I've got an issue not my Ed Brown

[ergon]

I've got a two week old Kobra Carry.  Gen 3 coating over stainless, Ambi, 10-8 rear sight.  Now the problem, my eyes.  I got up the other day picked up the Kobra and could not pick up the front sight.  Started freaking out inside.  After all these years I finally got the weapon I wanted yet I CAN'T SEE THE FRONT SIGHT.  I called my opthamologist and see her Weds. for the final word.  In the interim I need an option for the front sight.  I've called XS about a big dot front.  The dovetail cut is the same but the height XS is .285 vs Brown's Trijicon @ .180.  Bill at XS, said I would be shooting low at 25 yds but my concern as a retired agent will be within 15 yds..  My last qual was in 98 300/300.  That was then and this is now.  What's wrong with my eye can't be fixed.  Seems I picked up a microbe in S.E. Asia long ago and far away.  Now if the Doc tells me it's getting worse I'll have to sell it but if a larger front will fix things I'm good.  Someone here has bound to know someone or maybe been through similar problems.  I really need your help please.

[R1100R]

I went with a good size fiber optic front sight and have had good luck with them.

Especially with the green VS the red. The Truglo TFO' s are becoming some of my favorites. Edited May 14, 2013 by R1100R

[dunndw]

I'm in the process of switching out the sights on my carry guns to the Trijicon HDs.

http://www.trijicon.com/na_en/products/product1.php?id=HDNS

[TNcitizen22]

I went through a period after my LASIK surgery where I really couldn't see jack out of either eye.  In that time, I found my XS big dots the easiest to see, followed by my Trijicon HD's.  

 

My vision was probably sitting at 20/60ish in both eyes at the time with a lot of debris if that makes any sense, so it was generally hard to see.

 

My .02 for what it is worth.

[cj0e]

Well, I don't have your exact problem, but I am near sighted. Had an old pair of backup glasses that were -2.00, my rx(contacts) was -2.5 at the time. Nothing extreme, but the XS Big dot definitley made shooting easier than stock glock sights.

 

I was able to maintain a good fist sized group out to 15yds with the XS big dot front and rear. At 25, things took a lot of getting used to, but once you've learned the sights, they're fast.

 

Wish I still had that pistol, and those sights. Whatever happens, good luck!

[Guest RedLights&Sirens]

Do you wear glasses? If so how do they help your vision? There are prescription safety glasses available and it may be worth talking to your opthamologist about.

[DMark]

Also look at a super-wide notch rear sight, all black with no dots.  Allows more light to frame the front sight. 

 

Novak makes one with a .170 notch.

 

 

I run these on all of my 1911s that have a Novak cut.