Best Glock 9mm sights for "old" eyes

[graycrait]

I have several Glocks. I have several different sights. I have presbyopic eyes. Anyone have suggestions as to which sights offer best combat capabilities for the "old" eye? Daylight fast shooting with quick acquistition, center mass, multiple hits onto a 3x5 card up to 25 meters.

Craig in Tennessee

[Oak Hill Glock]

A friend of mine recently got Truglo tritium/fiber optic combos for his G17. He says he loves the set-up. He's in his 50's, also and says it is easier on the eye both day and night. I'm thinking about the same. Has anyone else tried these?

[NAS T MAG]

My G19 has Lasermax and Meprolights. My G26 has Lasermax and Trijicon. I like 'em both.

[stevehof]

A friend of mine recently got Truglo tritium/fiber optic combos for his G17. He says he loves the set-up. He's in his 50's, also and says it is easier on the eye both day and night. I'm thinking about the same. Has anyone else tried these?I wear tri-focal glasses and I think TFO's are great. I have them mounted on all my Glocks. The Tritium/FO is so bright that you can actually focus on the target for shots out to 10 yards or so and still see the out of focus 'dots' well enough to make your shots count. The basic sight picture is fine for precision work too. Some folks have had some problems with these sights with the tubes coming loose. All I can say is I have 12-15000 rounds through my daily shooter G35 with these sights and no problems so far...

My second choice sight type for old eyes would be a mini-red dot sight like the Burris FastFire. I have one of these mounted on one of my G35's and it makes accurate shooting a cinch because you can focus on the target and just lay the dot on bullseye.

[Dean]

Crimson Trace lasergrips.
What are you screwing around trying to squint at tiny dots mounted on the top of your pistol for?
I wear readers, and I nail headshots at 15 yards 'till the weapon is empty - 7 double taps - with Crimson Trace lasergrips!

[stevehof]

Crimson Trace lasergrips.
What are you screwing around trying to squint at tiny dots mounted on the top of your pistol for?
I wear readers, and I nail headshots at 15 yards 'till the weapon is empty - 7 double taps - with Crimson Trace lasergrips!Good for you on the 15 yard double tap head shots! Now, take your CT mounted weapon out in the hills or desert on a sunny day and see how long it takes you to find your laser at 30-50 yards against a busy brightly lit background. All sight systems have advantages and disadvantages....:supergrin:

[EKUJustice]

Dawson Precision Fiberoptic front, and plain rear. I like the .105 front, with the wider .125 rear. I have that setup on my USPSA production gun and its very quick with the Fiber optic front and accurate to distance as well. Will set you back about 40 bucks for each piece or 80 for the set including the front site tool and a punch to drift the rear site in

[graycrait]

EKUJustice,

Thanks for the info, that is exactly what I was thinking. I need a quick pickup front sight with a wide notch in the rear. I'm not doing 50 meter offhand bullseye shooting, but want to have all my Glocks with the same sight picture for the "old eyes."

stevehof, I have TFOs on two Glocks, they are good but I am more interested in the rear wide notch. I wonder if the Dawson rear plain would work with my TFO tritirum front sights?

I might just try the TFO tritium front and a Dawson rear on my CCF G34 I am building up. I can always get another front sight if the TFO front doesn't work.

Craig in Tennessee

[sidewinder6]

http://i32.tinypic.com/2rcs5s4.jpg

[graycrait]

sidewinder6,

What are those rear sights? They aren't TF0s. They aren't Trijicon. Are they Dawson's?

Also, it looks like you have had your backplate off. What other stuff have you done to your slide?

Craig

[KAZ]

I have the Heinie/Dawson Slant Pro combo, and it is great. Take a look at them. They have a nice rear sight that is easy to install by drifting it in, and a set screw,stays put. The front is FO and comes with a wrench to install it. Regards

[sidewinder6]

sidewinder6,

What are those rear sights? They aren't TF0s. They aren't Trijicon. Are they Dawson's?

Also, it looks like you have had your backplate off. What other stuff have you done to your slide?

Craig

They are TFO's. The camera angle probably didnt do them justice. I was attempting to get a front sight focus but ended up with a macro on the rear sights. For the people on topic, you can see they are bright. In darkness, you can shoot without a light on after you have identified your target.

The Glock is a 34 and the slide is stock. Did a trigger job and I clean it a fair amount.
http://i28.tinypic.com/3agkj.jpg

[Bang!]

Check out the Ashley 24/7 Big Dot tritium sights. They are a bar/dot and extremely fast acquistion. I have 50+ year old eyes and have these sight mounted on three Glocks and getting ready to put them on a Kahr 9mm. I've looked at the three dot set up and I'm sure that works well for some, but the Big Dots work better for me. Some have said they aren't accurate but they are for me, especially for a SD weapon.

Good Luck!

[dannymc]

I prefer Meprolight sights on My Glocks. They seem to have a good day time sight picture as well as at night or low light conditions.

[cybertek]

Check out the Ashley 24/7 Big Dot tritium sights. They are a bar/dot and extremely fast acquistion. I have 50+ year old eyes and have these sight mounted on three Glocks and getting ready to put them on a Kahr 9mm. I've looked at the three dot set up and I'm sure that works well for some, but the Big Dots work better for me. Some have said they aren't accurate but they are for me, especially for a SD weapon.

Good Luck!

+1 on the BigDots! I have them on all my Glocks and on my Kahr PM9. Recently took a Tactical Pistol class and they were very fast and accurate.

[graycrait]

I've tried a few of the sights mentioned and have TFO's on a couple of Glocks but they just don't do it for me. I guess I'll give those Ashley's a try.

Thanks,

Craig in Tennessee