Sight upgrades

[rtk]

I am using Heinie tritium sights (Slant Pro Qwik 8) on my Commander, the stock Novak sights on my XSE, and TruGlow 3-dot tritium sights on my Glock 23. I have to admit that I acquired my Commander with a .125" Heinie rear notch without the tritium insert and without the white outlined front sight, and it was close to useless for me. That should be considered a match shooting setup IMO. But changing to the white outlined, tritium front, and the single dot tritium rear with a .156" notch, I actually like the Heinie sights better than the 3 dot setup.

[tundraotto]

Best handgun sight in the world:

http://www.goshen-hexsite.com/index2.php

Drop-in for Glocks, custom-fit for anything else right now.

You don't have to worry about focusing them. Total non-issue - because they're meant to be used *without* focusing on the front sight. You focus on the target, leave these blurry, they still work.

Looks great - I will not pay $129 for plastic sights though - thats ridiculous!

[baenidae]

Thompson 1911 sight replacement

Hi I'm new here and have a question I'm having no luck with. I have an older 1911 Thompson that I'm upgrading just a bit. I've googled a little bit and found a sight called the GI, that will supposedly work with my slide. I am looking at a Trijicon Tritium GI Night Sight I found online. I know that 1911's can vary a bit based on the make. I just want to know for sure, will these "GI" sights I'm looking at fit on my Thompson or should I be looking for something else. Any help out there would be greatly appreciated.

[himurax13]

I run 10-8 sights on my pistols. Blank rear with u-notch. Love this set up n makes picking up that sight really easy.

I also use Dawson Fiberoptic Front Sights with these on my 1911's. I use the Truglo Sights on my HD Glock, since I wouldn't use my 1911's for that purpose.

[artkrhymes]

I've tried night sights (slow), plain sights (hard to focus), painted signs (rubs off after awhile), fiber optic sights (not durable)...

None of them have have been better to me than a simple gold bead and plain black, serrated rear sight. Fast, bright and durable. I have them now on all my guns.

where'd you get this at? this might be the one.

[artkrhymes]

Never mind just found them, they're 10-8 performance cuz it says so on the pic but they don't have the huge beaded front sight though...

[NiteQwill]

Gold bead front sight is from the Springfield Custom Shop, Dave Severns, etc. Many custom smiths use 18k gold.

[Eirerogue]

I'm fond of 10-8 U sight @ .156 and a standard XS front sight. I'm running the same sight on my Glock 27 but with the XS Big Dot.