Fiber-Optic or Gold Bead Front Sight on 30-30

[dak0ta]

In your experience, for a hunting lever gun in 30-30 carried in the rainforests of the PNW and timber forests of the foothills, would you prefer a fiber optic or simple 1/16th gold bead for hunting? Sometimes it gets a bit darker in under the canopy and I'm wondering if the fiber optic helps a lot in those conditions or near dusk/dawn. Does it tend to flare and make for a red blob impeding accuracy? Also, any preferences for green vs red fiber optic?

I'm looking specifically at the sights made by Marbles.

 

[Dunross]

Were it me I would go with fiber optic in dim light.

At the very least a white bead. (No Autocorrupt. Bead, not bread!)

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

Fiber optic all the way especially for low light or if you eyes are getting old. Green.

 

[TonyAngel]

I've always found fiber optic front sights to be a bit gimicky. In really bright sunlight, they can get too bright as well.

 

[Bfh_auto]

I don't going the Pacific Northwest, but I have found a brass bead gives me better precision. But a fiber optic gets the job done better in low light.

 

[troy fairweather]

For game I prefer a silver bead, but any will work. There cheap enough get a few to try for yourself.

 

[dak0ta]

Can you 6 o'clock hold with repeated consistency using a bead? I know it's designed to partially cover the target.

 

[troy fairweather]

I like the point of aim just above the bead, can't hit anything if it's covered up.

 

[dak0ta]

Marbles also offers an Ivory bead and I hear that it is quite good in low light. Perhaps it'll be in the middle between a brass bead and fibre optic. I might go with the 1/16" ivory bead.

 

[PapaG]

I hate fiber optics in bright light. I'll take a small gold bead or a Marbles "sheard" front sight.

 

[Newtosavage]

In low light situations? Fiber optic without a doubt. I finally broke down and put a fiber optic front sight on my pre-64 Winchester, and immediately wondered why I resisted so long.

 

[Sneakshot92]

Fiber optic all the way especially for low light or if you eyes are getting old. Green.

^^^^This. My eyes aren't getting old but a couple of my rifles are getting green front fiber optics if I find somebody that makes them.

 

[mustanger98]

Marbles also offers an Ivory bead and I hear that it is quite good in low light. Perhaps it'll be in the middle between a brass bead and fibre optic. I might go with the 1/16" ivory bead.

I'd pick this fake ivory bead. It stands out real nice, especially looking at it through a Twighlight aperture.

 

[Charlie98]

I put a red Williams FireSight on my 1894 Marlin... I really like it for certain things, not so much for precision work. On a hunting rifle? ...you bet. Target shooting at anything past about 100yds, the FSP will obscure the target bullseye, but shooting peeps it's not so bad. I probably wouldn't want to use one with an open (buckhorn) rear sight.

 

[CraigC]

I hate fiber optic sights. Too imprecise, washes out too much of the target area.