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What type of sights do you prefer on a handgun?

  • Stock white dot fixed

    Votes: 20 10.7%
  • Stock white dot adjustible

    Votes: 20 10.7%
  • Night Sights

    Votes: 120 64.2%
  • Black Sights

    Votes: 9 4.8%
  • Fiber Optics

    Votes: 17 9.1%
  • XS Sights

    Votes: 1 0.5%

Stock sights or night sights?

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#1 ·
What kind of sights do you prefer?

Stock white dot fixed
Stock white dot adjustible
Night Sights
Black sights
Fiber Optics
 
#30 ·
MissouriMule said:
Also depends on the use of the firearm in question. I would not want adjustable sights on a carry piece.
+1 on that! UNLESS they are the MMC sights.

I think it was mentioned before.......its awful comforting when you wake to a bump in the night, to look over on the night stand and see 3 little glowing dots....:) :smt071
 
#35 ·
Shipwreck said:
Is that a change a user can do, or does it need to be done by a smith?

One thing I like about the P99 is that the user can make all sight changes/adjustments.
Anyone can do it. Just have to have a small punch to knock out the pins that hold the front blade in, and replace them after putting in the new blade. Several companies handle the sights for a variety of guns.
 
#39 ·
Lazers

Lets get things rolling again. What about lazer sights?? I think their great and they work for me on a Ruger SP-101..:smt028
 
#41 ·
Smith & Wesson persisted in putting a red insert in their front sight blades. You are supposed to see a thin black strip above the red, but I never could. I could never hold as precise elevation with these red inserts, so had them removed from my guns. The all-black Ruger sights worked best. The white outline sights never gave me as sharp a sight pictue as plain black. Even early morning or late evening, I still prefer black.
Some of us prefer those red insert and white outline sights. I know I do.:mrgreen:

I can't justify the extra money for night sights when I can see them just fine when I illuminate my target with my Maglite. As handy as they may be.
 
#42 ·
Night sights

Tritium.
Not a lot of lighting situations where they help, but in that narrow band, where plain black sights disappear but you can still identify your target, they are fantastic.
In a gunfight, you don't need to use your sights, unless you are one of those finicky people who actually wants to hit what you are shooting at.
 
#43 ·
For combat shooting (IPSC style) I prefer white dot on front sight only. Three dots slow me down while my old eyes and mind try to figure out which is the front one. If you are holding correctly and see the front sight on target its good to go.

For precision I prefer all black.
 
#45 ·
I'm not big on night sights because they can give your position away. I'll take a flashlight anyday.
You must be silent like a ninja and have night vision equipment, to boot :mrgreen:.

Pistols in the hands of law-abiding citizens are reactive weapons, generally used in compressed time frames against unexpected attacks. If you're worried about "giving away your position," one of a couple of things must have happened.

1. You're hunkered down a defensive position with your pistol. Your pistol should be pointed at the door or other access point, where you expect the intruder to appear. No chance of giving away your position here with night sights, since they will be pointed away from the access point and toward your own eyes.

2. You're stalking through your house seeking a fight with an intruder. Aside from being borderline suicidal, if you have time to go on the offensive looking for a bad guy you should have a long gun - preferably with dot sight - and not some dinky pistol (with or without night sights).

3. You're stalking a bad guy in complete, total darkness armed with a pistol. If it's not totally dark, he can see you anyway. If it is totally dark, you can't move without bumping into something, giving away your position. Or you can use a flashlight and "flicker and move" - which also gives away your position.

The idea of avoiding night sights for fear of giving up some ephemeral tactical advantage seems silly unless you're a real-deal spec ops guy. And I note that most of those guys have night sights on their pistols.
 
#46 ·
You must be silent like a ninja and have night vision equipment, to boot :mrgreen:.
Never heard of a fat ninja before. The reason I said that is because I was at the outdoor range with my son when it got dark to shoot some tracers and I was around 20 feet behind him and saw his sights very clear and I don't see well in the dark any more after my 50th b-day. You can't turn them off like a flash light.
 
#48 ·
I have Lasermax in my G19 & G26, but I just ordered a set of Trijicons.

I'm not sure which Glock they're going on, probably the 26. I also just ordered a pack of Nitesiters, How can you go wrong for $10. My indoor range is a litte on the dark side.

I also have a Taurus .38 Special Ultra Lite with a Crimson Trace laser. I'm hoping I can attach a Nitesiter to the front sight. My Taurus Judge has a red fiber front sight, which is fine if there is some available light, but since it carries mostly .410's, it's for point and shoot not aim and shoot!

These old eyes need all the help they can get.
 
#51 ·
To me there is nothing more comforting then the soft glow of the night sights on my night stand. I have a fiber optic on my Mossy 12ga. and that would be my "Room clearing" weapon and it has a flash light mounted on the pump arm and that combo works great. As far as giving my position away... eh with the lay out of my house if he is behind me he is hunkered down behind my bed so I almost want him to see me coming.

What kind of pattern does it throw at a predictable HD distance?
My mom has a judge that she loads with .410 and honestly it would only be effective out to about 7 yards...She keeps it in her car and Loads it .410, .45 long colt.
 
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