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Sights for G34 for home protection

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March 02, 2018, 01:33 PM
Lord Vaalic
Sights for G34 for home protection
My G34 is my bedroom pistol. It's also a gun range toy, but I don't do any competition with it.

what sights are LEO or others using on their glocks, especially the long slides?




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March 02, 2018, 01:42 PM
jac1304
https://www.midwayusa.com/prod...th-front-dot-outline.


I am using these for my duty g34 gen 5.
March 02, 2018, 01:46 PM
sns3guppy
I use the Trijicon HD's on all my Glocks. On the G34 I have the XR sight, which is a bit thinner front post.
March 02, 2018, 01:54 PM
MikeGLI
quote:
Originally posted by sns3guppy:
I use the Trijicon HD's on all my Glocks. On the G34 I have the XR sight, which is a bit thinner front post.


This is my go-to as well. Love the thin front sight.




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March 02, 2018, 02:23 PM
JWF
I have Ameriglo Hackathorn sights on several of my Glocks but recently put their iDot sight on my G30 and like it a lot.


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March 02, 2018, 02:50 PM
parabellum
Trijicon GL01
March 02, 2018, 02:59 PM
RHINOWSO
I've used Ameriglo I-Dot Pros but recently tried their "Agent" sights available via Brownells - basically their version of Trijicon HDs.
March 02, 2018, 03:38 PM
hile
Most of my glocks have Ameriglo Agent sights. When I get a G34, It'll have all black sights (or Dawsons with a fibre-optic front, reason being that I don't want to see multiple dots if I put an optic on it.
March 02, 2018, 04:35 PM
domino
I put a TLR1 light on it and the sights are kind of immaterial. You blind the person and then you have time to line up even the stock sights.



March 02, 2018, 06:14 PM
jljones
quote:
Originally posted by MikeGLI:
quote:
Originally posted by sns3guppy:
I use the Trijicon HD's on all my Glocks. On the G34 I have the XR sight, which is a bit thinner front post.


This is my go-to as well. Love the thin front sight.


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March 02, 2018, 09:00 PM
Stradman
My vote is for trijicon hd’s
March 02, 2018, 09:12 PM
jbourneidentity
quote:
Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:
My G34 is my bedroom pistol. It's also a gun range toy, but I don't do any competition with it.

what sights are LEO or others using on their glocks, especially the long slides?



Ameriglo Hacks with orange front or Trijicon HD XR with orange front. Both impeccable.

By the way, great choice in a home defense pistol.
March 02, 2018, 09:14 PM
jbourneidentity
quote:
Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
I've used Ameriglo I-Dot Pros but recently tried their "Agent" sights available via Brownells - basically their version of Trijicon HDs.


Sorry to ask a question outside the OP's original, but how do you like the Ameriglo Agents?
March 02, 2018, 10:26 PM
sns3guppy
quote:
Originally posted by domino:
I put a TLR1 light on it and the sights are kind of immaterial. You blind the person and then you have time to line up even the stock sights.


A flashlight doesn't trump speed.

What's important are the sights, unless you plan to fight with the light. Getting that front sight on target and pressing the shot out is what's crucial. I wouldn't count on a light buying time to gain proper sight alignment.

A light illuminates the target, clearly marks you and makes you a target, and doesn't reduce the amount of time you have to draw, press, and fire. It does make the pistol a lot bulkier though, and there's more to manipulate, more controls, a real possibility of illuminating yourself or someone else, and of fine motor skills going awry under stress and manipulating the wrong control at the wrong time. Meanwhile, the other shooter who isn't nearly as concerned about defending himself with a flashlight, can spend his very limited lifespan focused on the singular goal of beating you to the first shot.
March 03, 2018, 12:56 AM
KMitch200
I have a bunch of Ameriglo (and some Glock night) sights that I've mixed and matched between subcompacts to long slides.
The combo that I found to be perfect for my eyes is a .180" wide rear with a .140" wide front.
(The .125" is too skinny for me on a long slide 34 or 41)

Ameriglo just happens to call that combo Spartan Operator Sets.
(Edit: After some looking, also some of the Cap LE sets & all the I-Dot sets use this sizing)

I use the 45 rear on 9mms because I like the impact to be just above the front sight., not covered by it. The fronts are all the same height regardless of caliber.

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March 03, 2018, 01:31 AM
YVK
quote:
Originally posted by domino:

You blind the person and then you have time to line up even the stock sights.


Larry Vickers used to do a nice demonstration during his night shooting portion how this blinding with a light thing is a fantasy.



I like Glock Trijicon HDs because if I am having a bad day and missed with all 17 shots, I can still cut them up in pieces with the edge of that rear sight.
March 03, 2018, 09:38 AM
Nismo
I do prefer 2 dot sights over 3 dot, but I do have Trijicon HD XR on one of my main carry/home guns. I recommend either the HD or HD XR and also Ameriglo pro i-Dots. Regular HDs were also good, but the XRs are not too wide, not too narrow, seems about just right for everything.


Either way, I prefer orange front sights over yellow. The yellow seems to get washed out over white backgrounds to my eyes.
March 03, 2018, 11:33 AM
Kevbo
I like the Ameriglo better than the trijicons. They are lower in profile to the slide and I like that sight picture better


But really you can’t go wrong with either. It’s 6 of one, half dozen of the other


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