1911 Kimber Custom II Sights

[Russ Jackson]

I am going to change the sights in my Kimber Custom II. On indoor lanes with the lighting set ups they can be tough to see at times. Most of my shooting is indoors. This is not my carry gun. Any information or pictures would be helpful. I am looking at the Trijicon Novak Night Sights. But I would really like to know what others are using. Adjustable Night Sights are an option also. I don't wear perscription glasses....Russ

 

[Zerodefect]

I am going to change the sights in my Kimber Custom II. On indoor lanes with the lighting set ups they can be tough to see at times. Most of my shooting is indoors. This is not my carry gun. Any information or pictures would be helpful. I am looking at the Trijicon Novak Night Sights. But I would really like to know what others are using. Adjustable Night Sights are an option also. I don't wear perscription glasses....Russ

Night sights won't help. My range is dark as well. To simulate dusk, sunset times.

Trijicon or Meprolight lamps in Kimber, XS, Heinie sights really only help in very, very dark conditions. Sure they'll glow, they'll glow really bright sometimes, but they don't help much at all.

You need a stronger contrast to the target. Thinner sights let more light between the blades and helps you pick the sight up quicker.

The Kimbers front sight is way too thick. Get a .090 thin Dawson front sight and a Heinie Ledge rear sight. You can use a fibre optic front if you want. I like those because they look like a black sight in the dark.

I find plain black sights to work best at dusk as long as you choose the proper thickness. In pure darkness a flashlight is needed and the complex black/white/green mix of nightsights is too messy to aim well for alot of shooters.

 

[swinokur]

My Kimber TLE/RL II came with Mepro lights. I put a pair on my G30. I think they are way over rated. Maybe it's my old eyes and not the sights.

 

[rtpzwms]

When I bought my Custom II TLE RL I knew that I was also picking up the 22 conversion kit. So before I got it home I had the slide sent back and had the sights replaced with the target sights to match the 22 conversion kit. Now I have two with the same sights it makes life easy. And with a fully adj rear sight POI = POA, life's good

 

[Russ Jackson]

Still looking for suggestions...Russ

 

[Zerodefect]

something like this is what I was describing:



Ironicly better than my nightsights at dusk or with a flashlight. But obviously worse in a truely dark room.




These are decent night sights, but I will replace these with Warren Sevigneys like the above Glock soon:



Note: there is a tiny tritium vial in the rear sight. It's very dim and only lights in purely dark condidtions. A good compromise for alot of shooters.

 

[loop]

TFOs. Tritium Fiber Optic sights are available to fit the Kimber dovetail. You have the advantages of fiber optic when the light is adequate, but you have tritium night sights when the light is too dim to pick up the sights normally.

I have them on a couple guns and prefer them to anything else available.

I just used them in a nighttime IDPA shoot on Saturday. They worked great in the "lights out" courses of fire. I actually turned off my flashlight a couple times because I could see the silhouette of the target clearly and my night sights gave me a distinct sight picture.

 

[silversport]

painting the front sight can help (I thought I was the only one who couldn't see the front sight at the range)...Kimber sights are usually pneumatically pressed in and can be a BEAR to take out...good luck but my Kimber Custom Ii sights have been great after the front sight was painted a blaze orange...
Bill

 

[Zerodefect]

My Kimbers sights came right out easy.

I used a vice padded with wood, steel punch, and a standard claw hammer. You have to lock that slide down solid and use hard authoritive hits.

A brass or delrin punch will not work and marr the sights up too much. Just put 2 layers of electrical tape on the punchs tip and replace it before it cuts through.

Extra points if you place youre garbage can near the vice to catch the Series II Fp safety. LOLz.

I used a Heinie Ledge rear that was very, very hard to pound in. And a Dawson FO front.