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iceman320

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ok guys what do you think are the best sights to put on a carry gun. the stock sights, laser sight, night sights or fiber optic sights? what are your opinions on this guys?
 
Any that won't snag when you draw, and allow you to quickly hit your target.
I prefer tritium night sights myself

Questions like this have no real answer because it's all personal preference.

Some will undoubtedly say they should be fixed sights, but I've never had any problems with adjustable sights on any weapons
 
Just bought a Kahr P380 that came with Trijicon night sights. Looks ok in the dark, but haven't really practiced with it.
 
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ok guys what do you think are the best sights to put on a carry gun. the stock sights, laser sight, night sights or fiber optic sights? what are your opinions on this guys?

What do you like the best? I run Truglo TFX and TFX pro
 
I've always run night sight with fiber optics, but my front sight broke.
I just put a set of Wilson combat victors sights with a gold bead on my Glock.
Trying something different
 
The best sights will naturally be the ones you see best with.
For me, it's a thin and medium high front sight, with a wide notch rear one that allows plenty of light around the front one.
 
My ideal are Trijicons HD night sights with yellow rear and green front with an orange painted outline on the front. Easy to see and differentiate in night or day.
 
My most commonly carried pistol is a Glock 26 with stock rear sights and a Trijicon HD front sight. The front sight really grabs your attention regardless of lighting conditions. My pocket pistol is a Sig P238, which comes with excellent 3-dot night sights. In low light, it takes just a fraction of a second longer to comprehend the sight alignment with the lit back dots, at least for me. With only the front sight lit, you let your tactile sensation tell you where the back of the pistol is, put the front sight on your target, and the results are surprisingly good.
 
NONE, learn to point and shoot - this is something used for close up and personal, not 1000 yards
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As someone that can and does point shoot or practice "reflexive shooting", I still have sights on my pistols. While statistics point to most defensive shootings being very close, sights in no way hinder me from point shooting and at the same time tend to come in handy for shots beyond those bad breath distances (and not even as far away as 1000 yds). We cover the importance of shot placement all the time on this forum with regards to ballistic performance of handgun calibers, not to mention the liability of misses. Reflexive shooting is an important skill but not everyone is Bob Munden and sights have a place.

To the OP, sights tend to be a matter of personal preference. Honestly the only advice I can give is to try different options (even if on friends' gun at the range) and find what you like. I've come to like a straight eight type setup, but again that's just me.
 
I agree with FITASC and Cheapshooter. My LCP and LC9 are solely for self-defense -- point and shoot -- feet, not yards, perhaps in a bedroom or just inside a door. I would hope to have enough time to raise the handgun so it was in front of my face with my arms extended but I would not expect enough time to use the sights as though I was shooting paper. A larger carry gun for outside the home, e.g., a 1911 or SR9, should have sights suitable for self-defense use. I may or may not have time to use those sights, but if I had the time and still needed to shoot at an attacker I would probably try to use them.
 
Night sights, because the sun is down an average of 12 hours a day.

Night sights can be used during the day, but you can't see day sights when its dark.
 
I don't know what kind of gun you have or what kind of threats you are facing. I could give you a glib or pat answer like some of the above examples but it would be near worthless advice.
 
As someone that can and does point shoot or practice "reflexive shooting", I still have sights on my pistols. While statistics point to most defensive shootings being very close, sights in no way hinder me from point shooting and at the same time tend to come in handy
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Eee-Zactly!!! :D

(Sorry, Cheapshooter, I couldn't resist. Not intended as a cheap shot. Couldn't resist that one, either. I crack myself up.)
 
IMHO, that front sight needs to have either a white, green or red dot, a F.O. element, a tritium bulb, or a domed gold bead. A blind rear battlesight works fine. But a good 25yd zero on the sights of your EDC is always the best way to go regardless of how the sights are configured.
 
I prefer night sights...or a fibre optic front sight ..and a little bigger rear sight like a battle sight sold by Wilson.

You probably don't need sights on a handgun in a close quarters battle ( out to 10 Feet or so )...but I want sights on there anyway.

( I don't want anything on a handgun that runs off a battery...red dot, laser, light, etc... )
 
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