Product Review: XS Big Dot Night Sight RV-0001N-3
I’m on a roll today so I guess I’ll throw something in my “Gear Reviews” category with a brief review of the XS Big Dot Tritium Front Night Sight for my Ruger SP-101 2.25 inch (what a mouthful). This sight is actually designed for J-framed Smiths as well, but in my case, I use it on my SP101, so your mileage may vary.
XS Big Dot installed on a Ruger SP101
Let me start off by saying that the tritium insert is from Trijicon. My preference in night sights has always leaned towards Meprolight, rather than Trijicon. The tritium inserts Meprolight uses just seem bigger and brighter. So I first bought the Meprolight front night sight for the SP101… mistake. It was a royal pain in the backside to install: filing, fitting, filing, fitting… repeat 100x. Once it was installed it completely jacked up my sight picture. Can’t have any of that non-sense going on, so I got rid of it and purchased the XS Big Dot. Installation of the XS sight also required filing, fitting and drilling (don’t try this at home if you’re squeamish, just find a gunsmith) but the process was much easier, because the sight was more properly fitted for the slot to begin with.
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