HIVIZHiViz Glock Overmolded Fiber Optic Tactical Front Sight (Red)

Perfect front sight for a self-defense handgun -- bright, bold and quick to acquire. Installed easily on my G17.

I have a red fiber optic front sight on every handgun I carry. This one went on a GLOCK 42 and the results have been great. Installation was fast and easy, and after trying mine, several other folks have had me install one on their guns (though few other 42s). No issues with loosening or breakage (I used blue Loctite). A small and underappreciated feature is the ramped/cut face around the part your eye sees which reduces glare. I wish more companies started doing that. But HiViz did very well with this sight. I am impressed and will continue to recommend them to you and other shooters.

very nice

You could pay $150+ for Tru glow sights, but why spend so much? I changed out the sights on both my G35 and G23 gen3s. Kept the stock rear sights and just wanted something red that my eye could pick up faster at the range. This thing looks OK but functions great. Real nice bigger sight in daylight. people complain that it Does NOT GLOW IN DARK. Of course, why are you shooting in the dark? That is just plain stupid. The combination of this sight and a glock flashlight on your piece is better than any tru glow, and will still cost you less. Very satisfied.

The front sight is easy to put on but you need to buy a hex nut driver. It is a HUGE PITA to replace the back sight. The manufacturer recommends having a gunsmith do it and I can see why. I bought two sets of sights for my two Glocks. I like the result on my Glock 19 but for the smaller Glock 42 the sights are really too small for the hi vix sights to make much of a difference anyway and they are actually less visible in low light than the regular white sights.

Installed in my G43x, they are very bright in total blackout condition

Fandango, just what the doctor ordered

It is a known fact that the eye has the ability to pick up red quickly and this has been proven over and again with the flood of red dot sights and lasers for the firearms market, especially with pistols. Since this is the case, I figured a glowing red dot is a glowing red dot, right? I was shopping for a laser for a baby Glock and while I was thinking about the high price I decided to shop around for a less expensive concept (I've got a couple pistols outfitted with Crimson Trace lasers and they're great fun to shoot). I've installed these fiber optic sights on three Glocks and they work great - as soon as you draw a pistol and line it up with the target, the red dot is right on the bullseye, so to me it operates like a redneck red dot sight with switches or batteries. The red dot is easier to see on overcast days, in fog, and at twilight. What could be simpler?