Official MM Firearms Thread

[Ryan T]

I peeped the Trijicon HDs and they look nice but it looks like it's basically just a single tritium front sight with a non-tritium rear? (from what I can tell). My preference would be both front and rear sights to glow. The Heinie figure 8 style looks intriguing.

Honestly, you might be overthinking it a bit. Your front sight is the most important anyway, no one is shooting for groups in the gd dark.

Trijicon and Heinie are both great. Not a big fan of fiber either, especially if I'm gonna carry it and put my life on it. Fiber is ok if there is some light, or you just don't like the shit sights on a gun and want something a little better. I've got a fiber front sight on my .357 and on my Mossberg turkey gun (because it came with them), but fiber really isn't in the same ballpark as true night sights, at least in my book. Also, in my opinion, get night sight for front and rear sight. Your front sight isn't like a red dot, you cant just point that front sight into the dark and expect to hit your target without some aim and alignment. You need those rear sights to glow too to give you something to compare that front sight to, so you get some idea where your rounds are heading. Especially important if you live close to other homes, have family in other rooms, or live in an apartment. You are responsible for every round that leaves your muzzle, make sure they are on target and make them count.

Also, I recommend doing some night, or at least low light, shooting. When you can barely see your target it really forces you to focus on your front sight and you aren't distracted by looking at where your rounds went..because you can't see them. Do a little of that and you will be genuinely surprised how well you can shoot in low light.