 Dylan Schumacher with the Citadel Defense and I have said goodbye to my big dots and I have replaced them with the F8 also from Express Sight Systems So I was just gonna talk a little bit about why I chose to do that and and why I'm parting ways with the big dots after I don't know several years of use really enjoyed them why I had them So first of all here is the new sight picture like I just showed you Right there, so it's a notch With a front post there bright and orange front post this rear sight will go in the dark. It's a tritium. So it's the front one so I just swapped them out and we're just gonna talk about why so I did have the excess sites for several years and I originally switched to them because You know it was it was that big dot, right? You just put the big dot on which one I hit pull the trigger problem solved and Over time my priorities have shifted So initially, you know, I just wanted a good solid kind of a defensive sight And that's that's why I ended up going with those on the recommendation of some people that I really admire and Chose to use those on my hand them and then I started to try to shoot more intense Standards and I started to have some hiccups and I definitely think you know There's a degree of skill which I need to need to master and end up my game a little bit But there was also I noticed that when I got to 25 yards with my big dots on an 8-inch circle I Had to hold Get my sight picture below that entire 8-inch circle in order to hit the 8-inch circle And that was that was really a big negative for me and 25 yards is not that far It's not that tough of a pistol shot and here I am struggling because I have to hold this deep 6 o'clock hold on On an 8-inch circle at 25 yards in order to hit what I want to hit and that was really the start of the end for me Because I think we would all agree and maybe you don't know but I would argue that the big dots are not a precision sight Though they're just a combat sight I guess is really just bought a quick access combat site and let me say this 15 yards and in Big dots are king. Okay. I mean there's no argument 15 yards and in big dots are king you pull the gun out you get that beautiful huge front sight picture It's like a poor man's red dot on a handgun. I mean, they're just 15 yards in and there is no comparison However, again, what happens when you want to shoot outside of 15 yards with your pistol? And that's where I start to run into issues and like I said, I desire precision shot at distance with my handgun I want to be able to do that and I don't want equipment to hold me back From being able to accomplish that. So that really is what led to the search for a new site one of the other reasons that I switched away from big dots is The rear sight is a really it's a snag-free sight any time you're looking at defensive sites for an EDC handgun or Or a combat gun and they say snag-free skip. Okay, that's just that's an automatic skip Because that doesn't allow you to use that rear sight to manipulate that gun one-handed right to rack it off your belt or your holster or Your buddy's plate carrier, right? I mean, whatever like it doesn't it doesn't allow you to rack it off I'm kidding. Okay, I mean, it doesn't allow you to rack it off other Objects or a table to get that gun into action or it doesn't I shouldn't say it doesn't allow you It makes it tougher. I I can single-hand rack the big dots off my belt or my holster, but I got to work at it I mean it because it's this slim snag-free sight. That's just harder to accomplish Now I chose the f8s from Excess sights for a couple reasons one had a buddy who put him on his gun recently after also switching away from the big dots and He's reported good things. So I want I want to try them out for that reason the second thing is You know it does again. It has a big front sight now am I gonna just wind it back where I started I hope not because I really got that you notch and there's some daylight on either side of that you which I'm sure you're able to see there for me to be able to get that more precision sight picture So we're gonna shoot them. I haven't shot them yet You know, I just I just put them on today here and I wanted to talk about and we'll see we'll see I'm sure there'll be an update to this about how they go. I will say I also bought a set of Trigicon XR HDs Or HD XR. I'm not sure what comes first and I put those on my G 17 And I'm also excited to test those out and see how those go initially. I like the the XDs Or I like the Trigicon's a lot more than I like the f8s So we'll be curious to to see how they perform and how I like them and kind of what I prefer As you can see here, there's just a this is a really deep Rear sight so there's a lot of ledge to work with that's probably like Three-quarters of an inch half an inch. I mean there's a there's a lot of room to work with there So that when I want to rack that off a belt through a holster or whatever. I'm able to accomplish that I will say lastly on any EDC handgun you have or or duty combat handgun, obviously You should have night sights in the handgun though. Those are an absolute must I don't care if it's if it's tritium, which I prefer or if even if you just get the painted illumination Things that charge up with with daylight on them or light on them, right? But something you got to have some way to access your sights at night Preferably just get the tritiums right and that's that's a big big win So you got to have those barn on and then again, I like that deep site So I want to be able to do those single-hand racks and manipulations if I need to do it Do I a plan on that happening? No, but nobody were plans on getting shot or disabled, right? So That's for me. That's why I switched. I'm not saying anything bad about the big dots If you're still on the big dots a more power to you. I hope they serve you well However, like I said, I want to be able to have precision at distance and those sites no longer serve that purpose Do brave deeds and endure