Better first upgrade accessory for modern handgun...

Dr.Rob said:

Browning Hi-Power copy made in Hungary after the Iron Curtain came down. Mine are FN parts compatible. FEG made hi-powers for Mauser as the SA-80, military pistols for Israel and Iraq among a number of other countries.

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Ok I'm a 1911 guy so I guess I'm a little old school myself

Dr.Rob said:

Have to disagree.

My FEG is my match gun is my HD gun us my go-to gun. I have more rounds downrange with it than any other centerfire handgun in my collection and I have a second pistol set up the exact same way, if #1 breaks.

I am not a gamer. Not talking about a widebody 20 shot 1911 in .38 super with an aluminum skeleton holster. I'm talking about improvements on a stock handgun used for both.

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Well I gave you my opinion on that. But you did not ask about your FEG. You asked about another piece entirely.

Night-sights.

Why can’t you have both? Set up a RMR, then when your card rolls over pick up a light laser setup. Win Win

Here is how I look at it. Everyone says you need a light to identify the threat. If you have not identified a threat already the gun and light is going to remain in the holster. You can't really draw until a threat is identified. You can however pull a flashlight out of a pocket and shine it if something sets off a bad feeling alert. You can even light up some people with a hand held, it might be rude but its not brandishing. Body cams of police using pistols with a weapon light show that at night when confronted with an immediate unexpected threat, draw the gun and fire without ever turning the light on. Where a weapon light is very helpful to police is during clearing, searching or responding to a situation where a threat is known because they were alerted before hand. All three of those things are something a CCW carrier should not be doing, he should be running away instead. I just don't think they are worth the bulk and weight.

From everything I've heard trainers say about RMRs they are slow at close range and extremely accurate at range. They also break a lot. I don't doubt something like a RMR is the future, but it is not the now.

JohnBiltz said:

From everything I've heard trainers say about RMRs they are slow at close range and extremely accurate at range.

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Having watched people shoot them in USPSA competition where there are frequently close targets, I can say that is not true at all for anyone who practices. If they are slow, it's because the user doesn't have a good index and is taking a while to find the dot. Once they build an index and can find the dot as soon as the raise the gun, no, they are not slower. I don't believe that at all.

Dr.Rob said:

No, I am saying my competition gun IS my HD gun. That's my mindset.

No reason this Ruger could not do the same thing.

IDPA was , at one time the idea of using your duty gun or HD gun or carry gun to compete.

Also turns out the SR9E fits perfectly in an M12 military holster.

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OK I see what you're getting at. It depends on the competition you get in and what you're aiming to do.

I'd say that, if someone is a competitive shooter, it makes sense to take a hard look at using a similar gun (or even the same gun) for home defense (and/or carry, if that's feasible). Most people who shoot games will put multiple times the number of rounds through their gamer gun as they will through any other gun they have (including the one in the bedside stand). They just will. And they'll also shoot them under more demanding circumstances than their other guns. Again, that's just what happens.

There are valid reasons to decide you need a different gun or platform to be your HD gun, but if you can make the same gun (or the same basic type of gun) work for both, I think that makes a great deal of sense.

A quick attach weapon light can be taken off the gun in a blink. You can use it as a handheld if You wish, but it is handy to have it attached to your hd gun. You don' have to feel around in a drawer for it.

I edc a Glock 17 or 17L with a TLR-1HL on it. It throws plenty of light to light up a room without having to point it at an unconfirmed threat, and doesn’t wash out my Tru-Glo TFO’s. I think it is the perfect combination for me.

I voted Other.

My priorities for new handgun modifications are
1. Grips (you must be able to control your handgun securely; the
grips are fundamental to this)
2. Sights (you must be able to acquire a good sight picture quickly)
3. Trigger (you can learn to overcome a poor trigger with enough
practice but it is easier to make it right through action work and/or
parts replacement)

I’ve always benefitted more from regular training & practice than I have from permanent gun modifications and battery operated gadgets!

It's always seemed to me that a light mounted on my pistol would give a bad guy something to shoot at, and there I'd be, right behind it when he inevitably misses.

Night sights. Even if a full sight picture is hard or impossible to obtain just getting the front onto a target should put shots in the ballpark.

Bigmike79 said:

A high quality green laser works as a light and a laser. It puts you right on Target and you can see everything around the laser without a light unlike a red laser. If you got bad eyes it's absolutely the way to go.

Night sights are cool if you can see what your shooting at. The thing about night sights though is that if you use a mounted flashlight to light up a target they stop glowing, so there's no point to having them. If you plan on using a mounted flashlight, plain old fiber optic sights are the way to go, as they light up like a supernova when combined with a powerful rail light.

Don't get me wrong, night sights have their place too, but if you can't see for s***, nothing beats a green Crimson Trace in my opinion. I use night sights on my CZ po1, because that's my boat and fishing gun. While I prefer a green laser I don't feel like paying over $200 for a new one if it gets wet.

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This. The green Crimson Trace laser is awesome, I shot for 50-plus years before trying one, but after seeing how useful they are, I HIGHLY recommend it. Especially for HD.

I know I am kind of evading the question but after purchase of the pistol and the holster I would stock up on a good supply of ammo. After that, then maybe consider improvement of the factory sights.