Can't See Your Small Bead Sight? Upgrade To An XS Big Dot!
by
Patrick R
Published: July 15th, 2017
Are your eyes having a hard time picking up that small factory bead sight? Installing a larger front sight from XS Sights is easy and painless with the right tools. Now you will be able to quickly find that front sight day or night with the new tritium Big Dot.
Many thanks to Brownells for sponsoring our Modification Minute videos. The parts and tools we used were:
Apex Tool Group 6″ Chain Nose Pliers – $15.99
Loctite Medium Strength Blue #242 Threadlocker – $14.19
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Try 'soft focus' technique. It works better than those fancy tactical sight. I picked it up from Jerry Miculek.
I put a XS Sight Systems rail with ghost ring rear sight and matching Big Dot front sight on my Mossberg 590A1, and I REALLY like this setup. The gun came with a cheap ghost ring rear sight and a dovetailed front sight blade. Mounting the rail and new sights took just a few minutes, and it is a vast improvement. I don't generally believe in entertaining those "if you had to have just one gun" scenarios, but if I had to reduce to just a pistol and a long gun, the 590A1 with those XS sights on it would be a viable choice .....maybe not the best choice, but a viable one.