If anyone has experience with both please chime in on what you prefer and why. Currently looking for sights for an M&P, might go 2-dot might not. Supposedly the heinie sights have a smaller rear sight notch that makes it slower to get lined up.
I have both Heinie Straight-8 ledge sights and Warren Tactical 2-dot sights on my Glocks. In the dark they both look the same except the Warrens have a yellow rear with green front. In the light the Warrens are easier as the front sight has a large white outline around the dot. However, I do appreciate the serrations on the front and rear sights of the Heinies. The Warrens are a bit cheaper and shipped right away. The Heinies cost about $15 more and took 3 weeks to arrive as they were out of stock at the time.
The rear sight notch on my Heinies is the same width as my Warrens, the front blade on my Heinies is a teeny bit thinner. I don’t have a real preference for one over the other.
I prefer the Warrens. I use the plain black rear with the green tritium front. The Heinie sights are not bad either I just didn’t see any reason to switch.
I don’t favor one over the other. However I do prefer one or the other. These are the only sights use on my G19’s and M&P9’s. The 3 dot sights are to busy for my 50yr old eyes. I also prefer the wider rear sight notch’s available from either maker.
I have them both. I prefer the U notch on the Warren rear sight. I have the Qwick sights on my HK45C and to me the Heinies appear to be higher quality. I wish I could have the Heinie front with a white ring, serrated in combination with the Warren rear without the rear dot. All done in Heinie quality.
I have used both and I prefer the Heinie “Ledge” (.140).
Have both prefer Warren.
imo, intuitively and instinctly creates an natural apex for sight picture while allowing for better background vision/target-threat assessemnt.
The Warren’s are working quite well for me…
I’m quite satisfied with the Warren’s I chose for my G34-the black-on-black Tacticals, with the rear face of the front sight painted with Testor’s Neon Green (with white Liquid Paper being used as a base coat) for a very fast front sight acquisition.
Best, Jon
Sorry-double post.
both are great sights.
Warren
Heinie Ledge:
I have not tried the newer Heinie ledge style sights and will try them this time over the Warren’s I have on my G19.
I started running the Heinie Ledges on my G17 on advice from LAV and so far I’ve been very happy with them. It’s definately easier to pick up the sight picture over my Trijicons.
I haven’t switched over all my Glocks yet (I have too damn many) but I will eventually.
Good to hear, U notches on the Warren and 10-8 sights do not work for me and I don’t know why.
I’ll admit that I’ve never used a U notch but I suspect that like everything else I could get used to it with some practice.
And since I don’t have a ton time to try all the different sights I figured I could save myself time and money by listeing to LAV and going with his recommendation.
I didn’t feel like jumping back and forth between the WTS Sevigny sights that I love, the 10-8 sights on my old 1911 (Had them squared) and the WTS on my 19 that was rarely shot lol
I was looking at these sights and some say you have to modify the slide. What kind of modification is this? Anything major?
On what kind of pistol? About the the only ones I can think of would be a G.I. style 1911 or a Hi Power. Glocks, Sigs, etc are designed to work with the existing dovetails.
I run Heinie’s on my G20 they work good for me.
I like some features of each of them…
I prefer the more vertical leading edge of the Heinie’s rear sight for use during one handed slide manipulations. The Warren Tactical has more of a slanted/“snag-free” leading edge which I dont care for.
I prefer the over-all sight picture and the rear notch of the Warren Tactical. I didnt care much for the “U” notch of the 10-8 rear, but the slightly rounded-off design of the Warren Tactical seems to agree with me more than either the 10-8’s “U” or the Heinie’s square notch. The “Wave” profile of the rear does seem to help line-up the top of the front sight post with the top edge of the rear sight.
The Heinie’s always seem to need more fitting than most other aftermarket sights on the market. Not a bad thing, just takes a little more time to fit properly.