The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Handguns => Topic started by: garand4life on December 04, 2009, 04:11:54 PM
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I am stuck on deciding which sights to replace on my M&P. I can order Trijicon night sights for a little over $120 from MidwayUSA or Novak fiber optic sights for about $75. For a personal defense gun would fiber optic sights be a sufficient sight in low light without the tritium inserts?
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If you can't see your sights how are you going to identify what you are aiming at ? I put an FO bead on my 12 ga. if there is enough light to see the bead I should have enough to ID what I'm aiming at.
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I like fiber optic sights myself. If it's to dark for them, you won't be able to see what your shooting at anyway. I wouldn't bother with them for a strictly indoor gun though. But outdoors a green front, and red set on the rear are my favorite setup when a scope isn't to be used. I've got tritium sights on both a pistol and a rifle. While certainly "Tacticool", they're nothing special otherwise. The tritium just isn't doing anything unless it's so dark you couldn't tell if your drawing a bead on America's most wanted, your mother-in-law, or Saskwatch. I guess if your wearing night vision goggles they'd be the ticket.
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I HAVE to correct BM on one IMPORTANT point.
It's spelled Sasquatch. ;D
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She's MY mother in law...
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any experience with XS sights... speed / accuracy / ease of acquisition?
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Yeah, wanna set for a Glock? CHEAP!
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Need them for an M&P. Found a set on Brownells for $90
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Don't buy the XS sights until you have had a chance to try them, people seem to either love them or HATE them.
Have not tried them myself so I can't give you a more detailed suggestion.
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I bought a pistol with the XS express tritium sights, poo pooed them at first glance, now that I have played with them, thumbs up, more accurate than I thought, and definitely fast. I would buy them on purpose next time.
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If you've got a BIG target (mid-section of a human) you'll surely hit it. Sweeping a house at night. Sure! 100% pitch black dark? Yes, you'll see the sights no problem.
After we talked about it on here I did some further testing with the XS sights pictured here.
(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww40/BigCheeseStick/glock1.jpg?t=1260014617)
Unless it's dark enough you can't identify your target you'll never know the tritium is doing anything. What if your neighbor came over to tell you he has an emergency and needs your help? You'll gun him down. Did your kid get up for a midnight snack and trip on something? You'll gun them down. Sasquatch came by to barrow some Jack Links beef jerky? You just gunned him down! My point is what good are the sights if you haven't really got a clue what your shooting?
I've practiced target shooting with mine a good bit. VERY slow process as I'm doing a lot of guessing if the bull's eye is perfectly at the 12 O'clock position on the big white ball (the tritium is just a little useless dot in the middle of the ball).
You decide. Personally I love the fiber optics, and have put them on all kinds of guns now. Your experience may be different.
Anybody wanna cheap set of XS's for a Glock? I just haven't gotten around to replacing them yet as this gun is a safe queen right now.
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Why settle for less,get both.............TRUGLO TFO"S AWESOME