Front sight dilemma

I have a 1911 Springfield full loaded, and I was having problems seeing the sights clear as I want. So, I got a fiber optic front sight and when I am outside it works so well! I went to the range today and low and behold, it was so hard to see the front sights like it should have. It is all about the lighting of where you are and low lighting they suck.
I guess I am used to my everyday carry which works great but if you know anything about sights you will know everybody makes a different mounting sizes on the 1911 sights. It was easy to find good sights for my Kimber but no so much for the Springfield.
I had a good day at the range, and I did more training than my actual shooting even though I still ran some drills. I practiced point shooting at a 8-inch target at ten feet. I figured since I had a lemon, I would make lemonade by practicing point shooting since my sights were giving me problems and it worked out well. Sorry no pictures, I have a new phone being shipped tp me.

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perhaps a tritium front sight would help?

or maybe the white dot front site??

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I still stand behind a tritium front sight with a brightly colored circle around it, something like a Trijicon HD in style (though mostly the ones I have now are smaller dots as they are a little taller for RDS use)

The front sight stands out in all lighting conditions, whether you are shining a light on/by the front sight or not, whether it’s light or dark.

Though of course, the red dot is also visible in all lighting conditions so the front sight becomes redundant but it’s great to have two always visible sights

While a lot of people are happy with fiber optics…the fact remains there are a lot of lighting condition situations where you can ID a target but can’t see a fiber optic front sight unless you have and use supplemental lighting (WML/flashlight) which is less reliable than a sight you can just-see no matter what

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What color fiber optic do you have ? I’ve got a red in my Kimber that can be difficult to see on low light but a green I’m my Beretta that is easier to pick up on low light.

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I would simply change to green or yellow if using red.
Red is most times imperceptible in low light.
For me, it’s always been white tritium!

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I have Trijicon 3 green dots front sight has a orange ring around the green dot in low light to zero light the sights are so easy to pick up.

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XS Big Dot sights :+1:

I ordered a tritium front sight. I was using green by the way. I have tritium sights on my EDC and I love them!

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It is not the best picture with my camera, but I am sure you will see how nice my sights are now!

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Clear as mud. :wink:

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Glows in the dark too!!! Yeah, like I said, a bad photo but you get the point!

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You just scared the ■■■■ out of your speaker

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hmmm… would that be speaker abuse??? :innocent: :innocent: :innocent:

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I recently got to experience a pistol with a fiber optic for the first time. It was great when the light was good but worthless when it wasn’t. I swapped it out for my preferred sights.

I’m a big fan of the tritium front sight with bright orange ring around it. It really jumps out in almost all lighting conditions except when I am in a shaded room pointing the pistol at a bright outdoor window. But even then the sight post stands out against the bright background.

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Good thing that speaker does not work! Why I haven’t tossed it, I don’t know why.

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Sounds like you need the XS Big Dot…. When you go the indoor range shine a flashlight on the Big Dot, it charges the front sight and it’s bright!!

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I had to go red dot. And don’t regret it. Now all my carry guns have one.

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Red nail polish shows up real well in all kinds of light.