Interesting Pistol Sights @ SHOT

[Irving]

Is it possible to get a picture of what you see while looking at the sights? I think I understand what you are explaining, but am not sure.

EDIT: Nevermind, I went to the website. I wonder how this would work with distance shooting though.

[kidicarus13]

I'd be interested. I wonder how much they will be sold for?

[trlcavscout]

I would like to try a set for sure, looks interesting.


Yep I have to get a set.

[Irving]

I read the website and don't see any info on when these will be available. Anyone know?

[Irving]

Cool thanks. I sent this to my cousin who replied. "I'm going to get those for my Glock, can you put them on a Glock?" I yelled at him and asked why he didn't recognize that all the pictures and the video are of Glocks.

[kwando]

have to see it in person...

[Birddog1911]

This is definately relevant to my interests...

[Troublco]

I checked the website and there was NO pricing or source info I could find. I'd sure like to know what the going price is and where I could get them.

[SA Friday]

No thanks, I'll pass. Without a front sight you don't get those really nice tears in their flesh when you pistol whip them.

Be interested just how accurate they are for long distance shooting though. I can see this working up close and personal (minus the tearing thing) but a lot of really good up close-up sights just suck (NIAGW) at longer distances.

[Troublco]

No thanks, I'll pass. Without a front sight you don't get those really nice tears in their flesh when you pistol whip them.

Be interested just how accurate they are for long distance shooting though. I can see this working up close and personal (minus the tearing thing) but a lot of really good up close-up sights just suck (NIAGW) at longer distances.

My thought was for something like a G17 that's set for mostly close range, 50 yards or less. And if you didn't need a front sight, a creative person could come up with some sort of small midieval device specifically designed for ripping, tearing, and general mayhem. That would keep you from having to clean blood and flesh off the tritium vial, or off the white dot. Very practical, IMO.[ROFL1]

I'll keep a watch out for that info, Kelly. Thanks!

[TFOGGER]

My thought was for something like a G17 that's set for mostly close range, 50 yards or less. And if you didn't need a front sight, a creative person could come up with some sort of small midieval device specifically designed for ripping, tearing, and general mayhem. That would keep you from having to clean blood and flesh off the tritium vial, or off the white dot. Very practical, IMO.[ROFL1]

I'll keep a watch out for that info, Kelly. Thanks!

claw hammer, tire iron, wrecking bar....whatever[Stooge]

[SA Friday]

So, you can't pistol whip someone with these on there?

[Troublco]

These sights are a NO GO at this time.

The concept of the sight itself is sound, but suffers from the the following critical issues:

1) The exposed portion of the fiber optic is small and the fiber optic 'thread' itself is fairly thin resulting in poor light transmission to the interior lens/bead that actually lights up to create the 'dot'. Because of the transmission issue, the dot is poorly illuminated indoors and in low/no light situations. Strike 1.

2) Because of the internal lens/bead size, the dot is small and when poorly illuminated (see above) hard to reacquire under speed. Enlarging the dot and improving the amount of light transmission would help, but increases the coarseness of the sights due to enlarging the MOA diameter of the dot, impacting accuracy. Strike 2

3) Quality control and fragility. None of the threaded items were loc-tite'd or staked in any manner, alignment of the three body parts was poor (fiber optic, tritium housing and main sight housing would not line up when assembled), and worst of all, about 100rds into the range session, the fiber optic thread popped out of the front of the sight and flew down range, never to be seen again, destroying its functionality in the process. Strike 3.

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I will say that the sights could be treated as traditional 3 posts without the use of the 'dot' but lost any accuracy past about 15yrds due to the size of the 'center post'.

I think that a product improved version of these could have a lot of potential but until they make serious improvements, these are not ready for prime time at this point and time. Sorry for the bad news guys.

Thanks, Kelly. Looks like I'll stick with Ghost Ring night sights.

[BuffCyclist]

Aww, that's a sad thing to hear! I was definitely hoping they were the shiz to have.

Oh well, maybe they'll be able to salvage the design and come up with something better.

[CHA-LEE]

I seen this system at the SHOT Show and the concept was cool, but it looked pretty chincy from a manufacturing perspective. Its not surprising to me that the above range report stated that it fell apart after 100 rounds.

The one I seen at the show was all plastic. Regardless of if it stays on the slide while shooting or not, if you hit it with any force on something solid (Door, window or port) it would probably shear right off.

That and I couldn’t get past the fact that they said that no sight alignment adjustments were available on it because they were not needed. The guy kept saying that the dovetail for the sight aligns the sight perfectly. At that point in the conversation I simply put it down and walked away.

Cool concept, poor execution.