Ghost Ring Pistol Sights

[Larry.Y]

I wanted to know if anyone has any experience with Ghost Ring Pistol sights?

Here is the model that I have ordered and will be testing in the upcoming weeks.



The concept behind this is that the human eye has an easier time centering something in a circle rather than between posts.

This concept has been embraced by the long gun community through the use of peep sights / ghost rings / even scopes are round.

If you have ever shot an MP5 with its barrel rear sight you know how easy it is to acquire a target and get rounds on target accurately.

It seems logical to me that if you have a ghost ring rear sight on a pistol and you are using a two eyes open combat shooting sight picture as long as the target is in the rear circle you will be relatively accurate at normal gunfighting distances.

[yuppiejr]

I believe the last issue/catalog of "The Blue Press" had an article evaluating different pistol sight combos (fiber optic, 3-dot, ghost ring, etc..), they decided the half-moon rear (basically chop the top half of the ring off the rear) and a big/highly visible round (non-fiber optic) front sight were the right mix... seemed like a lot of opinion vs. fact so I'm interetsed in your perspective evaluating one of the same setups.

[westberg]

It would be interesting to see how much of the target gets covered and transition to other targets. If available look at the head zone on a IDPA or USPSA target at different distances.

[rtk]

Larry,

Are you putting them on a Sig or something else? It will be interesting to get review from you after you run them after a couple of range sessions.

[rukwikenuf]

i'm not sure how i feel about those sights. they seem like a great concept, but i'm not sure how they'd play out in actuallity. i LOVE the ironsights on an M16, and this has the came basic idea, however, they are designed for handguns. there's a BIG difference between a SIG P220 and a M16.

i guess my big concern is how they would be on a carry gun

[Rip Van Winkle]

A friend put one on his Glock years ago. I wasn't impressed with it and he sold the pistol a short time later.

[Pat Cannon]

IDPA is reworking their rulebook. I wonder if they'll legalize ghost ring sights; I think they should.