BudgetBucks1
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I would love to hear opinions on everyone's preferred night sights for a carry pistol. I need some on my S&W Shield and can't seem to make up my mind. Thanks in advance.
The problem comes with the sight picture at night. Since you can't see the black rear sight at all in really low light, there are two tritium vials in the rear as well as one in front. But for me, the problem is that in really low light there are three glowing dots and it takes me a brief moment to figure out which one is the front sight. That's why I now prefer Ameriglo I-Dots. They are very similar to the Trijicon HDs but they have just one tritium vial in the rear. I find it slightly easier to just line up one glowing dot on top of the other at night.
It's not that I get the dots "out of order" necessarily, it's just that it seems to take my brain an extra brief moment to be sure they're not out of order. I'm not exactly sure what's happening, I just know that I really don't like three-dot sights, especially at night.Chuck R. said:You know, I've consciously tried to do this (bolded), but to get the dots "out of order" actually takes effort for me from my natural point of aim to the point I can "feel" it.