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what's the best tritium sights for Gold Cup 1911
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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2674987" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>was not aware 1911 Gold Cup had a goofy cut, had no problems installing mine with a std Hi-Viz sight. </p><p>back then word was Hi-Viz was winding down production for staked 1911 front sights. </p><p></p><p>didn't go with bomar cut because I was too chicken to mill out slot <img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p>still glad I went with fiber optic vs tritium .. logic is tritium sights are pretty dim and need almost total darkness to be effective. </p><p>one needs to be 100% sure of what you are shooting otherwise you got no business pulling the trigger in almost total darkness. </p><p></p><p>yes there are situations where there will be exceptions, but odds are I'm not going to be in em. </p><p>sooo for me having a much brighter front sight during daylight exceeds the value of having a front sight visible in almost total darkness. </p><p>as always your mileage may veri ... </p><p></p><p>Trijicon 1911 staked front sights comes in thin and thick posts at Brownell's. </p><p><a href="http://www.brownells.com/handgun-parts/sights/front-sights/1911-tritium-front-sights-prod13171.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.brownells.com/handgun-parts/sights/front-sights/1911-tritium-front-sights-prod13171.aspx</a></p><p></p><p>thin tenon</p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.brownells.com_userdocs_products_p_892500100_2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>wide tenon</p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.brownells.com_userdocs_skus_l_892501101_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2674987, member: 7629"] was not aware 1911 Gold Cup had a goofy cut, had no problems installing mine with a std Hi-Viz sight. back then word was Hi-Viz was winding down production for staked 1911 front sights. didn't go with bomar cut because I was too chicken to mill out slot :D still glad I went with fiber optic vs tritium .. logic is tritium sights are pretty dim and need almost total darkness to be effective. one needs to be 100% sure of what you are shooting otherwise you got no business pulling the trigger in almost total darkness. yes there are situations where there will be exceptions, but odds are I'm not going to be in em. sooo for me having a much brighter front sight during daylight exceeds the value of having a front sight visible in almost total darkness. as always your mileage may veri ... Trijicon 1911 staked front sights comes in thin and thick posts at Brownell's. [url]http://www.brownells.com/handgun-parts/sights/front-sights/1911-tritium-front-sights-prod13171.aspx[/url] thin tenon [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.brownells.com_userdocs_products_p_892500100_2.jpg[/IMG] wide tenon [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/www.brownells.com_userdocs_skus_l_892501101_1.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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