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#1 ·
Was researching aftermarket sights and came across these. Anyone have experience with them?
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#7 ·
I'm right handed and left eye dominant and dotted rear sights seem to make things too busy for me. I initially thought blacking the rears was an odd idea, but I immediately found that they work better for me in defensive shooting situations. Almost point shooting to a certain extent because my eyes are immmediately drawn to the front sight. We're all different!
 
#3 ·
No experience with them but I'd bet that they are fast and accurate. I've used the three dot Trijicons for years. Last December I sent my Sig 220 back to the factory for a refurbish. I had new night sights installed. Sig now uses their own proprietary brand of SigLite sights. Big tritium dot on the front like the old Trijicons but now the rear leaf is black with small tritium inserts. The inserts are invisible during the day so the rear leaf appears to be all black.

I don't like them and was waaay faster with the the three dot Trijicons. I'd draw and get on the front sight.....the brain would automatically line up the three dots......BANG. Fast!!!! Now with the black leaf I'm hunting for sight alignment.

I'd have to think those sights fill the expectation of the sales pitch.

Bepe
 
#4 ·
@ngashooter They got your Robbie the Robot target! I thought you had proprietary rights to that design. It must be a real thing getting us prepared for the AI Robot Apocalypse ... probably more real than Zombies.

Back on task, I like those sights very much.
 
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#6 ·
For some reason my brain automatically aligned the big three dots fast. With these sights it would be the three diamonds. With a black rear it forced me to look at the front sight post top to get proper sight alignment.

The 3 dots were much faster for me. YMMV. I'd surmise the 3 diamonds would be just as fast. I like the different color front also.

Bepe
 
#8 ·
I tried some a few years ago, the day sights.
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I liked that the POI was the tip of the chevron instead of the combat hold of the factory sights.
That was when I discovered that not all Sig P229 9mm sights are the same and it was way off so I stuck the factory sights back on.
No one makes the sight combo it has so I just punched the easy button and swapped a P229 slide with a Romeo 1 on it for $325.

I have black rear sights on almost everything now.
 
#9 ·
I can't speak to these specific sights, but swapping from factory sights to Ameriglos on my Glocks was a really good upgrade for me for functionality and toughness (Ameriglos are steel vs Glock stock sights are plastic).

I find three dot tritium sights to be more precise for aiming generally. The illumination is nice to have (even just to find your gun in dark areas) though they will just become silhouettes if you are running a mounted light.