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Bitter Clinger wrote:

Keith Bilbrey wrote:

drjoker wrote: 2. for the fixed sights, is it easy to shoot at the point of aim or will you have to "compensate" by aiming a bit high or low, etc? If it shoots to the point of aim at, say, 20 ft or less, then at what range do you have to start compensating? 50 yards? 100 yards?

Thanks,

If you are shooting at 50-100 yards, you WILL need to compensate. In my experience, hold at the bottom of the head at 50, top of the head at 100. That's out of my 9mm M&P. YMMV.

If shooting at 50 - 100 yards, either get closer or buy a shoulder stock adapter that fits in the grip plug.

Keith Bilbrey wrote:

drjoker wrote: 2. for the fixed sights, is it easy to shoot at the point of aim or will you have to "compensate" by aiming a bit high or low, etc? If it shoots to the point of aim at, say, 20 ft or less, then at what range do you have to start compensating? 50 yards? 100 yards?

Thanks,

If you are shooting at 50-100 yards, you WILL need to compensate. In my experience, hold at the bottom of the head at 50, top of the head at 100. That's out of my 9mm M&P. YMMV.

Medley86 wrote:I'm curious, how are the rds turned on when on a pistol? Every rifle sight I have messed with has a dial for on off. I only ask because I worry if it is ever needed that I'll actually have the time to draw, any extra fiddling with the handgun would not be desirable to me. I put some green and yellow truglo tfos on my xdm and it made it easier to shoot than the factory white dots.

The Annoyed Man wrote:That all seems more complicated than necessary. I usually carry a Glock 19, OC or CC, it doesn't matter. I also sometimes open carry a G17. The 17 has Trijicon HD tritium sights, and the 19 has Big Dot tritium sights. I can shoot either gun, with either sights, fairly well. No need for all that fancy Dan stuff.......unless that's what floats your boat.

CleverNickname wrote:If you insist on open carrying, it will be easier to find a retention holster for a Glock 17 than a Glock 34. Please don't OC without a rentention holster. I suggest the Safariland 6354DO, which is designed for use with a Glock 17 or Glock 19 (two different holster models, one for each frame size) that has a mounted red dot.

drjoker wrote:I am torn. Which Glock to buy? (do NOT say "both")

Ok, since open carry is legal now, I'm no longer afraid of "printing" so I can get a bigger gun that carries more ammo capacity. I'm thinking of getting something modern with a red dot sight for a CCW that is poorly concealed. I'm confused. Should I get a Glock 34 MOS with adjustable sights or with fixed sights? They are similarly priced but I don't know which to buy. Here are my questions for those of you who own one and carry it;

1. for adjustable sights, does the sights get easily knocked out of alignment?
A: Guy at gun store said, "no." (GT Distributor)
2. for the fixed sights, is it easy to shoot at the point of aim or will you have to "compensate" by aiming a bit high or low, etc? If it shoots to the point of aim at, say, 20 ft or less, then at what range do you have to start compensating? 50 yards? 100 yards?
??? Probably no compensation at up to 100 yards?
3. can you cowitness the irons and the red dot?
A:Yes. (GT Dist)
4. if you can only cowitness with taller suppressor sights, are these taller red dot sights more expensive? harder to find? both? Are there identical red dot sight models for both taller and lower sights for all the major manufacturers?
A: Taller suppressor sights seems to refer to irons not the red dot. I wrongly thought that there are taller "suppressor" red dot and irons sights. Another set of taller suppressor iron sights will set you back $50 to 100.
Which one would you get? adjustable or fixed sights with the red dot MOS glock 34?

I will get the fixed sights as I have to replace the sights with taller suppressor sights, anyways. Also, adjustable sights Glock cost $10 more.

Thanks,