I am looking for a set of night sights for my Glock 19. Anybody have some recommendations? What's an average set cost? Are they easy to install yourself or is it best done by a smith?
I was kidding, lol.Ghost ring sights are counterproductive on pistols for people with normal eyesight.
Work great on long guns, though.
The TFOs are what I had planned on getting put on my XD had I kept it. The problem with full tritium is you can't see the dots to save your life in broad daylight. A fairly easy fix is to carefully put a small ring of fluorescent paint around them without covering up the tritium. I'm not about to try it, but it's an idea.Father-in-law has a set of Truglo TFOs on his 19. Fiber optic worked great in day and tritiums at night (but not as bright as Mepros).
What's a presbyope?I've talked to some presbyopes who liked the ghost rings on pistols. They weren't fast, though.
Do the trijicons have this problem?The TFOs are what I had planned on getting put on my XD had I kept it. The problem with full tritium is you can't see the dots to save your life in broad daylight. A fairly easy fix is to carefully put a small ring of fluorescent paint around them without covering up the tritium. I'm not about to try it, but it's an idea.
Now that is an interesting statement, and one I think deserves its own thread. Can being skilled at the "wrong" things be beneficial?(You might practice the wrong thing, but you'll become very good at it; and that would probably suffice to save your life in a fight.)
Perhaps you'd like to start the thread, then. I can see how, from a martial arts/empty hand perspective, that would be true. I can further see how that can be expanded to pistolcraft, but I think an exploration would be quite interesting...at least from a "software" point of view.Yes.
No matter how "incorrect" your technique (according to someone else's standard), if it's effective in stopping the fight you have suddenly found yourself in, then it turns out to be beneficial....Can being skilled at the "wrong" things be beneficial?
Just going to pick out the idea of a tactical light. They are not ment for constant on operation for the most part. You may see cops on TV walking around with their light on the bad guy and that's fine for them. However, their use is more for momentary operation. You thumb the switch just to blip the target/area and no more. You're not going to be walking around the house beaming 80+ lumens of light around. You're supposed to use it to illuminate the area for a moment. Generally speaking, people overlook the usefulness of a light. Being proficient with using a tac light on or with your gun takes more practice than most people would say is worth it. It is possible to momentarily blind a person who is poking around the dark corners and that may be enough for him/her to drop their guard. You're not relying on the light so much as using it as another tool to pickout the proper target and not start shooting at a shadow who turns out to be the kid next door who climbed into the wrong window after being out all night drinking.Somewhere in the middle, like usual... lies the truth.
In an instictive shooting situation, at close range, in an out-draw to survive scenario... You're not going to see the sights, illuminated or not, and your survival will depend on your training, and practice, and a lot of old fashion... luck.
In the instance where a more precise shot may be required, ie home defense in the dark from the top of the stairs... against a dark target, like a guy in a black sweatshirt, black pants, and a black hat... I'll take the night sights every time... If I have the element of suprise, ie time, I want sight alignment. Black (or white dot) sights on a black background, in low light... I WANT to avoid being silouetted, and avoid having a tactical light in my gun creating a target...
The thought of my tritium sights "washing out" a target to me doesn't wash... Where "correct" technique requires focus on a front sight... tritiums work exceptionally well in FORCING the eye to focus on the glowing dot... the center one... They aren't nearly bright enough to "swamp" a target... They DO help me find the gun on the nightstand in the pitch black though!!!!
My 2 cents.
JW
If a technique works, is it actually "incorrect?" Maybe it's just a semantic argument.No matter how "incorrect" your technique (according to someone else's standard), if it's effective in stopping the fight you have suddenly found yourself in, then it turns out to be beneficial.
The Army is currently emphasizing an avoidance of collateral damage, but is only taking a slightly different approach than it did when I was in the first time (early '90s).Mike: Has the Army gone back to teaching one-shot-at-a-time marksmanship? Last I looked, it hadn't.