Winning a gunfight might depend on getting on target quickly
You can’t take advantage of the horsepower, if you can’t keep the car on the road. It’s no different with handguns. You can’t make the most of a pistol’s firepower if your sights don’t allow you to stay on target.
That point hit home when a friend of mine, a police officer with a passion for cars, grimaced at the balding tires on my truck.
“This is a sophisticated machine,” he said. “It’s built to precise standards and it will last for 100,000 miles or more. But the only part of this machine that contacts the road is the tires. Everything this vehicle does to move you from point A to Point B is translated to the road through your tires. If they don’t work, then the whole machine doesn’t work.”
A handgun is also a machine built to precise standards, but it needs good sights to steer you quickly on target. Sure, you can make shots at very close range without the use of sights, but that limits the functionality of the weapon, one that you are relying upon to defend your life.
The good news is a that there’s a large market in aftermarket sights. Here’s a look at the various sight options available today and what each of these different designs can accomplish for you.
IRON SIGHTS
Iron sights vary from the elaborate to the austere, and at least one company—Charter Arms—is now offering a revolver (the Boomer in .44 Special) without any front sight at all. So, what features matter, what features are superfluous, and—as in the case of the Boomer—are irons even necessary?
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Wash, Rinse, Repeat
Keeping your firearms clean and maintained is the first step to better gun ownership
POCKET PROTECTORS
WHY CARRY A MICRO- COMPACT PISTOL? BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU THE MOST CONCEALED CARRY OPTIONS
EDC BLADES
THERE’S A LOT TO CONSIDER WHEN LOOKING FOR A SUITABLE EVERYDAY CARRY KNIFE
LIGHT UP THE NIGHT
A SMALL TACTICAL FLASHLIGHT SHOULD ALWAYS BE INCLUDED IN YOUR EDC GEAR
CARRY IN QUALITY
TRUTHS, LIES AND REALITIES OF WHAT HOLSTER TO WEAR
Comfortable Concealment
Comp-Tac offers quality, affordable holsters for defense and competition.
Right-Sized 1911
Ruger’s Model 6711 is a worthy, modern take on the famed lightweight commander.
The Right Sights
Winning a gunfight might depend on getting on target quickly
This HK is A-OK
The new heckler & koch vp9sk sub-compact 9mm has what it takes when you take it with you
A Cut Above
Cold steel’s new Golden Eye folder has much to offer as an EDC blade