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Q: How do I choose the color that is best for me, what do most people use?
A: So far the most popular color combination seems to be the one we feature on our logo – yellow rear and red front. However, we all perceive colors, intensity of colors and contrast differently. Every ATS user should establish his or her individual color preference. We suggest, with an unloaded firearm, trying various combinations of colors with the holding pins removed. Try these combinations in various lightening situations, sighting with both eyes, sighting with one eye, etc., until you find the color combo most suitable for your eyes. The holding pins must be reinserted before firing. Firing with the holding pins removed may result in insert loss.
Q: How much shim should I use for proper bullet elevation impact: - ATS Elevation Shim Adjustment Chart
A: Your firearm may be adjusted for point of aim at almost any reasonable handgun distance. Our experience has been, as a starting point for sight elevation at 25 to 50 yards, that about half a shim is needed with most Glocks other than the model 20. Model 20's need two to four thousandths of shim to no shim at all, depending on the individual shooter and the load being used. Each whole shim is 30 thousandths of an inch and is assembled in two thousandths of an inch sheets. (Please refer to our ATS Elevation Shim Adjustment Chart) Place the shim in a vice and slice or peel off the amount of thickness needed with a thin bladed tool. The amount of shim needed, especially as distance increases, may vary from individual shooter, individual gun, and the load being used.
Q: How should I install the rear sight?
A: We always recommend the use of a licensed gunsmith for sight installation. For best results, remove the locking screw on the rear sight before installation or removal of the rear sight. A sight-pushing tool is the most efficient way to drift the rear sight into place or adjust it for windage. Some have had success with tapping the rear sight into place with a wooden or plastic mallet.
Q: When will the ATS be available for my particular handgun?
A: We will eventually offer the ATS for all popular handguns, shotguns, and carbines. We should have them for Sig Sauer and Springfield XD pistols as well as tactical shotguns by early summer 2006. By fall of 2006 we are planning to introduce applications for 1911 pistols and Smith & Wesson Revolvers. Other applications will soon follow, according to the demand.
Q: Are you planning to have night sights?
A: Yes, the ATS will be available in two different types of night sights. Both will feature some of the same brilliant colors that are currently available on the ATS with the additional capability of being seen in very darkened situations. One of the two types of “night” sights will feature the latest advances in glow material. With a short charge of light they will glow for the duration of most tactical events. With a longer charge they will glow for hours. These glow sights will be for those who do not want continuously glowing sights. In addition to these glow sights, we will offer an ATS that utilizes tritium technology for those who desire sights that will continually glow. However, our current highly florescent colored inserts are visible in subdued light. They often are very efficient when there is not enough brightness to activate fiber optic material and not enough darkness to activate tritium inserts.
Q: How is the best way to change the colors on the front sight?
A: First, make sure you are using the proper punch size: A 1/32 punch, section of a small paper clip, and a #65 drill blank are a few possibilities. Punch the pin half way out then remove it with a needle nose pliers. Peel off the current insert and press in the desired insert. Before pin reinsertion, make sure the holes in the insert and the side holes of the insert base are aligned. Hold the newly seated insert in its base up to the light to check for proper alignment. Then, apply pressure to the insert with your thumb while tapping the pin in place, to ensure continued alignment through the pin insertion process.
Q: Will there be additional colors, other than the current five now being offered?
A: Yes, we will have others. Eventually, will have black inserts and even a “hot pink” one. Others will be considered upon request and customer demand.
Q: Do we get all five colors with each sight set or do we have to specify a color preference?
A: Each sight set includes all five colors. You may switch them around to create 25 different front and rear sight color combinations.
Q: When you say that your sights aren’t “night sights” but they can be seen in subdued light, what does that mean?
A: The ATS inserts are highly florescent and react to ambient light very well. They operate in a zone where the ambient light does not allow a clear view with regular sights, including those with fiber optics or tritium inserts. Fiber optics need a light source to appear brilliant and tritium inserts are in their most active state in more darkened situations. Most tactical situations typically occur in dim light when sight visibility can be compromised by the lack of available light. An unclear sight picture impedes quick target acquisition. “Night sights” are certainly valuable in some situations and Wrentech will be introducing a night sight version of the ATS in the future.
Q: When you align the front and rear sights of the ATS, what part of the sight do you use for bullet impact?
A: Place the front sight into the rear notch to create a pyramid like sight picture. The top point of the pyramid is where you want the bullet to go. The dimensions of the ATS were carefully engineered to allow quick sight acquisition of the target without compromising accuracy.