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The front sight is where your eye lives when you're shooting a 1911, and the Hi-Viz CT2009 gives you a target that jumps out instead of blending into the slide. It uses Hi-Viz's fiber optic LitePipe system, which grabs ambient light and channels it into a bright glowing dot at the top of your blade. The frame is heat-treated all-steel, so it holds up to recoil and years of hard use without going soft on you.
Stock GI-style 1911 front sights are small, dark, and slow to pick up, especially in less-than-perfect lighting. This sight fixes that. The glowing LitePipe pulls your eye straight to the front post, which speeds up your sight picture on the range and gives you a serious confidence boost if you ever need to draw fast. The blade sits 0.180 inches tall with a 0.125 inch width, keeping it in the ballpark of common 1911 front sight dimensions.
One of the best parts of the CT2009 is that it isn't a one-color-and-done deal. The kit ships with six replaceable LitePipes in green, red, and white, so you can match the color your eyes track best or swap for different lighting. Green tends to be the brightest to most eyes, red cuts through in bright sun, and white gives a neutral option. A change key and carrying case come along too, so switching pipes takes seconds and you've got a spot to stash the spares.
The CT2009 is built for wide tenon dovetail 1911s and fits most of them right out of the box. If you've got an early narrow tenon gun, the sight can be filed down to fit. This is a stake-on tenon sight, so having a gunsmith handle the install is the smart move to get it seated square and staked properly without risking the sight or your slide.
The CT2009 is designed for wide tenon dovetail 1911 pistols and fits most of them without modification. If you have an early narrow tenon 1911, the sight can be carefully filed down to fit. It's a good idea to confirm your gun uses a tenon-style front sight cut before ordering.
This is a stake-on tenon sight, and Hi-Viz recommends professional installation. Getting it seated square and staked correctly takes the right tools and know-how, and doing it by hand can risk damaging the sight or your slide. Most folks are happiest having a gunsmith handle the swap.
Everybody's eyes pick up color a little differently, and lighting changes throughout the day. The six included LitePipes come in green, red, and white so you can try each one and settle on whichever glows brightest and fastest for you. Swapping them takes seconds with the included change key.
Yes, that's a big part of the appeal. The fiber optic LitePipes are user-serviceable and swap out with the included key, so a cracked or worn pipe doesn't mean a new sight. This model uses the Hi-Viz Handgun Version #2 replacement LitePipes, which are widely available.
| UPC | 613485587982 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | |
| Manufacturer Part Number | CT2009 |
| Color | GREEN |
| Product Type | Sight |
| Style | Fiber Optic Front Sight |
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