Glock 17 Adjustable sights or non Adjustable
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Pietro Beretta
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Fixed or NSights
Some people like Glock sights, I fall into the camp that don't. Don't spend the extra $$ for adjustable, get your G17 with factory night sights, or look into aftermarket. Fiber optics kick ass, but anything (even a three dot) would be an improvement over the stock sights.
Get the Adj Sights... My M&P does not have them and I wish they had them. Nothing worse then having to go home, place the slide in a vise and drift the rear sights then having to go back to the range and then coming home and drift the rear sights again and then repeating the process until your happy with the results, no my club does not have a vise but I could bring mine up but that heavy sucker is bolted to my work bench. Then one uses up the 1000 rounds and then buys another 1000 rounds of another brand and posibley repeating the whole process again. If I have adjustable sight... afew clicks left or right or up or done and then I'm done.
I had them on my G21 and it was great for adjusting to my shooting style (shooting 7 - 9 o-clock) and the ammo used at the time. When I was shooting 7 - 9 o-clock for IPSC or just target shooting I would do a quick sight adjustment so that I would hit Alpha's and Charlie's, before that I was getting Mike's and Delta's. And yes it help's when shooting different ammo's or if you're reloading.
Just my 2 cents
I had them on my G21 and it was great for adjusting to my shooting style (shooting 7 - 9 o-clock) and the ammo used at the time. When I was shooting 7 - 9 o-clock for IPSC or just target shooting I would do a quick sight adjustment so that I would hit Alpha's and Charlie's, before that I was getting Mike's and Delta's. And yes it help's when shooting different ammo's or if you're reloading.
Just my 2 cents
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hatman1793
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Spend a little more...
Spend a little more and buy the Glock 34 instead. Longer barrel, longer sight radius and Glock includes a bunch of extras on the gun that are not on the G17.
Spend a little more and buy the Glock 34 instead. Longer barrel, longer sight radius and Glock includes a bunch of extras on the gun that are not on the G17.
When I finished my Black Badge course my first IPSC match was a two weeks later and correcting my shots from 7-9 o-clock before my first match was highly unlikely. What was consistant at the time was my groups at 7-9 o-clock, so with my little screwdriver and a few clicks to the right and afew click up I shot Alfa's, Charlie's and Delta's. If I had just fixed sights then I would have just shot Delta's and Mike's for most of the stages.
Beside adjustable sights become fixed sights when one has ajusted them to their liking and leaves them be.
I'd say got factory adjustable sights and when your ready and willing to spend some money upgrade with after market sight whether it be fixed or adjustable.
All I can say from my experince is that I have both fixed and adjustable sight handguns. And nothing is more discouraging then not hitting the paper target at 25 meters and then you get a fellow bullseye shooter to shoot your pistol and he's hitting the paper but not in the black and then you get the laser bore sighter and it's aiming dead center on the paper target at 25m and your scratching your head and saying to your self WTF is going on??? Is it me??? The ammo I'm using?? Or both??? but in the mean time can I please get my shots in the black while I'm practicing!!! Oh... I have adjustable sights, let me make some adjustments and continue practicing.
Again this works for me and I'd like to finish my day at the range knowing 100% of my rounds is on paper and not the cardboard it's stapled to that has about 100 .22 and 9mm holes in them already from the previous shooters.
Why is it OK for adjustable sights on a .22 target pistol or on a rifle but is seems to be uncool to have one on a Glock or M&P or HK and so on??? Is it un-manly??? To many John Woo movies?? Unless your handgun will be prone to being dropped or getting bashed against a wall while repelling down a wall or tackling/wrestling a criminal to the ground, having a handgun of any caliber with adjustable sight should be ok and great for that first time shooter or one that has been out of the sport for some time and coming back in or the reloader.
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I'm with RePete, the factory Glock sights really suck (worst thing on the entire Glock line) so you'll end up replacing them - why pay extra (adjustable crappy plastic vs. fixed crappy plastic) for something you'll end up sh*t canning anyway. In the kind of use you're looking at the factory sights will get damaged. IPSC is about using guns, not walking around with them in a holster, Glock sights are great for holster use. As far as fixed vs. adjustable goes, I'm with TDC - if your fixed sights are out, fix them or get them fixed (taller or shorter blade and drift left and right) and then learn to shoot them, it'll help you in the long run. I just noticed that you can't shoot an 18 in production - what's the deal with that, I think it would make a perfect IPSC gun 
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Your adjustments are only compensating for your flinch. A low left group(from a right handed shooter) is indicative of a flinch. With proper training and practice all pistols will shoot straight regardless of load, sight radius or sight style. I guess the fixed XS big dots on my sub-compact Glock 26 and that of two buddies must be an inferior setup to adjustable sights. If that's the case, explain why bowling pins and steel plates at 25 yards are a non issue for any of us. The same results can be had with our full size Glock 17's with traditional three dot sights as well.
I find it odd that for as many who have issues with fixed sights there are just as many who have no problems at all. The scientific process would tell you that when all but on variable is controlled and only one variable is altered. The subsequent results from any action are directly connected to the variable being changed. In this case, its the shooter(s) that has changed, not the equipment.
TDC
