TGO David

The Smith & Wesson M&P handguns are still new enough to market that not very many of the more recognizable manufacturers are producing sights for them yet. Other than Novak which OEMs the sights to Smith & Wesson, no other manufacturers have tritium night sights. In fact, supply from Novak is even so scarce that S&W is not selling the complete front/rear tritium sight set as upgrade pieces. The only piece you can buy through authorized S&W armorers is the front night sight. I wasn't real pleased with the factory Novak sights -- am I ever pleased with factory sights? -- so I was searching for something to replace them with. I happened to stumble across the 10-8 Performance sights mentioned in a thread on the M&P Pistol forum so I took a chance and ordered one. The 10-8 sight is a replacement rear sight only. It has no dots, just a U shaped channel or aperture, and has serrations to minimize if not eliminate glare. The beauty of this system, to me, is that it gives you two less things to distract your eye from the front sight. No rear dots, just the simple U shaped channel. Your eye is immediately and naturally drawn to the front sight just as it should even with a three dot system. If you can see the dot in the "U" then you pull the trigger. It's that simple. The only upgrade I anticipate doing at this point is ordering one of the factory Novak front tritium sight blades for each of our M&P handguns, and two more of the 10-8 sights for the two guns not already equipped. Range Report... I installed the 10-8 sight on my M&P 40 full-size by myself. No gunsmith needed. It was a simple task accomplished in my garage with a bench vice, some cardboard shims to protect the slide, a hex key and a jeweler's hammer. Total time to remove and replace was about 10 minutes, including time to round up the tools. Tonight I got to take the M&P 40 out to the range and put 200 rounds through it. The gun had only had 100 rounds put through it previously, so it's still in the break-in period. But I'm happy to say that at 300 rounds total so far, there have been no failures of any kind. Great gun! 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". My shots were exactly where I was aiming and it took no effort to blast the centers out of the Shoot N See targets. Very fun! The Verdict... I'm definitely ordering more of these for the other two M&P automatics. Hell I may even order one for my Kimber 1911. It only makes sense to have a standardized sighting system on all of the handguns right? I can see why this sight design is so popular with competitive shooters, police and military operators. It does away with the three-dot system that tends to make your brain do a little too much thinking, and puts in it's place a system that appeals to our base lizard brains. Dot, hole, bang. I'm impressed. Very impressed. It's the best handgun sighting system that I have used yet. SOURCE: http://www.10-8consulting.com/108performance.php

During my first week at work at my job, I walked to lunch with the guy I was replacing. On our way back to the office, I kicked something metallic across the pavement. It turned out to be a couple of spent 9mm casings. The outgoing employee said "Oh yeah we find those here all the time. If you look above the CEO's door inside the building you'll see a bullet hole." Sure enough, there's a bullet hole above our CEO's office door. 2nd floor, brick building. It came through a window down the hallway one night after hours. So... yeah, my employer is ok with us carrying.

You know what to do. And I want to shoot it when you do.

I do like the looks of the new Magpul Masada, though. Very well thought out system.

I've used them many times in the past for Glock magazines. Great folks to deal with!

Muahahahaha! Just kidding.

Welcome! Glad to hear that you found us!

I'm glad someone else experienced that too. I thought maybe it was just me! But I did love that XD45C... just didn't love the expense of feeding it +200rds of ammo every week practicing with it. It's cheaper for me to practice with .40SW, and I like to practice at least once every two weeks with my carry gun to build up muscle memory.

You know, Joe... this means we've got to get together and go shooting sometime.

Thanks for the update. I just removed it from our calendar.

I'm in exactly the same boat. I suffered an eye injury in '91 and absolutely have to shoot rifle left-handed. Handguns I can generally shoot either.

<-- Electrical Engineer by education, but I haven't put that diploma to use since the day I got it.

Good to see you here, Joe. This place definitely isn't Tennesspeed. High signal to noise ratio here and a lot of folks that you won't recognize.

Sorry, right hand holster.

I've got a Comp-Tac kydex paddle holster that would work great with your 220R.

Welcome! We've got a Rabbit, a little bucket and now a Pelican.

A solider seems to have a little fun at an Iraqi checkpoint and does a great impersonation of Will Ferrell impersonating Harry Caray.

And I'm sure it would be more clouded in court too. That situation would probably come down to who has the best lawyer.

That's got to be the stupidest reason for not liking a handgun that I have ever heard.

I highly suggest everyone own a copy of John Harris' book Carrying A Handgun For Self Defense In Tennessee. It has a chapter that covers this issue. The short of what Mr. Harris says in the book is that... Tennessee's Common Law Right of Self Defense does not require that the aggressor be armed with a gun, a knife or other weapon before deadly force, including the use of a firearm, would be justified. The common law recognized that even the relative size of the parties involved must be taken into account to determine whether one of them might be justified in using deadly force, including a firearm, against the other. Each factual situation must be separately evaluated in light of the specific facts and circumstances involved: Where great bodily violence is being inflicted, or threatened, upon a person, by one much stronger and heavier, with such determined energy that the person being assaulted may reasonably apprehend death or great bodily injury, he is justifiable in using a deadly weapon against his assailant. It makes no difference whether the bodily violence is being, or about to be, inflicted with a club, or a rock, or with the fists of an overpowering adversary of superior strength and size. Bitner v. State , 130 Tenn. 144, 157, 158, 169 S.W. 565, 568 (1914) That is a direct quote from Mr. Harris' book. He is an attorney, I am not, so therefore I would defer to his understanding of the law and furthermore seek out the assistance of a licensed lawyer for additional interpretation or insight into this matter. Void where prohibited, blah blah blah.

Welcome! The best advice I can give you is to hold and shoot as many different guns as you can prior to purchasing. Rent at the range, go with gun-owning friends who will let you shoot theirs, etc.

Done deal. Please keep us posted on his progress.

Well since we're showing pictures of things we used to own... My 2003 Mach 1: http://www.tennesspeed.net/members/tungsten/03Mach/ My 1998 GT: My 1998 Z71 Extended Cab:

I got rid of my money pits a few months ago. 1998 Z71 kept me busy replacing fuel pumps and intake gaskets, but it was a tank. Traded it and my 2003 Mach 1 off for a Yukon Denali XL. So far it's been reliable but it eats into my shooting money every time I pass a gas station.

Congrats on the new eyes! I hear the biggest challenge for most folks who wore glasses regularly is getting past the urge to push phantom glasses up on the bridge of their nose.