AmeriGlo Hackathorn Sights - Review

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I've wanted a new set of sights for my Glock for a while. I settled on the Hackathorn's a while ago based on what I've read and what I wanted.

My old sights - fiber optic front and factory adjustable rear:


For some reason I had to crank the Glock sight almost all the way to the right to get it to POI. This was verified by several other shooters. It held up well, but I kept having to apply black marker to the white outline as it rubbed off and I didn't want to do one handed reload drills with it, because I didn't trust it to be robust over time.

The AmeriGlo Hackathorn Sights offered everything I was looking for in a sight set. All Steel construction, a very high visibility front (more on that later), tritium insert in the front sight, and an all black rear.

Here's what came with the package:


Installation of the front sight was very easy with a Glock front sight tool and some blue thread locker. The all black rear is very robust! It took a real pounding in my vice with the brass sight pusher you see in the above photo and a full size hammer to get on. I put some blue thread locker on the set screw just for giggles, but that thing isn't coming off until I want it to...perfect.

You can see the detail of the sights in this photo. The front sight has a very BRIGHT orange ring surrounding a tritium vial. The front sight is big and square, and I was a little worried it might be too large, but it proved to be ok at 25 yards and really excelled at closer distances.






The sights proved to be the highest visibility sights I've ever used. The orange painted ring is much brighter than my previous FO front sight and was very easy to pick up when shooting at speed. At 25 yards standing I was able to keep 8/10 shots in the black of an NRA B-8 25 yard target but dropped two into the 8 ring.

I've only got 150 rounds on them or so, and time will tell but I'm very happy so far. Sorry for the photos, damn camera and widow's 8 #### photo software...
 
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These look nice. Where did you get them? And how much, if you don't mind telling?

P.S. People don't use the word "robust" often enough. I am happy to see it again.
 
Did you install these at home? How do you know if the sights are true / aligned properly?

I watched a guy on YouTube use a file and some sort of adhesive to "cement" them in place, while recommending against actually knocking them in ...

Only ask because I'm planning some new sights in the future and still unsure whether it warrants a trip to a gunsmjth(hard to find here) or use the money for purchasing the tools for the job.

Thanks
 
I have the same sights on my G17, have had them for a little over a year now and love them, very easy to acquire and very easy to keep on target at speed as mentioned by the OP. As far as installing them at home its very doable so long as your somewhat handy with the right tools and have some patients. Ive installed about a half dozen sets of glock sights without the sight pusher, Ive always just drifted the rear sight in and so long as you take your time to file it to fit properly, and measure it out with a micrometer its fairly easy to zero, Ive usually been able to get them dead on the first time. I will admit I can be some what of a perfectionist at times though and really take my time to file it to fit, Im not into doing hack jobs and seeing all of the pics on here of marred slides and sights jammed into dovetails so tight it causes them to bulge can definitely make it seem like its hard to do, but it really isn't. This video by Dave Dawson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4maCQhEIjoA) is a great tutorial on how to do the job right and some of the tools you may need.
 
Is the rear sight the same as stock? I'm considering a set of these, but I kind of like the white dot. I mainly want to replace my mangled rear sight, and I like the blacked out rear.
 
WRH said:
Is the rear sight the same as stock? I'm considering a set of these, but I kind of like the white dot. I mainly want to replace my mangled rear sight, and I like the blacked out rear.
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I'm not sure if the ameriglo rear is the same height as the OEM rear.

As info, you don't need the micrometer to install the rear sight. A simple sight pusher or brass punch will do. Eye ball it the best you can and then test it. If you aren't confident enough in your shooting to trust they are installed properly, have someone you know can shoot verify it for you.
 
Looks good. I'm just wondering how easy is to pick up the front sight in this color...mostly because of my...well, less than stellar experience with the classic red dot front sight on Beretta 92. I have to admit though that this set looks quite interesting.
 
Quite easy the contracting colors lets you pick it up in any light.

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