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Dave_F

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I've had my stock Glock 17 for about 2 years now and have enjoyed it. Also have a 22 handgun for practice which makes things cheaper.

I'd like some advice on changing the sights.

The stock sights seem large, as in, they hide a substantial amount of the target. I still have a long way to go myself in terms of accuracy but thought smaller sights might be helpful. I'm thinking especially so that I can more easily distinguish any side to side or up and down alignment.

am I just a noob who needs to learn how to shoot or is this somewhat legitimate. :runaway:

Can anyone suggest aftermarket sights?

Thanks
 
I have the Warren Tactical, Savigny carry sights on mine and love them.

RobAK liked them so much, that he's ordered a set.
 
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"...stock sights seem large..." You want highly visible sights on a pistol. Large sights are actually better than small sights. Easier to see and pick up quickly. Small sights aren't that great for seeing movement or having the proper sight picture.
However, there are aftermarket sights available with tritrium(glow-in-the-dark 'night sights' that add $100 to the price of a new pistol) and white dots(least expensive). There's even a 'ghost ring' rear sight(peep).
Goble's might carry aftermarket Glock sights. I'm not sure though.
Use a 6 o'clock hold. You don't need to see the whole target.
 
I like the look of the sevigny sights.

If I get new ones is it worth it to go with tritium? The ones on it now have white dots but not tritium

Sunray, if i understand you are saying in a tactical type situation, large sights are going to allow faster target acquisition as opposed to smaller sights that might be more accurate on the range?

if this is the case, could one go with smaller sights that are just more visible, say with the tritium?
 
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By 'large' do you mean too wide and are you referring to the front blade or rear sight?
I always found the front blade was too wide for my preference, even on the night-site tritium set. I replaced the front blade with a narrower (.125" IIRC) Heinie blade, my groups were cut in half and it was still a very fast target aquisition. Alternately I guess I could have opened up the rear notch some as well.....didn't think of that at the time.
Check out the dimensions of sights you like on other guns and compare them to yours, it may be that the sight picture (notch-post relationships) is just not quite right for your preference.

Cheers
 
Ike said:
By 'large' do you mean too wide and are you referring to the front blade or rear sight?
I always found the front blade was too wide for my preference, even on the night-site tritium set. I replaced the front blade with a narrower (.125" IIRC) Heinie blade, my groups were cut in half and it was still a very fast target aquisition. Alternately I guess I could have opened up the rear notch some as well.....didn't think of that at the time.
Check out the dimensions of sights you like on other guns and compare them to yours, it may be that the sight picture (notch-post relationships) is just not quite right for your preference.

Cheers
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This is actually a really good question that I have not thought enough about. I guess too wide would be the answer.

From reading more than experience, I've heard the term, "aim small, miss small" and have generally found it to be helpful and something I try to follow. The Glock sights makes it feel like I'm sighting the whole target rather than the 10 ring.

Not sure if that makes sense but that's the way it feels. I'm looking for something that would let me sight in the 10 ring, or as small as visibility allows. It's seems easier to self analyze my shooting and improve that way.

Again, i'm relatively new to handgun shooting so may be way off on this.
 
I'm going through the same thing right now with my G22. I know it's not meant to be a target pistol, but I hate the stock sights. I find the front blade way too wide, and it obscures most of the target 25 yards out.
 
One easy experimetn (paricularly if they are the plastic sights) would be to remove the front sight from the slide and file or sand the sides evenly to make it narrower. That would allow you to see if your sight picture gets better. At worst you wreck the plastic front sight and speeed up the process of getting new ones ;)

BTW: Don't try it with the sight on the gun , you will damage the slide.
 
Another vote for the Sevigny Sight Set! I'm using them on my 17L and the wide rear/narrow front is a nice change from the stock sight!


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The tritium insert is a nice option is you are going to actually shoot the gun in low light condition... Since my gun is a range-queen, I find the black sights to be easier/faster to get on target.

Safe shooting,

Mike.
 
sillymike said:
Another vote for the Sevigny Sight Set! I'm using them on my 17L and the wide rear/narrow front is a nice change from the stock sight!


Sevigny%20Competition%20Sight%203.jpg


The tritium insert is a nice option is you are going to actually shoot the gun in low light condition... Since my gun is a range-queen, I find the black sights to be easier/faster to get on target.

Safe shooting,

Mike.
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I have ordered the Tritium front sight, to replace the plain jane.

I do no/low light shooting.
 
Was going to post a seperate thread but saw this one. I have placed my order for a glock 34 & wonder if anybody has experience with the factory adjustable rear sight on this model?
 
sillymike said:
Another vote for the Sevigny Sight Set! I'm using them on my 17L and the wide rear/narrow front is a nice change from the stock sight!


Sevigny%20Competition%20Sight%203.jpg


The tritium insert is a nice option is you are going to actually shoot the gun in low light condition... Since my gun is a range-queen, I find the black sights to be easier/faster to get on target.

Safe shooting,

Mike.
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That is almost exactly the sight picture I ended up with by switching to the (thinner) Heinie front blade, for me it allowed much more accuracte sighting and my groups shrunk by half immediately.
 
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