Posted: 5/10/2012 4:28:28 PM EDT
| What are 10-8 sights ? Are they any good ? |
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which height front sight do I want with a Gen 4 G-22??? Thanks in advance... |
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I mounted 10-8 Performance sights on my Gen. 4 G23, (brass bead front, serrated rear); have found them outstanding.
If your Glock is shooting to point of aim you will want to use the .215 front sight. The .235 front will lower point of impact by ~ 1.5-2", and the .250 lowers by ~ 3", both at 25 yds. 10-8 also sells a temporary front sight that can easily be filed down while sighting in to give you a perfect POA/POI, you then remove the sight and measure it and you have the correct front sight height. |
| I have a 10-8 brass bead on my Glock 23 and its outstanding. My M&P 9mm has a 10-8 tritium and it doesn't seem to be as bright as some meprolight tritiums I had. The brass bead sight is brighter than tritiums in all but near total darkness. You can pick it up VERY fast. |
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which height front sight do I want with a Gen 4 G-22??? Thanks in advance... The information below was taken from the 10-8 site. SOME IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT GLOCK SIGHTS: Factory Glocks tend to shoot anywhere from 2-4" high at 25 yards, usually necessitating the use of a 6 o'clock hold when shooting bullseye and other small targets. Keep in mind that if you lined up 20 Glocks, all of the same model and caliber, not every single one would shoot to the same point of impact with a given set of sights. Glock makes a number of different height rear sights to accommodate the inherent variations in points of impact. With this in mind, an aftermarket front/rear set with a standardized height for all models - such as the one we've been selling for a few years now - can only provide an approximate elevation setting for any particular gun. The .215" height is the most commonly used of our front sight heights, and typically provides a point of impact from 0 to approximately 2" high at 25 yards. Results will vary with individual pistols. The .235" height front sight lowers point of impact approximately 2-3" at 25 yds from the .215" tall front sight, and the .250" height lowers the point of impact approximately 3.5-5" at 25 yds, depending on your model's sight radius. One inch of elevation change at 25 yards equates to approximately .007" of front sight height. We do not recommend sighting in your pistol at any distance closer than 25 yards, as the amount of possible error generated by sighting in at shorter distances will create issues when you shoot at longer ranges. So how are you supposed to know what to put on the front of your gun to match the rear sight you got from us? Currently the simplest answer is to leave your existing front sight in place, shoot it at 25 yards with your new 10-8 rear in place and print a group for elevation. Measure your existing front sight, and using the .007" of front sight = 1" at 25 yards equation (I know, no one said there'd be math...), figure out how much taller or shorter you need to go. Everyone tends to like or accept different elevations, which further compounds the difficulty in preselecting a front sight. I like my guns to shoot about .5" to 1" high at 25 yards so that I can see the point of impact over the tip of my front sight blade. You can also use our Glock Sight In Tool, a plastic one-use sight blade, to sight your pistol in by filing the front sight height to fit. Once sighted in, remove the Sight In Tool, measure it, then order the correct front sight. |
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That's the type of rear I've been looking for. That's going to be tits with a Sevigny fiber front. |
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Is the brass really that visible, or more visible than say a traditional night sight? I like the look, but I gotta see a pic of both lined up on a gun, anybody got one. The brass bead is going to reflect any light source and appear bright yellow. It will be visible in a lighted environment and will reflect any ambient light in a low light environment. A Tritium vial will not show up in daylight or bright light, but will glow from it's own radioactive gas in low light and darkness. If surrounded by a white ring you will use that for a reference in a speed shooting situation rather than the tritium vial. If the vial is not surrounded by a white ring you will use the front sight as a standard iron sight in daytime/bright light. The brass bead isn't going to assist you as much in very low light, but then you won't be able to identify your target anyway so a Trit. sight while more visible isn't going to allow target identification either. Fiber Optic/Tritium is another option. The FO will glow brightly in daylight/bright light and the tritium will do the same in low light/darkness, but you sacrifice some durability due the larger hole in the front sight required to accommodate the tube. I really like a standard U notch rear with no dots/FO/tritium and any of the three options listed above on the front sight. The 10-8's I have installed on my G23 is the first setup I've run that has been dark on the rear sight and that really helps keeping my concentration on the front sight where it belongs. |