The Annoyed Man wrote:RPB, I've seen you post about your vision and orthopedic issues before, and I've paid special attention to these sights because of it. When The Annoyed Woman qualified during her CHL class, she rented a Glock 19 that had these sights on it from the instructors - yellow rear and red front. It seemed like an interesting idea at the time, although I don't remember much about what the sight picture actually looked like... ...or maybe I didn't have the chance to test it. Anyway, I have a few questions....RPB wrote:texanron wrote:I can't speak for all classes but the class I took not once did I have to lock the slide back.
Also, I was born with only 1 hand, and it's arthritic, you didn't say what pistol she has but:
I use Advantage Tactical Sights to rack the slide.
Models here http://www.advantagetactical.com/store.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I reviewed, wrote the company a thank you note, which they published here just above where it says "Ron in Texas" :
http://www.advantagetactical.com/reviews.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A grandmotherly person I know with 2 arthritic hands who can't rack a slide, carries a Beretta with a tip-up barrel.
I'm retired and not affiliated with any company.
1. Are these equipped with tritium vials? If not, are they visible at all in the dark?
2. Does the coloring seem to be robust enough to resist holster/handling wear?
3. Any issues with holster fit with these sights?
Thanks,
TAM
1) They are not currently "glow-in-the-dark" sights, but they come with all colors of inserts, I've tested all color combos and yellow front and dayglo Orange rear are best for all light conditions and background colors (can't request a bad guy to wear a certain color shirt) I've had tritium from PT night sights in colors, from Meprolight and Triijicon, I had problems seeing the little tiny dots at night, But these are big enough and bright enough colors, (with the orange rear yellow front) I don't even need to grab my glasses prior to grabbing my gun when there's a "bump in the night" and I awake. So, no they aren't "total darkness in a cave" sights (I couldn't see a bad guy in a dark cave anyway) but they are easy to see in very low light, and anything above very low light like that from a clock radio or whatever.
2) the colored portion is a plastic insert, I've had the same ones in for about 2 years, worn daily in a) kholster, Rob Durham Comfort Carry and the last year in a Tuck This 2 by Desantis, no issues and no wear that I can see.
And the same "brightness" as when installed. It's a plastic insert which I suppose "could" fade if left in the sun outside a year, but I don't do that.
3) no issue with holster fit. In fact the factory Glock and Meprolight and Trijicon sights and other "tactical sights like Heine "The Ledge" designed to allow racking the slide with the tall rear sight bit my side with their sharp corner on the rear of those sights when in a holster which didn't have leather between me and those sights, these are tapered with angles so they are more comfortable. Hard to describe, but the pyramid shape takes the sharp corners away that dug into skin, while near the center of the rear sight's pyramid is tall enough to grab a shoe, belt, holster, forearm, edge of a brick. corner of a building/dumpster, etc.
Their website shows the red front also, I tried that, didn't like it front sight is 100% better in yellow. They come with all the color inserts, you can change at any time, I changed a lot, every Glock I put them on I now have yellow front, bright orange rear.
I did put lasers on my Glocks too, but I can't see that I'd need them, except when I sighted in the laser and sights, I sometimes use the 2 together to check that the laser is still sighted in, and the cat and dog enjoy chasing the red dot.
I understand they are working on some new "glow in the dark" models, because people have heard "night sights should glow and be radioactive" but they have been working on rifle and shotgun sights first, but I'm not sure I want my face illuminated for the bad guy to see anyway, and with the lighter color insets like yellow front, orange rear, they inserts are way bigger than 2 tiny glowing dots, they are easy to see with the lights off curtains closed and minimal light in a room .... you could always add a rail mounted flashlight on a bedroom gun, but outside there's always plenty of ambient light from streetlights, even just moon and starlight to see these well.
I always feared waking up, having to find and put on eyeglasses (trifocals) then get my gun, while telling the bad guy "Time out-hold on, let me get my glasses so I can aim better" These solved that, they are that easy to see with the orange rear, yellow front, (even though they don't glow). Against all background colors. Unless you are in a cave with lights off where you literally can't see your hand in front of your face (nor the target) you can still see the triangle and get a good sight picture.
My "followup/double tap" shots are faster too, since a sight picture is faster with these after the first shot.
Massad Ayoob reviewed them here, but I still say yellow front orange rear beats what he used in the review, and how they come.
http://www.advantagetactical.com/docs/A ... review.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And I have no problems with them at night, because I use BRIGHT YELLOW Front, and DAYGLO ORANGE rear.Nasef notes these sights are at their
best in fading light, between the pitch
black in which Tritium night sights rule,
and high noon on the pistol range where
the sight picture of conventional post-innotch
sights are at their best. I dunno, I
found the Advantage sights pretty good
at high noon, too.
Mas won an IDPA match using the new Advantage pyramidal sights on a G lock G 17 9mm. He felt it
“amped up” his speed.
The many "angles" and "slopes" are amazing, so they are "snagless" except when you want to snag a corner, shoe etc.Once the
scores had been tallied up, I had won the
match overall against some pretty tough
competition.
One of the guys on the list of
“men to beat” ...Sure enough, he has since
ordered a pair of Advantage sights for one
of his own pistols.
"can still see them without glasses.”" is why I started selling my collection of guns which didn't have these sights on them..... you get spoiled, they are that easy to see and use. Try using glow-in-the-dark tiny dots FAST without glasses. (I have, back when that's all you could get)
The radioactive Tritium & Fiber Optic Night Sights from other companies are good, but I have to put my glasses on to see the little dots glowing and line them up, but these, I don't, they are just easy to see.
I now shop for guns, (my next if I get a .45 will be a XD 45 compact or a Glock 30, or another Glock 26 or XD in 9mm, or maybe a Sig in either caliber) by what I can get those sights for.