the bottom side of the housing.
4. The sight of claim 1 , wherein serrations positioned above the lens are positioned forward of serrations positioned laterally outward of the lens.
5. The sight of claim 1 , wherein the serrations comprise elongate peaks having lengths, widths, and heights.
6. The sight of claim 5 , wherein the lengths of the elongate peaks extend along a direction extending from a first lateral outer surface of the housing to a second lateral outer surface of the housing.
7. The sight of claim 5 , wherein elongate peaks are separated by valleys; and
wherein the valleys have widths equal to the widths of adjacent peaks.
8. The sight of claim 1 , wherein the peaks are truncated.
9. The sight of claim 1 , wherein the top side of the housing is free of serrations.
10. The sight of claim 1 , wherein the rearward end of the housing has serrations.
11. The sight of claim 1 , wherein peaks of the serrations of the rearward end have the same width as peaks of the serrations of the rearward-facing side.
12. The sight of claim 1 , wherein the serrations of the rearward end have lengths greater than lengths of serrations of the rearward-facing side.
13. The firearm sight of claim 1 , wherein the firearm sight has a total rearward-facing surface area, and a portion of said total rearward-facing surface area is free of serrations.
14. A firearm sight, comprising:
a housing having a rearward end, a forward end, and bottom side, and a top side; and
an optical sighting element comprising a lens;
wherein the housing has a first rearward-facing surface having serrations and a second rearward-facing surface having serrations, the second rearward-facing surface being separate from and spaced rearwardly of the first rearward-facing surface;
wherein the forward-facing side is free of serrations; and
wherein the second rearward-facing surface angled relative to the first rearward-facing surface.
15. The firearm sight of claim 14 , wherein the first rearward-facing surface having serrations and the second rearward-facing surface having serrations are oblique to one another.
16. The firearm sight of claim 14 , wherein the second rearward-facing surface is at the rearward end of the housing.
17. The firearm sight of claim 14 , wherein the second rearward-facing surface is perpendicular to the bottom side of the housing.
18. The firearm sight of claim 14 , wherein the first rearward-facing surface extends at least partially around a perimeter of the lens.
19. The firearm sight of claim 14 , wherein the serrations of the first rearward-facing surface comprise truncated peaks defining truncated peak surfaces.
20. The firearm sight of claim 19 , wherein the serrations of the second rearward-facing surface comprise truncated peaks defining truncated peak surfaces; and wherein the truncated peak surfaces of the second rearward-facing surface are oblique to the truncated peak surfaces of the first rearward-facing surface.
21. A firearm sight, comprising:
a housing having a rearward end, a forward end, and bottom side, and a top side;
wherein the top side at a forward portion has a first height above the bottom side;
wherein the top side at a rearward portion has a second height above the bottom side, the second height being less than the first height;
wherein said forward portion has a rearward-facing side and a forward-facing side, the rearward-facing side having serrations and the forward-facing side being free of serrations; and
wherein said rearward portion has a rearward-facing side having serrations and that is separate from and spaced rearwardly of the rearward-facing side of the forward portion.
22. A firearm comprising the firearm sight of claim 1 .
23. A firearm comprising the firearm sight of claim 14 .