AlexanderA
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I've been trying to familiarize myself with my newly-acquired Sig Sauer M17 (P320).
The sights have some kind of Tritium inserts that are supposed to glow in the dark. Well, the glow can't be seen unless it's almost totally dark -- conditions under which it's almost impossible to make out the target anyway. In addition, the Tritium will go dead after 6 or 7 years (it is said).
The front sight has a decent white dot surrounding the Tritium insert, but the rear sight has no dots -- just the inserts. Since the Tritium inserts are unusable 99% of the time, what we have is clearly a step backwards from the Beretta M9 (92FS) white-dot sights. In well-lighted conditions, you wouldn't use the dots, but in dim conditions the Beretta sights are much better than the Sig sights.
I can't believe the military accepted this design as an improvement.
The sights have some kind of Tritium inserts that are supposed to glow in the dark. Well, the glow can't be seen unless it's almost totally dark -- conditions under which it's almost impossible to make out the target anyway. In addition, the Tritium will go dead after 6 or 7 years (it is said).
The front sight has a decent white dot surrounding the Tritium insert, but the rear sight has no dots -- just the inserts. Since the Tritium inserts are unusable 99% of the time, what we have is clearly a step backwards from the Beretta M9 (92FS) white-dot sights. In well-lighted conditions, you wouldn't use the dots, but in dim conditions the Beretta sights are much better than the Sig sights.
I can't believe the military accepted this design as an improvement.