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I like Heinies

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mreed911

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After replacing one more set of sights on a Glock tonight with Heinie Straight Eight Ledge sights, then looking at how many of my 1911's also have them I came to realize... I like Heinies.

There's just something about a big, wide Heinie with a notch so I can put that front post right in the middle of, line up the dots and start blasting.

Until you try it you may never know... but you might be a Heinie person too.

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Belt Fed said:
I have a couple that have that kind of sight on them. also yer slide is cracked. all them drop test you been doin.
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Not a crack. The sharpie line I used to denote the center of the slide (14.3mm to center) for aligning with the sight pusher. :)

Here's a better picture of my cleanly wiped frame, just below my heinie dot. :)

Now I just need to clean my ridges on my heinie better - lots of cling-ons.

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I like the straight-eight configuration as well, for SPEED, not necessarily for PRECESION.

Let me tell you about my experiences with them that you may find useful or helpful.

Many years ago, I was a prosecuting attorney responsible for drug prosecutions in my circuit. There were some bad dudes I put away and I was always allowed by my DA at the time to carry anytime I was not in court. More often than not it was a G19 with three-dot sights, but I had a 1911 Commander with the Heine-8 set.

Numerous times I got to go shoot with the local SO tactical-SWAT team and the drug task force guys. When I shot my Glock and Commander side by side, I clearly favored the 1911 two-dot setup on range days that were outside in the sun.

All of that changed when we did low-light drills. Those drills were with targets back lit and us back lit and against a dark target. Suddenly I found I could not get any vertical alignment of the two dots, so I shot high almost every shot, some low, and this was entirely a function of how I held my 1911. Shooting my Glock 19 I did not seem to have that problem. The drug task force guys had three dot setups on their Glocks, because they worked a lot after the sun went down.

I came away from those experiences with the understanding and respect that two dots provide for only horizontal alignment and vertical alignment is, at best, a guess.

So, if I have to shoot quickly and accurately, I'll stick to three dot set-ups every time. On a clear, sunny range day against paper targets that aren't possibly going to move or shoot back, I'll take a two dot for fun. Hope this is helpful and informative. As always, YMMV.
 
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I had some Ameriglow I Dots on a couple Gen 4 Glocks that worked better than I thought they would and came to like them.

I have shot a buddies 1911 that had the Heinies on them and they weren’t bad. However out if the 2 I sort of lean to the I Dots but if I got a gun that came with the Heinies I wouldn’t bother changing them out either .
 
Anchorite said:
I like the straight-eight configuration as well, for SPEED, not necessarily for PRECESION.
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I read your entire comment and I completely agree. My exact use is for speed in daylight competitions against brown cardboard targets. You're 100% correct that on an in-the-dark combat gun, they're not optimal. My actual preference there, now, is/would be a red dot (I'm no longer in a position that armed engagements are a likely thing, so now it's just EDC-related carry).

Good insight and advice - thanks for posting!
 
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