Duke of Doubt
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Some threads earlier today made me think over an issue I've wavered back and forth on over the years, and I wanted to get some input from some of the membership.
Modern combat handguns typically are sold with adjustable sights, and many of those are of the "target" type. "Fixed" sight guns are often dismissed by gun writers as somehow less accurate.
Assuming acceptable quality manufacture, fixed sights are installed true to bore. If a handgun shoots significantly off bore line, there's something seriously wrong with the gun which adjusting the sights will not change.
The idea of (drift?) adjusting a handgun's rear sight to account for wind is comically absurd. Few guns are adjustable for varying drop experienced with different loads, other than specialized target guns. Filing down the front sight to accomodate one particular load would be asinine.
Adjustable sights get knocked off true, and can hang up on holsters and clothing.
So my question is, just why should a quality combat handgun in good repair, wielded by a competent handgunner have need for adjustable sights at all? Aren't they actually a negative thing?
Modern combat handguns typically are sold with adjustable sights, and many of those are of the "target" type. "Fixed" sight guns are often dismissed by gun writers as somehow less accurate.
Assuming acceptable quality manufacture, fixed sights are installed true to bore. If a handgun shoots significantly off bore line, there's something seriously wrong with the gun which adjusting the sights will not change.
The idea of (drift?) adjusting a handgun's rear sight to account for wind is comically absurd. Few guns are adjustable for varying drop experienced with different loads, other than specialized target guns. Filing down the front sight to accomodate one particular load would be asinine.
Adjustable sights get knocked off true, and can hang up on holsters and clothing.
So my question is, just why should a quality combat handgun in good repair, wielded by a competent handgunner have need for adjustable sights at all? Aren't they actually a negative thing?