The post whore thread.

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Originally Posted by BuffCyclist

Oh yea, and on another note, it looks like I'm definitely buying a Shield 9 soon for the wife [facepalm]

Also, XS Big Dot sights SUCK!!! We couldn't get that thing to shoot at anything we aimed at, at any distance. We tried bottom of dot in top of trough in rear site, fire 5" low and not in the middle of the big dot like its supposed to, then middle dot in trough, fired 5" high. Top of dot below trough, still 5" high. After looking at their website, I see how its supposed to be shot, but that's not how it was behaving for us.

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Do they make different height rear sights?

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Originally Posted by TheBelly

Do they make different height rear sights?

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Didn't see them on their website, just white rear I or tritium rear I and both were tritium front dot.

Sorry BC. I have the factory night sights on my Glock 19 and love them.

Oh yea, this was just a friend's Shield we were borrowing for the day, gotta return it tomorrow. He swears by them, but says they're only defensive sights and even he can never get decent groups (which in my opinion, makes practicing hard).

Mrs BC liked the Trijicon HD Orange night sights on my M&P40c, so we may end up getting her those (she liked the idea of night sights), but will start with the pistol and a holster.

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Originally Posted by BuffCyclist

Oh yea, this was just a friend's Shield we were borrowing for the day, gotta return it tomorrow. He swears by them, but says they're only defensive sights and even he can never get decent groups (which in my opinion, makes practicing hard).

Mrs BC liked the Trijicon HD Orange night sights on my M&P40c, so we may end up getting her those (she liked the idea of night sights), but will start with the pistol and a holster.

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Hes probably talking about 'defensive' distances: 7 yards and closer. I had a set of those on a G39. They worked well in that application. Target sights they are not.

If you can't shoot decent groups at the range, you're never going to be able to do it under pressure.

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Originally Posted by TheBelly

Hes probably talking about 'defensive' distances: 7 yards and closer. I had a set of those on a G39. They worked well in that application. Target sights they are not.

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Yup, exactly what he talked about. And I agree, they work well for getting on paper. However, I'm more likely to practice with a given pistol if I can shoot it at the range and get good groups. If not, the "meh why bother" mentality sets in because you can always get them on paper. Not that I would actually advocate that, just saying I don't see the point.

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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

If you can't shoot decent groups at the range, you're never going to be able to do it under pressure.

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Exactly, and less likely to practice with it. What's the fun in shooting a pistol and not trying to get small groups? [Dunno]

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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

If you can't shoot decent groups at the range, you're never going to be able to do it under pressure.

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Whats the definition of 'decent'?

if I can hit a 5" paper plate that is posted over the high thoracic area of a human sized silhouette, then I think it'll be ok.

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Originally Posted by TheBelly

Whats the definition of 'decent'?

if I can hit a 5" paper plate that is posted over the high thoracic area of a human sized silhouette, then I think it'll be ok.

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Yup, she'd aim at the head and hit 10" low sometimes. Started aiming lower on the target and then it'd hit high for some reason. I thought she was shooting it weird, tried it and had the same problems.

We then shot my M&P40c for a while and she was getting 1" groups (just off of a 2" orange sticky dot) with each mag at 10yds. I was impressed. Until I nailed the center of it on the first try [Tooth]

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Originally Posted by BuffCyclist

Exactly, and less likely to practice with it. What's the fun in shooting a pistol and not trying to get small groups? [Dunno]

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Its a tool that can save your life by (possibly) ending someone else's.

anyone that's scored me at a ipsc shoot will know that I ask only two questions:

1) did I hit all the bad guys?

2) did I shoot any hostages?

i REALLY beat myself up about those two questions.