Wisco
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I've got a Glock 43 that I got with XS night sights. The pistol shot extremely low. I'm talking 6+ inches low from 5-10 yards. Sight picture is big dot on top of white post, front sight covering the target center.
The XS sights have a taller front than stock, and a lower rear.
I asked XS what gives. Told them my issue and what I think is the problem is. They told me to learn how to shoot their sights and why I was absolutely wrong about sight heights - sight height is irrelevant when going from one type to another. End of their assistance. They did really seem to think I was an idiot who can't adapt to new sights and tried to talk me into believing the sights are fine and I can't use them properly, but can work on it.
I reinstalled the stock plastic sights and they're on POA/POI.
I've still got my G19 with Meprolights (from 2011 that are brighter than the new XS) that I can carry while I wait for the Ameriglo sights to arrive (that I should've ordered to begin with instead of taking the sights in stock where I was in person).
There is a question in all this: does anyone use the XS sights and have a similar issue? Proper aiming with each sighting system, but different POI? The XS folks at the end said this happens with other people often...lots of inadaptable idiots like me it seems.
And it's not crazy that raising the front sight and lowering the rear will result in a POI shift downward? I've been shooting iron sights for 25 years....maybe I've just been lucky when adjusting...
Edit: at what distance are these guns regulated? I've never had cause to ask, besides my G19s have been more or less dead on from 5-25 yards...
The XS sights have a taller front than stock, and a lower rear.
I asked XS what gives. Told them my issue and what I think is the problem is. They told me to learn how to shoot their sights and why I was absolutely wrong about sight heights - sight height is irrelevant when going from one type to another. End of their assistance. They did really seem to think I was an idiot who can't adapt to new sights and tried to talk me into believing the sights are fine and I can't use them properly, but can work on it.
I reinstalled the stock plastic sights and they're on POA/POI.
I've still got my G19 with Meprolights (from 2011 that are brighter than the new XS) that I can carry while I wait for the Ameriglo sights to arrive (that I should've ordered to begin with instead of taking the sights in stock where I was in person).
There is a question in all this: does anyone use the XS sights and have a similar issue? Proper aiming with each sighting system, but different POI? The XS folks at the end said this happens with other people often...lots of inadaptable idiots like me it seems.
And it's not crazy that raising the front sight and lowering the rear will result in a POI shift downward? I've been shooting iron sights for 25 years....maybe I've just been lucky when adjusting...
Edit: at what distance are these guns regulated? I've never had cause to ask, besides my G19s have been more or less dead on from 5-25 yards...
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