First, let me talk about the Talon grips. Talon Grips makes a textured adhesive grips for a multitude of firearms and even some none firearm related items like cell phones. They make both a granular (think sandpaper) and a rubberized grip. Personally, I am a big fan of the rubberized texture. To me, adding these grips
enhances my purchase on the gun, and makes the shooting experience so much sweeter. Installation is simple, as the grips
are adhesive. Applying heat from a heat gun or hair dryer allows the
grips to fully mold to the contours of the gun and get into all the nooks
and crannies. I have had a set on my TCP for over a year now and no sign of peeling up yet. For the low price of about $17, its worth trying out.The other item, and perhaps the more interesting one, is the XS Big dot sights. These are "fast acquisition" sights based on the old school "express" sights that big game hunters used in Africa. I think their website describes it best:
"For handguns our
sight configuration is a "V" rear blade with a dot front sight. This
gives the user considerable advantages in the highly dynamic world of
threat situations. The large white area around the tritium in the front
sight allows the user to better see the front sight in the mid to low
light conditions that are so prevalent in these situations too. The
large size of our Big Dot allows unparalleled speed of user acquisition
and indexing onto threats in all sorts of light and stress conditions.
If you don't already know, Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. Because of this, it glows. So placing it in your front sight allows you to see the front sight in low to no light conditions. Combine that with a shallow V with just a white stripe, these sights are a good bit faster than traditional 3 dot or notch-and-post sights. In the picture below you can see how the tritum glows even in medium light conditions. The only downside is that they are not as accurate long range. But then again, in a self defense situation, I will not not be engaging a target more than 10yds anyway. I will do a more comprehensive review of the XS sights and the install later. You can look at their website here at https://www.xssights.com/
As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns, please post them below.
