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| Photo courtesy Ichiro Nagata. |
The 10-8 Performance rear sight is precision CNC machined from heat treated 4140 bar stock to better resist the nicking
and denting that is typical with the wear and tear of daily carry. All 10-8 sights feature a U notch for rapid, intuitive
alignment with dot style front sights such as our tritium inserts and brass beads. The rear face is serrated at 40 lpi to
reduce glare in varied lighting conditions. The sight blade is thick enough to allow setting tritium vials in as dots or
bars if one so chooses, and is contoured and dehorned for comfortable handling and carry. Plain black blade, finished in
matte black oxide.
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| Sight02 with serrated tritium front |
The front sights recommended to work best in conjunction with the 10-8 rear sight are the gold or brass bead, Dawson
fiber optic, plain tritium insert, or white outline tritium insert. For service use, we recommend a .125" wide front blade,
as the front sight takes quite a beating and we prefer more material up front to withstand the punishment.
Most
factory sight setups feature a rear notch that is the same width as the front blade (ie. .125" wide rear notch with .125"
wide front sight. This type of setup provides a relatively tight visual window that optimizes precision for maximum accuracy.
For most shooters with good vision, this is a good combination.
An increasingly popular combination
is the .140" rear notch with a .125" width front blade. For most shooters, this combination offers improved speed on close
range targets without degrading accuracy out to 25 yards. The .156" extra wide notch, currently available only on our 1911
02 series sight, is compatible with the XS Standard Dot
front sight which is approximately .110" wide. XS Big Dot sights are .161" wide, which are not compatible with any of our
existing sights.
Customers looking to add tritium to their sights can contact Trijicon's Tooltech division directly via
their website. You can see our sights on their Night Sight picture page.
"I
took to the 10-8 sight immediately. There was no learning curve and it really is as simple as "see the front dot, press the
trigger." - D.Y.
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