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    night sights

    Looking to acquire some night sights for my colt series 80? I heard heini is good bur don't know exactly which ones to look for.

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    Yes heinie are good. I personaly use a 10-8 with a novak front trit with white ring. Ther are a bunch of good sights and good threads out there. THe little orange search button at the top will help you find your way.
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    Deciding on a night sight configuration first will narrow your search. Do you want 3 dots, straight 8s, tritium in the front sight only, etc.

    If you don't have any idea, I'd suggest trying some pistols with different sights first.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guns-up.50 View Post
    Yes heinie are good. I personaly use a 10-8 with a novak front trit with white ring. Ther are a bunch of good sights and good threads out there. THe little orange search button at the top will help you find your way.
    10-8 U Notch rear with the Novak tritium/white ring is the set up on almost all of my 1911s. Only exception is one Wilson with the brass bead up front.

    Never really liked a 3 dot set-up myself, but everyone's preferences are different.

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    I don't like the three dot ether makes it harder for me to focus on the front sight.

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    If you're going to go with front and rear get the Heinie straight eight, otherwise I'd go with a tritium front and plain 10-8 rear. Just my .02
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    Thanx for the help appreciated.

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    Whatever sight you go with, make sure you are getting Trijicon brand inserts. They last the longest in my experience.

    Go with a 3-dot pattern. That way, you get easy verification of both vertical and horizontal alignment.

    Get a green front and yellow rear. Green is the natural color of tritium, and is therefore the brightest color. Yellow will be dimmer, giving you a bright front sight and dimmer (but still quite bright) rear sight. A brighter front sight and dimmer rear sight keeps the rear from overpowering the front.

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    +1 on the Heinie Slant Pro Straight Eight's...

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    I would look into the Heine or Novaks....

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