I have had the Xs big dot on two guns. I bought a P30 with them on it and as part of a gunsmithing package had them installed on a Kahr PM9. I did not like the sights on either gun and have removed both sets of sights. The P30 got the Hiene straight eight and the Kahr and traditional 3 dot. I don't know how much "speed" the Xs sights really give you if any at all, but my experience is a decrease in practical accuracy. I rather hit what I am aiming at and take a little bit longer and the Xs sights sacrifice to much accuracy for speed. I really like the Hience straight eight sights on my P30, it has made a world of different in the accuracy. Some people love the Xs big dot sights, I am not one of them and I would be very wary of buying them if you are seriously considering. Would be best if you could try out a buddies gun that has them install first.
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I bought a set and installed them on a Gen 4 Glock 26. I had a tough time with them. My first shots were so high I hit the target hanger at my range (but had to be perfectly centered to hit it). I was using the suggested aiming picture:
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I found that if I modified this picture to "dot the i" using the center of the front sight instead of the whole sight, I got much better accuracy. So basically dotting with the tritium vial instead of the golf ball.
I did find they were much faster to acquire, and in a close range, defensive situation, it would be very easy to just put the golf ball on the BG and squeeze the trigger. But, my feeling is at those ranges, you could point shoot just as effectively. I sold the Glock and now have Trijicon 3 dots on my carry gun.
I found that if I modified this picture to "dot the i" using the center of the front sight instead of the whole sight, I got much better accuracy. So basically dotting with the tritium vial instead of the golf ball.
I did find they were much faster to acquire, and in a close range, defensive situation, it would be very easy to just put the golf ball on the BG and squeeze the trigger. But, my feeling is at those ranges, you could point shoot just as effectively. I sold the Glock and now have Trijicon 3 dots on my carry gun.
My experience with the sight picture is the same as yours. I am running them on a colt new agent and I am not a disbeliever at all, they are so fast on target, more so than traditional sights. I am debating putting them on all my guns, XS or Heine or similar, but I am phasing out the three dot sights regardless as I have found at speed I am quicker aligning two dots or one dot in the front and solid black in the rearI bought a set and installed them on a Gen 4 Glock 26. I had a tough time with them. My first shots were so high I hit the target hanger at my range (but had to be perfectly centered to hit it). I was using the suggested aiming picture:
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I found that if I modified this picture to "dot the i" using the center of the front sight instead of the whole sight, I got much better accuracy. So basically dotting with the tritium vial instead of the golf ball.
I did find they were much faster to acquire, and in a close range, defensive situation, it would be very easy to just put the golf ball on the BG and squeeze the trigger. But, my feeling is at those ranges, you could point shoot just as effectively. I sold the Glock and now have Trijicon 3 dots on my carry gun.
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