Curt Chaffee from United States, CA Public Profile

Do you pick up that big dot front easily and quickly? Yes! It's a big freaking dot. But my issue with these sights is not the big dot. It's the rear sight that I can't get used to after learning to shoot with a front post and rear notch. There is no quick reference for vertical alingnment on target. I shoot with both eyes open and my focus is quickly on the front sight/target/front sight. With these I was experiencing too many inconsistent shots along the vertical plane. And I wasn't the only one. My brother is a freakish fine shooter. He can pick up any handgun with any sights and immediately shoot a flea's butt at 30 ft. He had the same problem with these. I know people shoot well with the Big Dot sights, but I had to go back to my Truglo Tritium Pros.

Like the title says, after trying Trijicon HD's, XS Big Dots, Ameriglo i-Dots, and even Truglo's TFX and TFO's, I think these are the best option out there. While the others had strong points, none of them worked as well in everyday, all day lighting situations. I have the Tritium Pros with the white circle front and you can see that white in 95% of day lighting situations. At night, these tritium capsules glow brighter than ANY I have seen on the market. And unlike other brands, the front tritium capsule appears as bright and maybe a bit larger than the rears in the nighttime sight picture. The rear capsules are blacked out so during the day all you see is that bright white circle on the front post. These will work for quick pick up AND accuracy. No problem operating the slide with one hand using rear sight. Steel construction. I also prefer the u notch over square. I've spent far too much money trying to find "true" 24 hr sights that work for my 60 yr old eyes and these are just the ticket.

These sights sound great but they are not as advertised. The tritium in the front sight is not strong enough to illuminate the fiber rod no matter what color you try. You end up with a normal two dot tritium glow in the rear but nothing more than a dim, fuzzy haze at the front. More of a distraction than useful in low light. Essentially, these sights should be considered as tritium rears and fiber optic front. Nothing more. On top of that, my rear sight came scuffed out of the package where one of the tritium tubes was pressed in. And the front set screw for changing out the fiber rod was set with adhesive from the factory making it very difficult to take out without damage. Think twice about this. Great in theory, not very good in reality.