Favorite handgun sights and configuration

[Boriqua]

Well, I am not sure if I should ask a question in this thread, but, a few have mentioned darkened rear sights. I do not understand the purpose of darkened rear sights, especially in low light conditions.
Can someone explain it to the confused?

I have been running blacked out rear now for a couple of years. I recently changed out my Sig229 front sight to a TFO which I prefer hands down over the TFX and just took black marker to the rear dots.

Like most folk when they get a little older its not the long vision that goes but the short vision. As a younger guy I had eagle vision but as I get older my long range vision has suffered a touch its the inside 3 ft that really went south. Cant read a damn thing without glasses.

So .. at arms length the rear sight are just a blur and it makes for a confusing mess of a sight picture. With a GOOD dot out front and black outed rear I can fairly well point and shot as I pick up the front sight so much faster. In my perfect world I like a wide notch in back giving nice space left and right for the front sight. I am faster "NOW" with that set up. Cant change what father time does so .. I adjust.

My early guns and my still favorite gun is revolvers. My Ruger GP100 is a 3inch with gutter. I have always lined up the tops of the sights and the rear dots meant little even when I was younger.

 

[A65453]

I live where one step outside, is flat out dark at night. Just the stars if not overcast. Zero light pollution. That means no light at all or barely even with a full moon out. You are not going to see anything at all.

So how do you even see or identify a potential target? If you can't see anything at all, how do you know that humanoid shape isn't your wife?