I'm running a 9mm 1911 in Steel Challenge with an adjustable rear sight and FO front. The firing line at our short practice range is almost always in shade and even with my competition shooting glasses focused on the sights (actually, the front sight of course), I simply don't get a great sight picture. Shot a match today in bright sunlight and the sights simply jumped out at me. I need to replace/repair my rear sight in any event and I'm thinking an FO rear would help greatly in these practice sessions, but it's not an inexpensive experiment. Shooting my H&K P2000 with three dot sights under the same conditions I do believe the dots help achieve faster sight alignment - it's a bit of apples and oranges, but all I've got.
Any thoughts/experiences would be greatly appreciated.
BTW, I used my backup gun at the match and I liked the trigger more than #1, but that might be my much greater success in scoring hits.