Sig Sight Picture

[munir]

I shot a P220 last night (after shooting a P239 .357 last week). I rent these guns, and don't get a lot of instruction with the rental.

I have a question about the sight picture. The P220 (and the P239) have a white dot on the front sight, and a white dot on the rear sight. I have no trouble getting them lined up one on top of the other, but I can't quite figure out how high the front white dot should be above the rear white dot.

My son, who shoots with me, thinks that the top of the front sight should be lined up with the top of the "ears" on the rear sight. He does reasonbably well with that, though he tends to shoot a bit low. I tried putting the front sight's white dot right between the points of the "ears" on the rear sight, and that was clearly too high. So where should the front sight be, vertically, with regard to the rear sight?

Don't ding me for not reading the manual, it's a rental.

BTW, last night was the first time that we'd shot a .45. We both had more fun with the .357 SIG last week We're both new enough that it may just be that we got a good 239 last week, and a rough 220 this week. But the .357 SIG seemed to have a snappier recoil, and was more fun for us.

Later,
munir

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[This message has been edited by munir (edited May 23, 2000).]

 

[Mike in VA]

Here's what works for me & any of my SIGs (226, 228,232,239)- put the front sight in the center of the bullseye, then center the front sight over the white bar on the rear sight so that it just rests on it, like dotting an "i". Ideally, it should be centered in the notch of the rear sight,b ut maintain your focus on the front sight, even though the bullseye may be a little blurry. Breath, relax, aim, squeeze & bang! HTH, good luck, m2

 

[Mik]

it really doesn't matter if ur sights have 3 dots, 3 lines, bar-dot, plain black sights or whatever, make sure the top of the front sight is at equal height with the top of the rear blades. focus on the front sight, and make sure the front sight is centered between the rear sight picture so u have a little light on each side of the front sight. i prefer the bar-dot sights (SIG/SAUER) and u will find that the dot is not always fully visible when properly sighting the handgun. i have found that longer distance shooting is aided by the bar-dot sights too. for distances beyond 25m, i position my front sight and dot the "i" with the dot front sight fully visible.

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Mik

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[michang]

I second the last opinion. Do not think entirely in terms of the bar-dot, three-dot, etc. combinations. Just keep in mind that on all guns, you should line up the top of the front sight with the top of the back sight. Equal amounts of light should show on the left and right sides of the front sight in relation to the back sight.

I know this is probably a bit of extra info, especially since you are just renting the guns, but I was always taught, "Practice does NOT make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect."

Disregard the dots and bars and to use actual sights because you never know when you might pick up a random gun in a s**t-hits-the-fan situation and realize, "Dang! These sights don't have dots! What do I do now?!?" Learn the basics and use the dots, night sights, etc. to aid in low light situations.

Lastly, I even go as far as to use a bit of black tape to cover up the vertical bar on the back sight on my SIG 225. I found that this significantly increased my accuracy -- I guess I wasn't so worried about "dotting the i." Good luck! Enjoy the SIGs.

[This message has been edited by michang (edited May 24, 2000).]