Then I thought about it, and realized that the gun was two decades old. Guess they had reached their half-life. I had originally bought this gun to shoot in Glock Shooting Sports matches, mainly falling plate matches. These days, it's mostly retired, resting beside the recliner for "Home Invasion" duties. There has been a marked increase in the area, but NOT so much in the rural homes. Better to be prepared.This is the Glock:
- 01 The house gun.jpg (449.25 KiB) Viewed 1116 times
These are the sights I have had on the gun since I obtained it:
- 02 dead sights no glow.jpg (533.06 KiB) Viewed 1116 times
It was a match gun when I bought it and the original owner had polished the barrel assembly so the slide ran smooth as silk. They had replaced the factory sights with the trijicons. I just replaced the springs as needed as shooting matches as I did resulted in a high round count.
I started looking at replacement sights, and since I wasn't going to shoot competition, I looked hard at the XS Big Dot Night Sight line. I got lucky and came across a nice 40% off sale, and ordered a set. Big Dots are good for old eyes and fast target acquisition, but NOT for FINE bullseye type accuracy. Worked for me as this was now going to be a seven to fifteen yard speed gun.
The sights arrived promptly, and I was impressed.
- 03 xs big dot sights.jpg (690.29 KiB) Viewed 1116 times
Since I had been the Department's Glock Armorer and done a good bit of off duty work for my Officers and fellow GSSF shooters at my Home Bench, I had purchased the Glock Sight tools, so installation was smooth and simple. Took about thirty minutes. I remembered to make light pencil marks to record the position of the old rear sight notch and set the new one in the same position. New sight installed.
- 04 installed.jpg (477.59 KiB) Viewed 1116 times
Now just need to get down to the range and test fire for accuracy....
