I have ghost rings on my Mossberg 590 and love 'em.

 

Love 'em on rifles and shotguns. For a fighting handgun though, I don't think I'd like them, but I've never checked them out either.

 

Shot with them, yes.

The suck unless they're up against your eye, like on a rifle (where the idea works).

On a pistol held at arms length, totally different idea. No good, if you ask me.

 

Shot with them, yes.

The suck unless they're up against your eye, like on a rifle (where the idea works).

On a pistol held at arms length, totally different idea. No good, if you ask me.

Interesting ... and yes as the posts above reference I as curious as to their benefit in a handgun scenario specifically ...

 

Interesting ... and yes as the posts above reference I as curious as to their benefit in a handgun scenario specifically ...

No benefit, save your money.

 

Peep sights work great when the rear sight is close up to your face, but they suck when you put them way out in front of you by extending your arms. NO WAY I'd use them on a handgun of any kind, unless we are talking about an Ar-15 pistol which can still be shouldered.

 

Good info in this thread... glad I asked...

 

They're great on my benelli super Nova tactical but I don't know about on a handgun

 

I like them.

They are not "peep" sights. An aperture rifle "peep" sight is close to the size of the pupil of the eye, and is intended to be close to the eye; the Ghost Ring is vastly larger than this, and is meant to be a distance from the eye.

In a close-range encounter with sights being used, if you are sighted on target center of mass and can see the front sight ANYWHERE in the rear ring picture, you will hit the target somewhere close within that center of mass. This is a quick alignment, and trades accuracy for speed; a valid trade, in my belief.

 

I had a set on a P226 race gun. They were OK but not great.I changed them out to a factory blacked out rear sight and a FO front. Much better at picking up the sights faster without the ghost ring.

 

IMO they work great on my benelli nova tactical, but idk about a pistol.

 

I like them.

They are not "peep" sights. An aperture rifle "peep" sight is close to the size of the pupil of the eye, and is intended to be close to the eye; the Ghost Ring is vastly larger than this, and is meant to be a distance from the eye.

In a close-range encounter with sights being used, if you are sighted on target center of mass and can see the front sight ANYWHERE in the rear ring picture, you will hit the target somewhere close within that center of mass. This is a quick alignment, and trades accuracy for speed; a valid trade, in my belief.

I've looked thru them on a pistol.
I don't see how they would be any faster or easier to use than conventional pistol sights. The idea is that your eye will center the rear '"donut" with the front sight post and you compensate accordingly to aim the firearm. With a pistol the ghost ring is farther away from you than a rifle making it harder to see thru, and you are attempting to center a front sight that is maybe 5.5 or so inches away (short sight radius). Add to this any kind of low light shooting, and they are a liability, not an asset.
I love them (ghost rings) on a brush rifle though.

 

I've looked thru them on a pistol.
I don't see how they would be any faster or easier to use than conventional pistol sights. The idea is that your eye will center the rear '"donut" with the front sight post and you compensate accordingly to aim the firearm.

The "centering" doctrine is a rifle technique which I do not carry over to using a handgun at close range with these sights. If I see the front sight anywhere in the rear ring, I will be usefully on target. If I take the time to center the front sight within the ring, I am defeating the purpose of this sight.

An earlier poster thought the Ghost Ring sight is poorly suited to race-gun use; I agree with him. If I want to put shots ONLY in the A area of a torso target, I will NOT use Ghost Rings. If I will accept anything in the C or A area as a good shot, I will like the Ghost Ring.

 

I like them...on my shotgun.

 

The "centering" doctrine is a rifle technique which I do not carry over to using a handgun at close range with these sights. If I see the front sight anywhere in the rear ring, I will be usefully on target. If I take the time to center the front sight within the ring, I am defeating the purpose of this sight.

An earlier poster thought the Ghost Ring sight is poorly suited to race-gun use; I agree with him. If I want to put shots ONLY in the A area of a torso target, I will NOT use Ghost Rings. If I will accept anything in the C or A area as a good shot, I will like the Ghost Ring.

No thanks. If I'm close enough for that, I can point shoot.

 

No thanks. If I'm close enough for that, I can point shoot.

I agree. That is a point I make to students: Master your handgun enough to place a shot decently at CLOSE range WITHOUT going to the sights. PRECISION sight alignment on a protection handgun is less useful than is generally presented. If a shooter, for whatever reason, HAS to use sights at 4-5 yards, the Ghost Ring sight picture becomes a useful backup to point shooting. If the range is 7-8 yards, the "anywhere in the ring" doctrine starts to break down. But then, there is probably enough distance to fall back on the "centering in the ring" AS A FALLBACK.

 

I love ghost rings on a shotgun. My Benelli has them.

 

Add me to the list that likes (and has) them on a shotgun. I have never tried them on a handgun.

 

I'm pretty sure most people that use them on a handgun, do so because they think it looks cool. I really wouldn't consider them "quick" alignment sights, and I doubt anybody is getting much of an accuracy benefit out of them.

I prefer big dots on handguns, when quick center mass targeting is the goal.

 

I put one on a G17L...NO GOOD! :yuck:

 

I use them (the Dr. Skinner brand) on my leverguns, & the AmeriGlo version on the G23.
I like them.

I might even prefer the AmeriGlo Ghost Ring over my TruGlo TFO's on the G27.

 

I had gotten a used G21 with a set of Ameriglo Ghostring sights on it. I tried it for a couple of range outings and sold it quickly.

Timer and scores convinced me that there are better set-ups for each and any scenario.

 

Had some on a G26 I bought from a friend. He loved them, I always shot low with them. Replaced them with trijicons, shoot it much better now.

Have the rear ghost ring and front trijicon I took off with plenty of life left in the glow if anyone would like to buy them.

 

Had some on a G26 I bought from a friend. He loved them, I always shot low with them. Replaced them with trijicons, shoot it much better now.

Have the rear ghost ring and front trijicon I took off with plenty of life left in the glow if anyone would like to buy them.

I would occasionally have the same low-shot condition when I first got these sights. I found that, when I was shooting for accuracy with them, I was centering the TOP of the front sight in the ring instead of centering the front dot.

I am interested in buying your used sights. Determine a price, and contact me.

 

Great on a long gun...

Garbage on a handgun...(unless you always hold your handgun 6" away from your eye when you shoot it)

If you want a handgun sight that is fast and perfectly suited to CQB, the XS 24/7 Big Dot Express sights are among the best...IMHO. (But then I grew up popping bunnies at 50 yards with a 22lr that had express style sights. So I'm not one of the "Can't shoot accurately at longer distances with Big Dots" crowd...I find them to be easy to shoot accurately with at any distance.)