okay, everybody in the PPQ forum seems to love these, so i thought i'd give them a chance. well, not everybody; nothing is unanimous, but you know what i mean...
i got the green front with tritium on both front and back. out of the box, that green front sight looks gigantic. once you push the gun out to arm's length, though, it's not an issue. i don't know if it would necessitate a new holster.
i didn't know what to expect on aim, so my first mags were a bit...fluid, shall we say. i assumed i should focus on the top point of the diamond on the front sight. problem is, i was worried about lining things up with my peripheral vision. lining up traditional sights is easy, since you just line up the tops of the front and rear blades, and you're only concerned with one dimension - horizontal. to line these up, you have to be aware of the alignment that is both to the side AND down. so, of course, i start overthinking this and my brain goes into overdrive: "okay, focus on the tip. no no, line up the diamonds...the tip is coming off target...WHAT ARE YOU DOING? line 'em up!...STAY ON TARGET...no, look left, LEFT...c'mon, FOCUS!...WHAT ARE YOU DOING?...crap. just forget it. let's go get a beer".
stoopid brain.
after two mags, i noticed my focus was starting to shift. i was looking more at the center of the front diamond. that helped me a lot with the alignment. i could still put the top point of the diamond on the center of the target. doing that, my third mag was pretty good. good enough to be encouraging. ran out of time and had to leave.
day two - naturally came back to that 'center of the diamond' focus. the speed sights feel more normal now. shot a hole in the paper at 7 yards with 13/15 in the red. i've never done that before. at 10 yards i'm putting 11/15 in the red. this is pretty lame for the majority of you, but again, it's a new best for me. one real flier on the 15 yard target, but the other 14 still would have been center mass. had to leave after a short time again, but i walked out saying "holy cow".
tritium is fine. gave it the dark closet test; no problems there. good visibility.
one thing i think someone else noted - they're not the best in low light. specifically, when there's no backlighting. i turned the lights in the great room on, and the kitchen lights off, and stood in the kitchen dry firing with all the light in front of me and none behind me. the diamonds disappear. now you have to line the tip of the front diamond with the rear sight, but the rear doesn't have two pointy topped diamonds; they are flat on top. so instead of lining up three 'doghouses', which wouldn't be so bad, you line up a point and two flat spots on either side. i think this will take some practice. it's a different look in low light from regular sights. i'm going to need to work on this.
so do i like these? you betcha. a lot. i was feeling comfortable with them the second day out. i was shooting better than my old sights. these things are easier to see and therefore easier to aim and shoot than the Meps i had on this gun. and they seem more precise. there's a learning curve to them, but if i can show improvement in two days, anyone can. next time i get to the range i'm gonna turn off the lights in my station and work on the 'dark' scenario. still, next week i'm gonna order some for my Sig P365.
okay, enough. me an' my brain are going for a beer...
i got the green front with tritium on both front and back. out of the box, that green front sight looks gigantic. once you push the gun out to arm's length, though, it's not an issue. i don't know if it would necessitate a new holster.
i didn't know what to expect on aim, so my first mags were a bit...fluid, shall we say. i assumed i should focus on the top point of the diamond on the front sight. problem is, i was worried about lining things up with my peripheral vision. lining up traditional sights is easy, since you just line up the tops of the front and rear blades, and you're only concerned with one dimension - horizontal. to line these up, you have to be aware of the alignment that is both to the side AND down. so, of course, i start overthinking this and my brain goes into overdrive: "okay, focus on the tip. no no, line up the diamonds...the tip is coming off target...WHAT ARE YOU DOING? line 'em up!...STAY ON TARGET...no, look left, LEFT...c'mon, FOCUS!...WHAT ARE YOU DOING?...crap. just forget it. let's go get a beer".
stoopid brain.
after two mags, i noticed my focus was starting to shift. i was looking more at the center of the front diamond. that helped me a lot with the alignment. i could still put the top point of the diamond on the center of the target. doing that, my third mag was pretty good. good enough to be encouraging. ran out of time and had to leave.
day two - naturally came back to that 'center of the diamond' focus. the speed sights feel more normal now. shot a hole in the paper at 7 yards with 13/15 in the red. i've never done that before. at 10 yards i'm putting 11/15 in the red. this is pretty lame for the majority of you, but again, it's a new best for me. one real flier on the 15 yard target, but the other 14 still would have been center mass. had to leave after a short time again, but i walked out saying "holy cow".
tritium is fine. gave it the dark closet test; no problems there. good visibility.
one thing i think someone else noted - they're not the best in low light. specifically, when there's no backlighting. i turned the lights in the great room on, and the kitchen lights off, and stood in the kitchen dry firing with all the light in front of me and none behind me. the diamonds disappear. now you have to line the tip of the front diamond with the rear sight, but the rear doesn't have two pointy topped diamonds; they are flat on top. so instead of lining up three 'doghouses', which wouldn't be so bad, you line up a point and two flat spots on either side. i think this will take some practice. it's a different look in low light from regular sights. i'm going to need to work on this.
so do i like these? you betcha. a lot. i was feeling comfortable with them the second day out. i was shooting better than my old sights. these things are easier to see and therefore easier to aim and shoot than the Meps i had on this gun. and they seem more precise. there's a learning curve to them, but if i can show improvement in two days, anyone can. next time i get to the range i'm gonna turn off the lights in my station and work on the 'dark' scenario. still, next week i'm gonna order some for my Sig P365.
okay, enough. me an' my brain are going for a beer...
