utahusker

I have a hunter which I love, but I was reading that the colored inserts were two different diameters.
The ones included with my pistol seem to be the same size. I would like to have a smaller diameter size. The size I have covers the 10x at 25 yards.
It shoots fine though


100 shots fired on a rest.

d2snake

Great shooting . I'd like to know about the diameters as well, The smaller the better right?

North country gal

1+ on the shooting. Good work.

In general, yes, the finer the sights, the finer the hold and the more precise you shooting, BUT only if you can still see the front sight, clearly and distinctly against the target. That front sight is everything. You reach a point with the front sight where going smaller and/or thinner actually makes it harder to see against the target and that works against you. Try switching colors and sizes and see what works best for you.

If you're old like me and darn near blind as a bat, you can't make the front sights big enough. That's why I shoot a red dot on my Hunter so much better than I shoot iron. When I'm having trouble seeing the red dot, I just turn up the brightness.

Sounder

The Hi-Viz sight once sold on the Ruger Web Sight as replacement sights for the MK111 target did have colored pipes of varying diameters. The Hi-Viz sights that came with my MK111 Hunter however, have extra pipes of the same diameter. Note:The base is different. One won't accept the pipes of the other. Need to change out the entire front sight.

Sal1950

Can't see where the light pipe diameter would make any difference since the width of the front sight (the metal the pipe slides into) would remain constant?
Now the size of the dot on a Red Dot sight would be a whole different thing.
Sal

KJS

I suspect a whole lot of people shoot better with a red dot than with iron sights, regardless of age.

Plain black iron sights are a PITA. I'm not 100% sure a red dot makes me any more accurate, but it sure does make me faster & much happier with its ease.

Advantage of iron sights: they save on ammo, as you get to waste more time lining up sights & less time actually shooting.