all right so you guys know I'm a big fan of Glock pistols the military uses them
they're just good they run that's their best selling point so because of that
I'm not big on replacing a lot of parts on a Glock that said one part that I do
believe in replacing are the sights now your standard Glock sights you have
wiped out in the front you've got your white box on the back I'm just not a big
fan of that they're not very visible in the dark they're hard to require the the
bright rear sight bleeds out that front sight when you're trying to do rapid
acquisition when you're shooting fast and so I prefer a brighter front sight
now there's a lot of people that scream lasers are the best because it allows
you to I stay tracked on target the problem with lasers and here's a prime
example right here this is a rear sight that actually has a laser built into it
has an on/off switch to the side right so it doesn't interfere you don't put
anything else inside great concept of all my wife would have to do is push the
button and turn on that laser and she's ready to go the problem with that is
where's the weak point of lasers electronics but batteries now your
wife's pistol or your concealed carry if you're not using it a lot that laser or
that light is going to fail you it right when you need it most we turn this laser
on brother this puppy doesn't work right lasers fine what I want are bright
sights that I can see now fiber-optic sights are great during the
day these are Dawson precision sights as a very large fiber-optic sight up front
they're micro adjustable that great target sights this is actually the
pistol I compete three gun with very very bright front fiber optic sights
easy to find the problem with this though is I've probably gone through
about six or seven fiber optic front wires here through this site they break
they fall off it when's that going to happen exactly right when I don't need
it to happen not that big a deal in the competition but if it's the moment of
truth life or death you don't want to lose
that front sight so I prefer sites that you can actually see all the time now my
preferred are the Trijicon HDS now I still have a bright orange front dot on
that front sight however the rear sights and the front sight also have tritium
inserts so during the day well I'm on the range whatever I've still got that
bright front sight just like the pistol that I compete with my muscle memories
still there everything applies the same however if I go into that area my pistol
light goes down I can't see what's going on I still have the tritium inserts in
the rear sight and the front sight so I can lean that I'll line them up and I
can get rounds on target now not all fiber optic and tritium
sights are are are good to go they're just not now true bloke came out with
some of the tf-x pros great great concept they they took it a step further
they have fiber optic front and rear but they also put tritium inserts in both
the front and the rear sight great great concept right so even if the Sun goes
down you can still see those sights and line them up because they have tritium
in them great concept my problem with it though is the dots on the rear sight are
large just like the front because it's closer to my eye then the front sight is
it's harder for me to find that front sight and that really really bothers me
during the day everything I need to be able to acquire that front sight very
very fast so great concept give it a try they're good sights are good quality
however if you would ask me my personal preference and I don't usually pick one
brand over another but I'm here to tell you the trick on HDS
good they have a choice of eye yellow front dot or bright red I prefer
this red and orange one because I run red fiber optics and competition with
the tritium inserts in the back I'm here to tell you these sites are awesome
right now changing sights is not that hard to change the front sight and once
you've got that slide off all you need is a small wrench usually comes with the
sights hexagon on top and it just unscrews the base of that front sight
comes out put the new one on tighten it down don't forget to apply your lock
tight now rear sights you're going to need a Glock rear sight tool real easy
match it so your slide goes in here spin it this arm will go across pushes that
rear sight out set your new sight in the slot push it back in get it take it out
on the range tweak it left to right wherever it needs to be so that your
pistols very zeroed again not hard this is all user level adjustments that can
be done without going to a gunsmith so again our Glocks are awesome great
pistols I don't recommend doing a lot of changes to them but for sure one thing
right off the bat put on sites that are going to serve you at the moment its
recipient sitting it