xs big dot

I used big dots on my old Gen 2 Glock.

I'm faster and more accurate with a high vis front and a blacked out OEM rear on my Gen 3. For me, high vis front is actually easier to pick up quickly than the Big Dot was. I've found that at close distances, just shooting off the front sight will give me acceptable accuracy, which is essentially what the big dot gives you. But I found that my current set up is much more accurate than the Big Dot system was when speed isn't the only factor.

In my experience, the Big Dot offers no improvements at all compared to modern high visibility tritium sights.

Ameriglo Hackahorn sights are my next purchase.
 
TDC said:
I agree with you there. However, if you're need to make a low probability shot with a handgun, its probably a shot you shouldn't be taking with a handgun in the first place, regardless of sight system. For the majority of handgun work at or inside 25 yards, XS are workable for sure.

TDC
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That's not a decision I want my equipment to make for me.
 
The hack sights are roughly the same price and offer all of the benefits of the big dots as well as the benefit of the notched rear. To me its a no brainer, everyones eyes are different and people have their preferences, but I dont see what you gain by going with the big dots over the hacks, or the HD's, unless you like the post and dot sight picture. I tried it on a Sig I had for a while and hated it, but its also not what Im accustom too, when transitioning from target to target at speed I found it harder to maintain accuracy and I also found it easy to shoot those sights high. If I had of trained more with them Im sure I could have become more proficient but it would have been a waste of my time and ammo, I didnt like the sights, and it was a quick fix to change them.
 
I like this discussion. I wish heine would make a hi viz FS. I like dot over dot. So far I have used a bunch of mates trijicons and made my own hackathorn by painting my tritium NS FS with orange paint around the tritium and then blacking out the back sight. Too many dots pisses me off. If my presentation is so bad that the dot is way out of the notch then i deserve to miss.

-chris
 
my opinion, anything that Big Dots claim to offer you can be accomplished with pretty much any other hi vis sight out there. My fibre optic sights accomplish the exact same thing during the day. Decent tritium sights will do it at night or low light. The Hackathorn sights do both. The big difference is you also maintain a level of accuracy with all these options, that the Big Dots just don't afford most shooters. Can you shoot them accurately? Sure you can, but as easily as other sights? Nope. The comment about your equipment not running you is 100% bang on. If you are running Big Dots, they are running you.
 
Slavex said:
my opinion, anything that Big Dots claim to offer you can be accomplished with pretty much any other hi vis sight out there. My fibre optic sights accomplish the exact same thing during the day. Decent tritium sights will do it at night or low light. The Hackathorn sights do both. The big difference is you also maintain a level of accuracy with all these options, that the Big Dots just don't afford most shooters. Can you shoot them accurately? Sure you can, but as easily as other sights? Nope. The comment about your equipment not running you is 100% bang on. If you are running Big Dots, they are running you.
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Sorry, your last sentence is false. Big dots are an option that excel under certain circumstances, and work well under the rest. Making hits on steel at 50 and 100 yards is far from difficult with big dots. I guess I have some special big dots to accomplish such feats. The reality here is that sight alignment is critical for making accurate hits. At close range under high stress, the front sight of the XS system is very easy to find and apply to the threat. Could you point shoot the threat? Sure, but having a defined sighting plane is never a bad thing. Whether you use it or not is dictated by the situation.

As I mentioned before, if you are unable to acquire a proper sight alignment/sight picture on demand from the holster/low ready, then the style of sights is irrelevant, as you need more practice in doing so. That being the case, the XS advantage is that losing the front sight entirely is near impossible to do for all but the truly uncoordinated. At critical distances, if you can see the front sight somewhere along the rear sight, you'll likely make hits. With a standard notch style, if you can't see the front sight then you're not sure where the rounds are going as you have neither a vertical nor horizontal reference as to where it(front sight) and subsequently your muzzle are pointed. A visual of the XS front sight indicates that your muzzle is indeed within vertical limits for a hit(this is provided you see at least half the front sight above the rear sight, up to and including a full front sight slightly above the top of the rear sight) and if its somewhere over the rear sight, then you're within lateral limits for making a hit.

Regardless of what style or brand of sights you run, it still comes down to user skill. The "best" sights in the world are worthless if you can't apply them and the rest of the fundamentals of marksmanship.

TDC
 
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