ATS Sights - feedback requested

[E4 No More]

http://www.advantagetactical.com/handguns/sig-sauer-all-models-except-250-1911s-and-22s-ats-sight

 

If you have older eyes and have tried these sights would you please share your experience?

[phiferran]

I have been interested in these sights as well.  I hope there is some feedback from others that have used them since I have "seasoned and experienced eyes" and am always looking for sights that would help out. 

[E4 No More]

I have been interested in these sights as well.  I hope there is some feedback from others that have used them since I have "seasoned and experienced eyes" and am always looking for sights that would help out. 

I went ahead and ordered a set. I got them today and noticed a design flaw right off. This applies to the dovetail set; not the set for the Glock/Taurus that use a post. The dovetail base of the front sight that has to be drifted into place on the slide has the setscrew for attaching the colored tip to the base on the bottom of the base, so unless you can determine right off your color preference for the front sight then that makes changing colors or adding/removing shims a bit more difficult to accomplish. If you change them more than a couple of times then you have to also worry about the base wearing down enough to lose the friction that keeps it in place in the frame. So I guess that I better set on a color of the front sight and stick with it. The rear sight color is easier to change being that it snaps into the rear sight base.

 

The colored plastic inserts for the rear sight are brightly colored with the exception of the "red" which is more of a pinkish-red than red. This makes me feel like the red has less brightness than the other colors. I would prefer a bright red than what they give you. The front sights tips are all set in their black housings, so it's hard to tell. Given the design flaw I think what I need to do is stick them all on a piece of wood and view them all together in different lights and backgrounds to determine which one if the most appropriate and then mount it in the gun. Then use the different rear inserts to see what color combo I like.

 

PS: I contacted ATS about my concerns and received a very quick response. For the red comment he said that they add a little white to the red making a coral red because red itself doesn't show up very well in low light. With the coral red the sight performs better in all lighting conditions. For the other issue he admitted that changes are more difficult and liked my idea of using a smaller set screw on the front: however, he has changed the sights repeatedly without the sight becoming loose. He did say that some are drilling a hole through the slide to access the set screw easier for quicker changes.

Edited January 28, 2016 by SWJewellTN