KodiakBeer
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I got my first carry permit about 15 years ago and went through several carry guns before settling on what (for me) was the best choice. I bought a Kimber Compact with an aluminum frame. I started thinking about night sights and also thinking about speed of target acquisition, especially in low light. We all know most self-defense shootings happen at night, right?
As an experiment, I bought a half aperture rear sight and one of those fire dot front sights (I ended up buying a second front sight, because the first one was too high - that's another story).
The theory on aperture sights is that you just look through them and your eye will naturally center the front sight - and the theory on a half-aperture is the same and that your eye will just complete the circle and still center it without consulting your brain, which is good, because my brain is going to be too busy to be bothered if somebody is trying to kill me.
That's a lot of theory hoops to be jumping through, but this was just an experiment and if it didn't work I'd go back to the original sights, or buy some tritiums.
However, when I went out and shot it, it worked just great! A beer can at long range is in no serious danger, but I could just throw that glowing dot on a 15 yard silhouette and make a hand size group, fast! Even at night, there's enough ambient light to make that fire dot bright. I put the largest fire dot they make on the sight - they're interchangeable, so I could put on a small one for killing long range beer cans... but... I've got other guns for that. This is for carry and it's plenty accurate enough to hit a man in the chest out to fifty yards or so. I can get on target and shoot faster with these sights, and that's all I care about in a carry gun.
In effect, it's like a holo-sight without all the accessories and batteries and bother. The bullet lands under the glowing dot, so you ignore the rear sight, put the glowing dot on the target and squeeze. Bang! Hole in target. Fast.
Has anyone else gone this way? What are your experiences?
If you haven't, then perhaps it worth your consideration. It really works!
As an experiment, I bought a half aperture rear sight and one of those fire dot front sights (I ended up buying a second front sight, because the first one was too high - that's another story).
The theory on aperture sights is that you just look through them and your eye will naturally center the front sight - and the theory on a half-aperture is the same and that your eye will just complete the circle and still center it without consulting your brain, which is good, because my brain is going to be too busy to be bothered if somebody is trying to kill me.
That's a lot of theory hoops to be jumping through, but this was just an experiment and if it didn't work I'd go back to the original sights, or buy some tritiums.
However, when I went out and shot it, it worked just great! A beer can at long range is in no serious danger, but I could just throw that glowing dot on a 15 yard silhouette and make a hand size group, fast! Even at night, there's enough ambient light to make that fire dot bright. I put the largest fire dot they make on the sight - they're interchangeable, so I could put on a small one for killing long range beer cans... but... I've got other guns for that. This is for carry and it's plenty accurate enough to hit a man in the chest out to fifty yards or so. I can get on target and shoot faster with these sights, and that's all I care about in a carry gun.
In effect, it's like a holo-sight without all the accessories and batteries and bother. The bullet lands under the glowing dot, so you ignore the rear sight, put the glowing dot on the target and squeeze. Bang! Hole in target. Fast.
Has anyone else gone this way? What are your experiences?
If you haven't, then perhaps it worth your consideration. It really works!