Are night sights worth it?

[Cokeman]

I swayed you, huh.

[muggsy]

As an LEO I believe they are invaluable. Just ask a cop who has been in a low light shooting what they think. If you are not consciously aimimg the weapon using the sights or point shooting in a close encounter you will be lucky to hit anything.

The spray and pray mind-set is ignorant and dangerous.

If you practice point shooting you can become very good at it. A lot of the LEOs don't practice any type of shooting often enough. Some of the best shooters that I've encountered were LEOs. Some of the worst shooters were LEOs, too.

[muggsy]

From someone who has had to qualify shooting "in the dark", I can tell you night sights make little to no difference. If you can barely make out your target, having a nice bright set of sights make it more difficult.

I would recommend spending your time at the range making your firearm an extension of your body, much like pointing your finger. We can all point our finger at something and be damn near dead on. This is what you need to be able to do with you SD choice.

Believe me, regardless of how great of a marksman anyone may be, shooting in a low light condition is completely different. Using sights makes it more difficult. Learn to point and shoot and save a few bucks.

A big +1 to that, AJ. My old man used to say, "Beware of the man who has just one gun. He knows how to use it."

[Popeye]

I have them on my PM9. I like them and think there worth it.

[Mustang]

Sighting in a pistol

Assuming that the weapon will be used for SD, what is the accepted sight in distance for a handgun?

[Cokeman]

Apparently you don't use sights in a self defense setting, so any distance is good.

[jeepster09]

7-10 YARDS for true self defense.

[air8]

Lol

[Barth]

Assuming that the weapon will be used for SD, what is the accepted sight in distance for a handgun?

I usually practice at the shortest distance at the range.
My feeling is that most attacks with be at striking distance.
Up close and personal.
When was the last time you heard of someone being robbed or attacked from 25 yards?
That doesn't even make sense to me.
Robbery, rape, car jacking, house invasion - these are Real-Life Scenarios.
Not walking down an ally shooting into second story windows.

I also believe being aware of your surroundings is as important as being armed.
And having some sort of hand to hand combat training compliments handgun carry and weapons retention.

I have no interest in arguing about this.
Just sharing my thought with my friends.

[jeepster09]

Lol

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Perhaps you are thinking 50 or 100 yards? TRUE SELF DEFENSE was the question.....not offense.

[jeepster09]

I usually practice at the shortest distance at the range.
My feeling is that most attacks with be at striking distance.
Up close and personal.
When was the last time you heard of someone being robbed or attacked from 25 yards?
That doesn't even make sense to me.
Robbery, rape, car jacking, house invasion - these are Real-Life Scenarios.
Not walking down an ally shooting into second story windows.

I also believe being aware of your surroundings is more important than being armed.
And having some sort of hand to hand combat training compliments handgun carry and weapons retention.

I have no interest in arguing about this.
Just sharing my thought with my friends.

100% right on!

[Thunder71]

Yep, great post.

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[Popeye]

For point and shoot situations night sites are no better than a gun with minimal sites. However there just might be those times when you need to take that shot at a greater distance in low light conditions, and you'd be very happy to have them. Are they a must have? No there not but, I'd rather have them than not. They are like I mentioned on my EDC PM9. There not on my other pistols.

I had this same question a few years back and when I bought the PM9 that already had them on it my question was answered. If you plan on carrying the gun then I'd say yes they are nice to have.

[skiflydive]

This question (no offense) sort of reminds me of being a motorhead in the '60s. Putting a 750 Holley on your 289 Comet didn't do a lot of good but it sure impressed your buddies. I sleep in the dark. My question is...don't you have to be able to see your target? If you can't see your target, what good will night sights do? It occurs to me they would distract from the target by drawing your vision. Maybe I'm naive or completely uninformed or maybe just too much of a newbie...I don't get it.

[AIRret]

When we go to bed at night I have my gun and cell phone on the floor under the bed side table, this allows me to roll out of bed onto the floor and grab my gun (I locate the guy by seeing the night sites) . I know the bed won't stop a bullet but it will hide me from the bad guys line of site and he enters the bedroom.