bought a fiber optic sight and was gonna slap it on but am a lil hesitant due to the negative "rumors?" i have heard based on a poor lighting situation due to that being the complete principal on which the sight is designed to work...

 

any input would be appreciated

 

im gonna ask someone with them if they mind if i take a lil sight picture next time im out

 

thanks guys

Even in low light conditions, you still have the black part of the sites itself to use.

im not a fan of the fo only sight ..in dim to dark lighting...picked up a xds and thats what it comes with...whether indoors or outdoors (covered shooting line) unless it has sun directly on it....(then it glows like a champ)..its worse than painted white sights...it had a red installed...i switched to green as the red was too dark..the green is still not as good as white to me...but ymmv

That was the reason i installed a hi-vis in my kimber, the tubes are replaceable and come in white,green and red..

 

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/746224/hiviz-front-sight-1911-kimber-cut-179-height-steel-fiber-optic-with-6-interchangeable-lite-pipes

I put the HiViZ light tubes on the front of my G22 and love it. Even with minimal light at the range I can pick up the orange dot much better than the stock sights.

Thanks guys! Seems like some mixed reviews I will see what others say and hopefully try some out before molest the front of my pistol

I have a Dawson FO sight, it glows like crazy in any reasonable amount of light, indoors or out. In low/no light matches I have to use the outline of the front sight and a flashlight, the fiber is not visible in that case.

 

FO sights gather light from the sides, I'm sure some models are better at gathering light than others (larger tube, more area exposed, etc etc).

The ONLY thing I do not like about fiber optic and night sights is that they make me focus more on the round fiber optic tube portion of the front sight rather than the top of the sight blade, making me shoot lower than anticipated. This is really only a problem though with precision shooting at speed. And it may only be MY problem. I don't know if others do the same.

I actually prefer serrated black sights (and a flashlight if it's dark).

FO Sites beet any iron sights I have - even after I nail polished the iron sights on several pistols hot-pink..The hot pinked helped alot - but the FO on one pistol I have beats them...This goes at any apples to apples lighting level...In complete dark use a light laser combo.

Truglo TFO's - fiber optic sights open at the top for ambient light illumination and also have a tritium lamp at the back of the fiber optic.

 

Bright during the day, bright at night.

wow thanks a lot guys didnt know i was gonna get this much input!

 

i think i will install it see if i like it for myself

 

it can be un-done if i dont like it...