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A shooting timer will confirm that the Heine Straight Eight system is superior to any other 3-dot system. Not shooting with either a timer or from a holstered position

A less-than perfect grip (like when your azzhole is real tight, cause someone is trying to kill you) will present the weapon with sights a tad askew. If your front sight dot is behind one of the rear sight dots, and you yank the trigger, who the hell knows where it is going? You didn't read my comment; if the situation is such that I can't see the sights & I must depend on tritium, then the gun is in my hand, positioned correctly & likely more or less at eye level. From there it's an easy move to final aim & firing position & reasonable sight alignment (you may personally have difficulty though).

Straights 8's alignment in the vertical is equally as easy to mis-align as you make out the horizontal alignment of the 3-dots to be.

I am of the opinion that a rear sight with a MUCH wider notch (at least 0.156 on a Glock) with NO Tritium, combined with a front sight like the new Trijicon HD, might just be the ultimate carry gun setup. Maybe.......at least I think it's not bad; night shooting requiring tritium will not be long range.

I would like to see a side-to side comparison, at night of the above compared to the Heine system done with timers and a lot of good shooters. I KNOW either is superior to the "conventional" 3-dot setup. I know you always KNOW, even when you don't. I have nothing at all against Straight 8 sights, & even like them, but they are simply not a measurable amount either better or worse than 3-dots, just different