Military Considers New Sidearm

[JohnRich 4]

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I'm not particularly fond of the "pumpkin on a post" sight arrangement.

What do you prefer? These kind of "open" sights give you maximum visibility for watching your target.

Other types of sights may be easier to use for accuracy, but provide only a limited view of the target.

For a self-defense handgun, I think the open sights are a good deal.

I shoot at black spots on paper, so I think of it as a bowling ball on a post...

[Kennedy 0]

My personal favorite is the "ball in a bucket" glock sights. I like the much smaller dot front sight more than the big circle from ashley/express.

I've also gone the rounds with hi-viz three circles night sights.

I don't like the "pumpkin" just because it draws my attention away from the target. I don't discourage anyone from buying them; I just don't like them myself. I like seeing the taget with a fuzzy front sight better than seeing the front sight with a fuzzy target.

ps - I understand the value of front sight visibility. My taurus basically doesn't even have rear sights. It's got a gutter and very noticable (without being distracting to me) front post.

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[nbblood 0]

Being in the military and having my FFL and a firearms business, I am continually amazed at how many military folks come looking for the Beretta. They want what the Army has. My reply is, "Haven't you seen those pieces of shit?!" I've come to the conclusion that they only know about firearms what they are familiar with, in the Army, that's the Beretta. I always try to dissuade them from the Beretta, way overpriced for the product. The Glock is less money and much better. I personally own a Glock and I think it's ok, very reliable, but not quite as accurate as the upper quality handguns and very heavy trigger pull, even after a trigger mod. Personally, I'd like to see the government kick out the bucks to field Kimbers. It'll never happen though. We could at least go back to the Colts though. Almost anything's better than what we got.

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[JohnRich 4]

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I like seeing the taget with a fuzzy front sight better than seeing the front sight with a fuzzy target.

Ohhhh, now you're talking blasphemy! Everyone knows that the front sight is the most important thing to have clarity upon, for shooting accuracy.

Of course, ideally you have clarity on both. The ideal focal distance for your eye is something like 10 feet in front of your gun, which allows you to have the best focus on both points. As eyes age, this can get tough. And there are lens inserts you can buy to put in your rear peep sight on a rifle, for example, to help with this.

I have trouble holding clarity on the front post for more than about 10 seconds. If I don't get a shot off in that time, I have to put the gun down, relax, breathe, and start over.

Where this really kills me is in the rapid fire stages, where we shoot 10 shots in 60 seconds. When my focus goes fuzzy, I don't have time to get it back. I just have to shoot through the fuzz, and my scores suffer. Ack!