The Viking Sight, from Viking Tactics (VTAC), is a new set of handgun sights that have some features that I am sure you will not find on any other set of sights.
The first thing you notice about these sights is that they have 3 fiber optics dots (1 front, 2 rear) and 3 tritium dots (1 front, 2 rear). This allows the sights to be highly visible during the day and night. The fiber optic dots are placed above the tritium dots. The fact that the dot sets are placed one on top of the other opens up some pretty interesting “hold over” possibilities for long distance shooting. The tritium front dot could be aligned with the fiber optic rear dots to provide a consistent reference point for a hold over.
In order to accommodate this dot over dot set up, the rear sight notch is cut very deep. VTAC claims that this deep cut enhances speed. It has been my experience with other sight sets that deep notches and tall narrow front sights usually do make for fairly speedy sights. The Warren Tactical Sevigny Carry sights are a good example.
One of the most interesting features to me is that the front sight is tapered. It gets narrower at the top. The tapering should give a somewhat fine aiming point. This seems like the kind of thing that would work well but I have never used a tapered front sight.
The Viking Sight is different than any other handgun sights available. Time will tell if they are successful, though I would never bet against a product designed by Kyle Lamb of Viking Tactics. I can’t remember the last time I saw a set of sights that contained so many innovations all at once.
The Viking Sight is available for the Smith & Wesson M&P series of handguns from Viking Tactics.
The Gen 2 MBUS improves on the original by adding a detent to the front sight so that the front sight post is locked in place. Both the front and rear have been made lower in profile so that they work with a wider variety of optics.
