Tophernj Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 (edited) I'm starting to shoot a bunch of club level matches at a local range. It's pretty informal and the only thing anyone wins is bragging rights. It's a great place for me to start out as I like having a good time without all the pressure. ***Regardless*** I have a 17 slide that I stumbled in to. It has a set of older, pretty dim Trijicon's on it. I'd like to find a replacement set of sights that I can actually see with my sorry old eyes. Conditions are going to be almost entirely indoors (unfortunately). I will be shooting a mixture of steel and paper/cardboard. So, what do you have/use that works for you? Edited November 30, 2019 by Tophernj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowenbuilt Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 For older eyes like yours and mine it is hard to beat a set of Dawson Match sights. Plain black rear and fiber optic front. Fixed or adjustable you cannot go wrong. I prefer the .110 wide front if you would be shooting anything out to 25 yards. For price and quality Dawson is tough to beat and they are 100 times better than any night sight indoors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiker88 Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Yup...you can't go wrong with Dawson sights. Fiber optic front and plain serrated black rear sights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerslayer Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Take a look at some Sevigny Competition sights if you can. They are my favorite sight picture of any gun I own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul49 Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Sooner or later as your eyes age* your arms will not be long enough to see the front sight in focus. Then you will recognize the benefits of a red dot sight and competing in the carry optics division. The sooner you accept the inevitable and progressive aging process, the sooner you will begin to work on the new muscle memory required to work with a red dot sight instead of irons. There is an argument for this transition even before aging makes its influence known. After all, the military chose some time ago to equip the troops with ACOGs, essentially none of whom “needed them” because of aging eyes. That was no small investment. Nearly all my guns have red dots now. The one that doesn’t has Trijicon HDs which work as standard glowing dots at night, but in the daytime a black rear and bright orange dot front. That still works in a pinch for this 69 year old. I have no experience with fiber optic sights indoors and defer to others with that expertise. *this is called presbyopia and refers to the gradual reduction in your natural lenses ability to zoom from far to near vision and explains while most with age need reading glasses or bifocals then trifocals. Some shooters use “shooting glasses” where one eye is corrected to focus on the front sight and the other to focus on the target. The red dot sight allows both eyes to focus at distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tophernj Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 This will have to do until the optics cut slide shows up. Way ahead of you @Paul49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4045 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Warren tactical Sevigny sights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davsco Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 most of my glocks have the warren sevigny competition, wide rear notch and fiber optic front. of course, just bought a slide milled for a red dot sight for one of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RePete Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) I'm running Hi Viz F/O front and rear. Green front and red rear. All on 5 Glocks. Edited December 1, 2019 by RePete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtimelarry Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 On 11/30/2019 at 9:28 AM, deerslayer said: Take a look at some Sevigny Competition sights if you can. They are my favorite sight picture of any gun I own. I have Sevigny on all my Glocks.. .150 Rear Width Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travail Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Dawson Match sights are great. Easy focus on the front fiber with nothing in the rear sight to pull your eye away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpaw Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 FYI, depending on lighting of your range, fiber optic sights might not light up much indoors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archangelgt Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I like the Fiber Optic + Blacked out rear like most here, but since you are shooting indoors you might want to look at Night Fision. Their front sight has a colored polymer ring around a tritium dot. 10-8 Performance also offers a front sight from Night Fision that's a little bit thinner. Another option with be the Triicon HD/HD XRs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9X23Guy Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 If you're primarily shooting indoors, stick to the green fiber optic instead of the red. The green is brighter in poor light conditions. That's why divers use green chem lights as a back up, it is the easiest for your eye to pick up in low visibility. I could give you the nerd version but that's the short answer. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tophernj Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 Thanks all. You have no idea how helpful this is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog009 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 +1 for Dawson Match sights. That's what I've run on every competition Glock I've used. I've always used the black rear with red front fiber. And if you order the set, they include the tools you'll need (front sight wrench, rear sight punch). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalkingMonkey Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I use Warren Tactical sights on all of my Glocks (not the Sevigny). I really like the scallops on the rear sight - I feel they help to draw your eye to the front sight and also allow you to see a little more of the target. I use the plain rear/fiber optic front on my competition gun and the single tritium rear/tritium front for my defensive guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef15 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Dawson or Warren, green fiber in the front. Yellow lenses will really make it pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_b Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Dawson adjustable with fiber optic color of choice for the front. I run them on all my comp guns now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nbrew875 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 I'm running ameriglo fiber optics on my G34 And ameriglo hackathorn on my G19 Both have there advantages and in my mind a both cost effective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tophernj Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 I would up with the Vogel Dynamics sights for my Glock. https://www.amazon.com/Vogel-Dynamics-Champion-Pistols-Including/dp/B01BLV1QQI I'm heading to the range in a few hours to test them out. The few reviews I found on them are positive with some reporting that the hits are slightly high. On the gun, they fiber optic is plenty bright in my dim basement. The rear is a nice shape and they seem to be pretty "findable" when I bring the gun up. Now I just need my holster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rootacres Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 On 11/30/2019 at 6:03 AM, Tophernj said: I'm starting to shoot a bunch of club level matches at a local range. It's pretty informal and the only thing anyone wins is bragging rights. It's a great place for me to start out as I like having a good time without all the pressure. ***Regardless*** I have a 17 slide that I stumbled in to. It has a set of older, pretty dim Trijicon's on it. I'd like to find a replacement set of sights that I can actually see with my sorry old eyes. Conditions are going to be almost entirely indoors (unfortunately). I will be shooting a mixture of steel and paper/cardboard. So, what do you have/use that works for you? I have used both Dawson and TTI. With a blacked out rear and fiber front its the best combo I have found to see/shoot fast. Of the two I like the setup on the TTI slightly more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang684 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Love the wide rear notch on the Warrens. I’ve tried to turn back the clock by using a near sighted prescription with my shooting eye and normal range with my other eye. So far it’s worked well enough that I can shoot limited again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Rob Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 https://statementdefense.com/combat-precision-compact-fiber-optic-iron-sights/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremyc_1999 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I really like my TTI fiber optic Front with black rear sights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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