I went to the eye doctor and he told me I had 20/20 vision, but cataracts. I had been wondering why I had so much trouble seeing at night. That made it difficult to line up the normal three dot sights. The dots would sometimes smear into the posts as the light faded.
Anyway, I looked at a bunch of sights online and decided to try the Advantage tactical sights.
I just thought I would throw some comments in on what I've learned so far with them.
The XDm sights didn't budge with a sight pusher, so I took the internet advice and took it to a gunsmith. After building up the vice jaws with leather, he pounded the old ones off with a steel punch. He said brass or plastic wouldn't budge it.
First of all, I tried the yellow insert in the rear, but had to switch to green because it was so bright, I got "artifacts" that made it hard to see the front.
I'm not too sure about the shim material for the front. It doesn't look like it will hold it's thickness after repeated pounding. I adjusted them and they seemed to be right. Now, I need to adjust them again (of course, I admit it may just be the operator). Vertical seems to be much more difficult to reproduce than horizontal. I'll know about the shims, when I try to adjust them again.
They have not even come close to hanging up in my Bladetech holster. It works just fine and there is plenty of clearance.
The rear is very loose in the dovetail. It locks in, but small adjustments are difficult because it's hard to move it, just a little, when you let off on the allen-head screw.
I shot my first match with them on Friday.
First stage was dark stage. With the flashlight in the "cigar" position, it was easy to see the silhouette of the sights for close up targets, but at 7 yards or more, very difficult. I'm buying the firefly front as a result.
With plenty of light, it was very easy to push the sight at the target quickly. Close range was a breeze and much improved for me.
It wasn't hard getting a quick sight picture at all. All my time was spent adjusting the gun vertically because I didn't have to judge the side distance between the front post and each back post. Horizontally, my brain just seemed to lock the sights in...it's hard to explain.
I'm not ready to recommend them yet, but they seem very promising. I'll update after I get more used to it.
Anyway, I looked at a bunch of sights online and decided to try the Advantage tactical sights.
I just thought I would throw some comments in on what I've learned so far with them.
The XDm sights didn't budge with a sight pusher, so I took the internet advice and took it to a gunsmith. After building up the vice jaws with leather, he pounded the old ones off with a steel punch. He said brass or plastic wouldn't budge it.
First of all, I tried the yellow insert in the rear, but had to switch to green because it was so bright, I got "artifacts" that made it hard to see the front.
I'm not too sure about the shim material for the front. It doesn't look like it will hold it's thickness after repeated pounding. I adjusted them and they seemed to be right. Now, I need to adjust them again (of course, I admit it may just be the operator). Vertical seems to be much more difficult to reproduce than horizontal. I'll know about the shims, when I try to adjust them again.
They have not even come close to hanging up in my Bladetech holster. It works just fine and there is plenty of clearance.
The rear is very loose in the dovetail. It locks in, but small adjustments are difficult because it's hard to move it, just a little, when you let off on the allen-head screw.
I shot my first match with them on Friday.
First stage was dark stage. With the flashlight in the "cigar" position, it was easy to see the silhouette of the sights for close up targets, but at 7 yards or more, very difficult. I'm buying the firefly front as a result.
With plenty of light, it was very easy to push the sight at the target quickly. Close range was a breeze and much improved for me.
It wasn't hard getting a quick sight picture at all. All my time was spent adjusting the gun vertically because I didn't have to judge the side distance between the front post and each back post. Horizontally, my brain just seemed to lock the sights in...it's hard to explain.
I'm not ready to recommend them yet, but they seem very promising. I'll update after I get more used to it.