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CLI of the CA-legal(on the roster) Sig Sauer P211

Doesn’t S&W just have an inspection hole?
On the CA models they do have an actual dingus that flips up that looks a lot like the sigs but the barrel is the same barrel as a non California model instead of the sigs that require a big dumb notch. It's less of an issue now that stuff is optic ready but it still limits your options if you want a different barrel so it's not ideal.
 
On the CA models they do have an actual dingus that flips up that looks a lot like the sigs but the barrel is the same barrel as a non California model instead of the sigs that require a big dumb notch. It's less of an issue now that stuff is optic ready but it still limits your options if you want a different barrel so it's not ideal.
I’m trying to say that free state M&P’s all have a notch as well. It’s just an inspection hole not a LCI

 
Since the terms are not interchangeable, here is the CA regulatory definition of a Chamber Load Indicator (CLI):
11 CCR 4060 (d):
(1) A functioning chamber load indicator must meet all of the following conditions:
(A) Explanatory text and/or graphics either incorporated within the chamber load indicator or adjacent to the chamber load indicator is/are permanently displayed by engraving, stamping, etching, molding, casting, or other means of permanent marking.
(B) Each letter of explanatory text must have a minimum height of 1/16 inch.
(C) The explanatory text and/or graphics shall be of a distinct visual contrast to that of the firearm.
(D) The "loaded" indication, that portion of the chamber load indicator that visually indicates there is a round in the chamber, shall be of a distinct color contrast to the firearm.
(E) Only when there is a round in the chamber, the "loaded" indication is visible on the firearm from a distance of at least twenty-four inches. When there is no round in the chamber, the "loaded" indication must not be visible.
(F) The text and/or graphics and the "loaded" indication together inform a reasonably foreseeable adult user of the pistol, that a round is in the chamber, without requiring the user to refer to a user's manual or any other resource other than the pistol itself.
The exposed extractor on a pistol (like a Glock) is a "Loaded Chamber Indicator", but is not a "Chamber Load Indicator".
 
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