butler
06-04-2018, 13:44
All,
I know there are a lot of sight options out there (e.g. three dot, "dot the I", etc), but it seems like there's a growing consensus that one should have a plain black rear sight and a brighter front sight post (i.e. fiber optic, tritium, what-have-you).
Here is what I hope are some helpful comparison photos. I lined up two Glock slides side-by-side. The one on the left has the stock Glock sights, the one on the right has a simple Hi-Viz fiber optic front sight with a factory rear sight that I blacked out with a Sharpie.
When the rear sight comes into focus, the factory sight is clearly "busy". There's a lot going on, and the eye is naturally drawn towards the big white U-shape:
https://i.imgur.com/VCqUyjT.jpg
When the front sight comes into focus, the bright green really stands out without any distraction.
https://i.imgur.com/3RfzLs1.jpg
Of course, there are limitations. Fiber optics ≠ night sights, so one of these days I'm going to get proper Ameriglo Hackathorns (photo taken from Amazon's product page):
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61do1TMJauL._SX425_.jpg
https://www.amazon.com/AmeriGlo-GL-433-Hackathorn-Sight-Glock/dp/B005BSOHMI
But for under $25, I feel like I vastly improved my sight picture.
V/R,
butler
I know there are a lot of sight options out there (e.g. three dot, "dot the I", etc), but it seems like there's a growing consensus that one should have a plain black rear sight and a brighter front sight post (i.e. fiber optic, tritium, what-have-you).
Here is what I hope are some helpful comparison photos. I lined up two Glock slides side-by-side. The one on the left has the stock Glock sights, the one on the right has a simple Hi-Viz fiber optic front sight with a factory rear sight that I blacked out with a Sharpie.
When the rear sight comes into focus, the factory sight is clearly "busy". There's a lot going on, and the eye is naturally drawn towards the big white U-shape:
https://i.imgur.com/VCqUyjT.jpg
When the front sight comes into focus, the bright green really stands out without any distraction.
https://i.imgur.com/3RfzLs1.jpg
Of course, there are limitations. Fiber optics ≠ night sights, so one of these days I'm going to get proper Ameriglo Hackathorns (photo taken from Amazon's product page):
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61do1TMJauL._SX425_.jpg
https://www.amazon.com/AmeriGlo-GL-433-Hackathorn-Sight-Glock/dp/B005BSOHMI
But for under $25, I feel like I vastly improved my sight picture.
V/R,
butler