Posted: 4/7/2016 8:55:45 PM EDT
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I am having trouble getting proper sight alignment with my handgun
When I align the top of the front sign with the top of the rear sight, it appears the middle dot is riding high and not aligned with the rear sight dots, and in this configuration I always shoot high When all three dots are aligned, the front sight post itself is lower than the rear posts, but my point of impact is correct. When the three dots are aligned shouldn't the tops of the post be aligned as well? The two in conflict make acquiring rapid sight picture difficult. Any thoughts? |
| I'll take a stab, the dots are there to assist in rapid sight alignment so if by them being lined up you are at point of aim=point of impact they are doing their job. I see what you are saying about the top of the front blade not being flush with the top of the rear in this alignment, but it sounds like with these sights you'll just have to train your eyes to ignore it. |
| No, the dots and tops will be likely be different. Any dots or posts or whatever are visual cues to pick them up quicker. The tops of sights should be aligned for proper, well, alignment. That's proper sight alignment. After that is sight picture or sight image. Are you covering the X with the front post? 50/50? What pistol? |
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Usually it is the opposite problem with equal height alignment of the sights the hits will be centered but aligning dots results in high or
Low. I generally tell people the sights need to be aligned for precision shots beyond about 10-12 yards ignoring the dots totally and for close fast shooting closer up use the dots as reference |
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I had a very similar problem that was caused by my progressive bifocals. What worked for me was to buy a cheap laser (link below) and have my son aim and align it.(he's a very good shot). Problem solved and the laser was $11 with free shipping on Amazon. It's also useful in reducing any movement during trigger pull dry fire practice.
http://www.amazon.com/Vokul-Tactical-Laser-Pistol-Picatinny/dp/B00X356WZQ?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00 |
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Brand of gun and source/model of sights???
ANY pair you get OEM on a gun SHOULD align the dots when the black sights are aligned. Not doing so is poor manufacturing. Hint: look at them before you buy. There are a lot of poor detail wise manufacturers. Pairs you buy or put together separately are a tossup for matching. HiViz green sets are generally properly aligned in sets for the same gun/model. |
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Two options:
1) Your front sight is too short, and aligning the dots compensates for this. 2) Your trigger pull is off in such a way that aiming low compensates for it. Don't know your experience level or proficiency with other guns, so no offense if it's not you. Have you tried shooting the gun off of a rest to take out the human element? |
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Lamp I have seen this issue with S&W glock sig and h&K and beretta pretty common for the sights themselves and the dots no to agree with each other Understood, but poor quality none the less. Glock factory sights are a three sided box and a dot. Most are OK. Some lose the bottom of the dot when the tops are lined up because the rear notch is too shallow. A needle file in the center bottom of the rear sight makes clearance. The other brands with dots are just sloppy. Its no wonder the sight industry has so much work/business. HiViz Glock sights have a large green front and a two dot rear that at arms length look perfect. I hate spending an extra $100 on top of a gun but they are worth it. |
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Understood, but poor quality none the less. Glock factory sights are a three sided box and a dot. Most are OK. Some lose the bottom of the dot when the tops are lined up because the rear notch is too shallow. A needle file in the center bottom of the rear sight makes clearance. The other brands with dots are just sloppy. Its no wonder the sight industry has so much work/business. HiViz Glock sights have a large green front and a two dot rear that at arms length look perfect. I hate spending an extra $100 on top of a gun but they are worth it. Quoted:
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Lamp I have seen this issue with S&W glock sig and h&K and beretta pretty common for the sights themselves and the dots no to agree with each other Understood, but poor quality none the less. Glock factory sights are a three sided box and a dot. Most are OK. Some lose the bottom of the dot when the tops are lined up because the rear notch is too shallow. A needle file in the center bottom of the rear sight makes clearance. The other brands with dots are just sloppy. Its no wonder the sight industry has so much work/business. HiViz Glock sights have a large green front and a two dot rear that at arms length look perfect. I hate spending an extra $100 on top of a gun but they are worth it. My Glock does this. The rear of the notch just starts to cover up the white dot. It doesn't bother me though. I would do the sharpie thing. A lot of my pistols DON'T have 3 dots and that's fine by me. The front sight is what I care about. And even that doesn't have to have a white dot. But it makes it nice in low light. The other real question is, where is your POI? Someone said earlier that they only had one gun that shoots to the dot. I have more than one. The M9 shoots to the dot, my HiPower shoots to the dot, if it had one (meaning half way down the front post), And my G26 does too. Although that one depends on the distance. When shooting at 25 yards / Meters, it hits closer to the top of post. I prefer a top of post POI though. But not all pistols do that. |