I too can search google for photos to support my statements.
Probably similar, though I wouldn't use a Walther PPK for a primary carry gun so it doesn't matter. The only purpose a PPK would serve for me is James Bond larping.Better or worse then stock Walther PPK sights per your definition?
Not a fan of the Shield either but I do find them to be much more shootable than a similarly sized revolver.Factory sights on a Shield?
I haven't owned a set of plastic OEM Glock sights in a long time but if you set aside the durability or lack thereof the OEM plastic sights are serviceable, much more so than the sights that are typically found on j-frame type revolvers as pictured above.Hell, better or worse then the plastic OEM Glock sights?
I don't disagree, and I should have prefaced the fact that I was speaking in general terms instead of absolutes. I can see where I gave that impression.SOME revolvers have terrible sights. SOME autoloaders do as well. Categorically saying one is better then the other isn't a matter of "like" or "definition". It's just wrong.
I'm talking about the kind of revolvers and sight combos that are commonly found on the ones that are carried today. I don't know a single person IRL that utilizes a revolver in a carry capacity who is running Novak sights on a J frame or carrying medium to large frame revolvers that they're typically found on. I'm talking about today, end of 2020, not a time period when Hillstreet Blues was the number 2 or number 3 police procedural on network television.
The people I know, and many of the ones online that I see are carrying j-frames are doing so for the convenience they afford. Notched frame rear and a serrated front or XS Big Dot is what I commonly see on the j-frames that people carry. Start adding snaggy sights and bigger grips and you're taking away part of what appeals about carrying them, which is the ability to carry them in a coat or pants pocket and still be able to deploy them in a timely manner.
Maybe there are people out there carrying medium and large frame revolvers for concealed carry. That makes even less sense to me though. A gun with the same size penalty as a semi auto service weapon without the benefit of additional capacity isn't a choice I'd be willing to make but to each his own.
I admit my revolver experience is limited, but you know why it's limited? Because every time I get the notion to buy a revolver and work it into the mix I shoot one and quickly realize there are far better options to suit my needs. I move on with life until the next time I get that itch and it needs to be scratched.
One could argue that revolvers and AKs have a lot of similarities. I won't say I'm the most experienced AK guy on PF because I'm not, but there hasn't been a day since 1998 that I haven't owned one and not much time goes by between me shooting and training with one. I've taken classes with them, and probably have twice the rounds through AKs that I do through ARs. I'm well acquainted with what AKs do well and what they don't do so well. One thing I know about using both, is AKs are not as reliable as the folklore you read on the internet, they're more accurate than AR guys want to admit, and ARs are not as finicky as AK guys want you to believe. I would have no qualms about using one of my AKs against a home invader or whatever, but I'd be lying if I said it'd be my first choice when I have the AR option. Everything about running AKs is harder, it just is, and I still love them. I suspect many revolver aficionados can see the parallels there.