Speed of acquisition and precision is obviously the primary focus of sights for me, but this is an added bonus, IMO. And much more securely than any other I've used. I can easily run the slide on my belt, boot heel, table top, edge of a door jamb, and just about any solid surface I can press the rear sight against. The height combined with the profile of the leading edge makes these the easiest sight I've ever used to do one handed manipulations with. For me at least.Ī secondary thing that I like, other than the speed and visibility of these sights, is the rear sight. Just didn't work as well as the theory would suggest. While the Big Dot is quick to pick up, I often found myself losing time trying to get the front centered in the shallow rear trough and trying to get the front dot at just the right height above it. Maybe even faster since the more traditional sight picture gives me a very quick reference of elevation as well as equal light. With the F8 on the other hand, I think they're just as fast. And while I always found them fast to acquire a flash sight picture with, I never felt that they offered much precision. since they were called Ashley Express Sights if that tells you anything. And for my eyes that along with the orange front sight ring makes them very fast to acquire. After using them a bit I decided that they were the best sights I'd even used on a defensive type handgun. I absolutely LOVE these sights! I installed a set on my G19 last year. Other handgun models What others are saying?: What other aesthetic options or finishes are available? People wanting fast, easy to see sights FNBs (Features & Benefits of this product): Night sights with photoluminescent front sight Target Market: The warranty is also fantastic! Firearms Insider Reviews - 8 Key Points Claim to Fame: If you are in the market for some night sights, or just a really good sight, definitely go check out the F8’s. XS Sights did a fantastic job with the F8’s. If you hadn’t guessed by now, I like these sights. The height, along with the bright orange front, really does make them easy to get on target fast. Everything needed for installation is in the package (threadlocker, sight tool, allen wrench). The front is 0.280” tall, and the rear is 0.300” tall. But not so tall that they can be called suppressor sights. They are slightly taller than most factory sights, which I like. I was done, and it hasn’t ever moved on me.Īs a combined sight set, the F8’s really shine. I coated the dovetail with XS’s threadlocker, slid the sight in, and tightened down the 2 set screws.
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They sent me a shipping label to send the slide in for them to install the front sight! I have had no problems with the front sight since. I emailed XS and even sent a video of when the sight fell off. A few months later, and hundreds of rounds, at a match, the front sight breaks off again. So I followed the instructions perfectly for the new installation. I emailed them, and a few days later a new front sight showed up. XS has one of the best warranties in the business. So what happens when you overtighten a screw, it breaks off in the first few rounds. The front sight was a little loose in the oval hole. XS provides a front sight tool and threadlocker in the box. Installation was straight forward enough. I installed these on an aftermarket G17 slide. Another thing that is nice about the rear sight, it is all black with only the one tritium insert. The squared shape also gives plenty of real estate for one handed slide manipulation. Angling the rear sight slightly helps to reduce glare in certain lighting conditions. The rear sight is also very square shaped, with a slight angled overhang on the back side. This is where the “8” in F8 comes into play. This is to give a dot over dot sight picture, or figure eight, as some call it. The tritium is a single dot below the notch of the rear sight. More light on each side of the front sight picture is faster for me also. The F8 rear does this, but with a wider front post. I tend to like narrower front posts and a wider rear. This wider notch allows for more light on each side of the post, aiding in quicker pick up of the front sight. XS uses what they call a “wide notch rear”. The rear sight uses the standard square notch style.
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