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Old 08-30-2013, 11:49   #18
frostfire
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sights depend on what's your intended use. If you search the posting here, you'll see QP advising blackening the rear dots, leaving only the front dot. You'll find your acquisition much faster once you're pushing against timer. No time for brain to decide which dot/line is which.

Likewise, I use this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Truglo-Tfo-Han...rds=truglo+tfo
Green front dot is brighter than the yellow. So green = go, green = go, front sight-front sight-squeeze is all that went through the mind in splint second.
As you could see from the review, there are some cons to it. I personally don't like the smooth/curved front, which made it hard to rack the slide on the sights on belt/boot and I had to put skateboard tape to aid the process. OTOH, the length of the rear sight make a very small margin of error when seeing that symmetrical empty space to the left and right of the front sight. As a result, I've never found it easier to "ping" silhouette at 100m

There's also the mindset of thin front sight, FWIW for those who care what Gabe Suarez advises:
http://www.warriortalknews.com/2010/...-shooting.html
"The mission was this - Top of the Front Sight must be held level with the top of the Rear Sight, and the shooter must see an equal amount of light visible on either side of the Front Sight. Fiber optics, or pronounced dots made it exceedingly difficult to determine the exact top of the front sight"

It makes sense: The trade-off between acquisition vs. precision

YMMV
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