I have the Sig P229 Elite Dark with the Siglite Adjustable Combat Night Sights (two dots rear, one dot front).

I have a question about the proper sight picture using these sights. Am I supposed to be sighting with sight #2 or #3?

 

 

Sig says: "All production duty/combat pistols are set up to use a "combat" sight picture. This is where the front sight completely covers the bulls eye of the target. Using a six o'clock ("pumpkin on a post") or center mass ("half'n'half") sight picture will result in low impact."

 

How does this apply to the sights I have?

My understanding is sigs use #3 in that picture.

I found with my stock sights on my 226 I had to hold high to hit center. I have since changed out the front for a #8. I now have two #8's one front one rear. I now hold like your second sight picture option! It was at first like your 3rd picture but just a bit higher like 12:00. So depending on how you want to hold you can get different number sight combos. If you want to point at what you shoot both should be the same number. if you want to hold on the 12:00 you put a higher number in the front. if you want a 6:00 put a lower number in the front. I hope I explained that ok and did not completely mess it up.

I have the Sig P229 Elite Dark with the Siglite Adjustable Combat Night Sights (two dots rear, one dot front).

I have a question about the proper sight picture using these sights. Am I supposed to sighting with sight #2 or #3?

 

 

Sig says: "All production duty/combat pistols are set up to use a "combat" sight picture. This is where the front sight completely covers the bulls eye of the target. Using a six o'clock ("pumpkin on a post") or center mass ("half'n'half") sight picture will result in low impact."

 

How does this apply to the sights I have?

 

 

Same here. My Sig P226, at 25 yards, holds closest to picture #3. Doesn't bother me much but very different from my Springfield XDM that's closer to picture #2.

Front sight is marked MH3, I'm wondering if the 3 is the number.

 

My first test firing of about 60 rounds was grouping to the left as well. I did not bench fire but they were consistently left while concentrating on proper grip and trigger. The rear sight is adjustable left/right but it appears already skewed to the right and that's the direction I would want to move once I make sure my technique is not the problem.

 

I might have to find someone else to fire it just to be sure.

here is another form that explains it better than I could..

 

http://www.xdtalk.com/forums/sa-xd-xd-m-faq-stickies/6353-list-sig-sight-heights.html

going left could just be operator error! I know all to well about that!

 

like this target says! http://www.gunlink.info/targets/PistolChartR1St.jpg

What you have posted makes sense. I will not say it's not operator error. I did very well with a Glock and .38 special rounds with a tight grouping but a couple strays... not as well with the Sig 9mm just yet.

how is the crown? any dings?or I notice with my sig because of the higher boar access all my shooting problems are magnified.

I have the Sig P229 Elite Dark with the Siglite Adjustable Combat Night Sights (two dots rear, one dot front).

I have a question about the proper sight picture using these sights. Am I supposed to be sighting with sight #2 or #3?

 

 

Sig says: "All production duty/combat pistols are set up to use a "combat" sight picture. This is where the front sight completely covers the bulls eye of the target. Using a six o'clock ("pumpkin on a post") or center mass ("half'n'half") sight picture will result in low impact."

 

How does this apply to the sights I have?

 

It can be whichever you want it to be. Jdubsss was correct in that with fixed sights Sig uses #3 - a combat sight picture.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

I see there is an adjustment to tilt the rear sight, it pivots at the rear.

It's not obvious to me how much it would change the POI. I have a lot to learn.

I have had no experiences with that type of sight all mine are dove tail. I would just Zero everything out. Then go back and shoot some more making small adjustments. I know that if you move the rear sight to the left you will impact right and moving to the right will impact left. Tilting should have some elevation results on impact I guess for fine tuning. I would still just Zero all out and go from there.