The Novak night sites served me well for years on my old 5906 duty gun before we switched from S&W 3rd gen to Glocks. I still get it out of the safe to shoot somedays. Give them a chance and you might be surprised.

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I have a 5906 coming. There are minimal aftermarket sight options. There are Novak, Trijicon, XS that I can find. Trijicon looks to produce a rear sight that has a flat leading edge and one that has a slanted Novak style edge. (I don’t understand why this style was sought after years back.)

I really would like a tritium front with orange ring and either blacked out rear or plain rear with tritium- Ameriglo Spartan, HD style, etc. I don’t think that option exists for the 5900 series pistols. If someone knows something I don’t, please let me know. Looks like the closest I could get to that set up is a white front with plain Novak rear.

Because the 'sweeping' rack to the rear that was taught to clear a malfunction shreds your hand with square-fronted sights, and the Novak doesn't collect DNA when doing it.

Still my favorite sight. I'm *far* more likely to clear a malf than have to rack my gun on my belt or holster (and learned how to do that without using a sight, anyway.) There's a long tradition of 'melted' guns for just this reason.

Larry

 

What do you use, the safety selector?

 

Depends on the individual pistol; muzzle, ejector port, safety can all work.

Truth is, though, a one-handed rack is about 1,000 x less likely than a malf clearing, and a slide that isn't sharp lets you do that faster and more often than with sharp edges and protrusions.

Larry

 

Depends on the individual pistol; muzzle, ejector port, safety can all work.

Truth is, though, a one-handed rack is about 1,000 x less likely than a malf clearing, and a slide that isn't sharp lets you do that faster and more often than with sharp edges and protrusions.

Larry

I disagree. You can do both more easily with a rear sight that has a flat leading edge. Right now my support arm is out of commission so I have no choice but to use only one hand to manipulate whatever pistol I’m carrying.

 

To each his own. With an out of commission weak hand, I'm sure the calculation changes.

Larry