Most Ridiculous firearms accessory I Love

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johnwilliamson062

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The Hipoint Ghost ring pistol sight.
I keep an eye out for Hipoints sold locally for a good price and quite a few have come and gone from my hands, but I function tested my first one with the ghost ring sight. Man, did I love it. It looks absolutely ridiculous on the pistol. I am not sure how it would come out of a holster. It cut my groups in half. Almost shot this pistol as well as my Kahr T9. Not quite, but it wasn't far off either and I haven't been shooting much. I might not shoot the T9 as well as last time I had it out. Standard swap for all the Hipoints I get my hands on from now on. I will post them on armslist as "accurized" and get $25 extra trade on them! Rumor has it hipoint will send the sights free of charge!
 
Depends on the shooter I suppose. I tried one early on, and it drove me nuts. Like the Mojo rifle sights, they dont work like a true "peep", as they are to far from your eye. You still need to "align" the sights, and they offer no real reference point for that.

I have seen one of that type, that had its ring in the shape of a hexagon, which may have worked better, as it looked to give a horizontal reference for your eye to pick up. Not sure if that was the reasoning or not.

Also, some sets Ive seen, were lit, and had dots on the side of the rear, at 3 and 9, which would also give a reference. Perhaps just using the dots, would be quicker, as your brain isnt trying to solve the alignment issue. Works that way at close range with three dot night sights.

I just found them very slow to use and somewhat confusing, which just added to the speed degradation, especially with years of conditioning aligning traditional sights.

The only real way to know if they will work for you, is to get a set and put the time in with them to see.
 
I found a photo of the sight picture. There is a horizontal reference. The front sight dot is much smaller in the aperture than as in the peep of any rifle I have shot. Probably comparable to similar shotgun sights. I've wanted to try a shotgun with ghost ring, but have not had the opportunity, so that is conjecture. I found it very intuitive and faster than patridge sights. I use only the front sight for 95% of my Glock shooting and I found the speed comparable. I did not have a shot timer available.

The major downside is the sight is massive. I would almost say it would necessitate a holster that had the rear of the slide exposed. It might snag on anything. For a bedside/sock drawer gun I think it would be excellent.

It could be the barrel on this gun and everything else just went together perfect, but I doubt it. I had a second hipoint at the range and the trigger, grip, etc did not seem to differ significantly. Yes, I am currently lucky enough to own two of these pistols.
 
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There is a horizontal reference.
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There is on that one, the one I had didnt have one.

The sight in the pic shows exactly what I was referring to, as to it not working like a normal peep type sight. You still need to align them, and they are not as intuitive as standard pistol sights.

Probably comparable to similar shotgun sights. I've wanted to try a shotgun with ghost ring, but have not had the opportunity, so that is conjecture.
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I have/have had shotguns and rifles with ghost rings, but they are mounted where peeps normally are on long guns, which is at the rear of the gun. You dont look at the sight (or even notice it), you look through it. The front sight is the only point of reference.
 
I found my eye automatically centered without conscious thought.
Very few people pick up a gun with patridge/U+Notch sights for the first time and shoot them correctly, so I would say they are not very intuitive at all.

It was very natural for me.

Considering hipoints market, I'm guessing they found they were very easy for new/inexperienced shooters to use.
What is intuitive does vary from person to person.
This was the first time I have used such a sight on a pistol, I have never researched it before although I have used peeps on rifles extensively, and I was getting good results with the first mag.

I looked up similar sights available for Glocks and didn't find any I particularly like.

While in the holster or once clear it can still snag clothes and such. I just imagine pulling one out of a sock drawer with a pair of socks ciinging to the top.
 
Dot sights you dont have to align. You look at the target and the dot appears where the bullet is going.

With rear mounted peeps, there is no conscious thought to alignment, as its close to the eye, and you look through it. The front sight works much like the dot in a dot sight.

With forward mounted peeps, you still have to make a conscious effort to align the front sight in them, and without a horizontal reference in the rear, it can be a bit confusing. The sight in Johns pic, is a bit different than what I had exerience with, and at least offers that reference.
 
With rear mounted peeps, there is no conscious thought to alignment, as its close to the eye, and you look through it. The front sight works much like the dot in a dot sight.
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You do have to have consistent cheek weld with rifles, and that isn't always simple. I really didn't have any problem with these sights. The rear sight is quite large. It was lined up pretty well when I brought the pistol up. If the hole radius was smaller, like a rifles peep sight, I could see where it might cause problems.
 
I have a ring sight on a Glock 34 9mm. The gun is very fast in target acquisition but not very good for target. I find it difficult to get the front sight aligned the same each time vertically.
It works but not that well, this gun will see a red dot of some type before long.
 
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