1st time to the range with my new G22 today! Need some input please

[agent_mango]

There's another thing to consider with the Glock factory sights. With most other pistol sights, you line up the tops of the front and rear sights. I think with the Glock sights, the middle of the front sight white dot is supposed to line up with the top of the rear sights. Lining up the tops of the sights will make it shoot low.

EDIT: Also, my personal opinion is that bisecting the middle of a target is the more natural and repeatable way of shooting, as opposed to putting the front sight underneath the central ring of the target.

 

[theycallmeike]

There's another thing to consider with the Glock factory sights. With most other pistol sights, you line up the tops of the front and rear sights. I think with the Glock sights, the middle of the front sight white dot is supposed to line up with the top of the rear sights. Lining up the tops of the sights will make it shoot low.

EDIT: Also, my personal opinion is that bisecting the middle of a target is the more natural and repeatable way of shooting, as opposed to putting the front sight underneath the central ring of the target.

Haha well that could explain a few things.... Just grabbed the Glock and yeah that would make sence as to how to sight it. lol I bet they mention that in the manual but as a guy who reads those anyways???? It certianly isnt natural to me! Im used to sighting the tops of the front and rear and seeing what i'm aiming at, not covering it.

Ok are there any aftermarket sights that I can swap to that would go back to sighting the other way?

 

[blueskies]

I have the same issue with my G22 - I'm grouping low and to the left. I'll try some of the suggestions on here. Something else I found helps is after a shot is fired just release the trigger slightly until it clicks instead of all the way and then the next shot requires much less trigger pull.

 

[Master-G]

With most other pistol sights, you line up the tops of the front and rear sights. I think with the Glock sights, the middle of the front sight white dot is supposed to line up with the top of the rear sights. Lining up the tops of the sights will make it shoot low

No, that's not correct. The front dot sits "inside" the white outline of the rear sight. This way, the top of the front sight lines up with the top of the rear sight. I owned a Glock 17 for 16 years and a Glock 34 for six years and fired probably 8000 rounds out of them.

Im used to sighting the tops of the front and rear and seeing what i'm aiming at, not covering it.

This is how you should sight your Glock in. Unless there's something wrong with your pistol (which you can check by getting someone else to try it out) you'll just need to refine your technique

 

[theycallmeike]

So should I be aiming with the top of the sight or using the dot and covering what I am aiming at?

 

[agent_mango]

No, that's not correct. The front dot sits "inside" the white outline of the rear sight. This way, the top of the front sight lines up with the top of the rear sight. I owned a Glock 17 for 16 years and a Glock 34 for six years and fired probably 8000 rounds out of them.

I have a decent amount of experience with Glocks, although I've replaced the factory sights with aftermarket ones. I dug up an old pair of factory sights and looked through them as I would if they were mounted on a slide. When I lined up the top of the front sight with the top of the rear sight, the front sight's white dot was ~40% obscured. The most natural way for me to line up the sights was to bisect the front sight dot with the top of the rear sights.

So should I be aiming with the top of the sight or using the dot and covering what I am aiming at?

A lot of people advocate lining up the top of your front sight with the bottom of the circular target. I have two arguments against that: a) It's not the most instinctive way to aim quickly, and b) This method won't be repeatable with different ranges and target sizes, unless you linearly scale the target circle size with increasing range.

Instead, I like to cover the bottom half of the target with the front sight. Simple and easy.

 

[agent_mango]

Ok are there any aftermarket sights that I can swap to that would go back to sighting the other way?

You can buy a number of different aftermarket sights for Glocks, including all black, black with white dots, and night sights. Some popular brands are Heinie, Meprolight, and Trijicon. Note that different Glock models (regular vs large frame) will require different sized sights.

On my G17 I have all black Heinie sights, which are pretty nice for the range. On my G26 I put on Mepro night sights, with a front green and yellow rear. The different colours are a nice touch. In terms of installing the sights, you will need either a gunsmith to do it, or buy a $100 sight tool from places like glockmeister (they sell sights too, I ordered from them maybe a year ago). I would advise against the hammer and pin punch approach to sight installation, especially with night sights because the small glass vials which contain the tritium gas may not stand up to hammering shock.

 

[af_newbie]

Ok guys need some input here.

After way too many years away I decided to get back into shooting and just got my first handgun. Found a sweet deal on a G22 here on EE and pulled the trigger. She arrived yesterday and I decided to try her out at DVC today. Nice place by the way! Helpfull staff and great facility, especially when its cold and wet outside

Anyways I fired off 170 rounds and all are grouping well but are low. The fixed sights dont allow me to correct for it so my question to you all is what aftermarket sights should I be looking at?

And please lets not go down the tired road of its a Glock and you should have got a Sig or 1911..... lol

If you want accuracy, go for a thin front sight.

 

[Slavex]

Glocks are designed, like almost all modern combat pistols, to use the "cover" your target method of sighting. Its the quickest and most natural way to shoot. If done properly it is also highly accurate. Although obviously if you want Bullseye type precision you would need different sights and a 6 o'clock hold.