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The Desert Eagle is a beast of a pistol, but the sights it ships with leave a lot of folks squinting. XS Sights built the DXT2 Big Dot set to fix exactly that. This kit fits the .44 Magnum and .50 AE Desert Eagle and pairs an oversized orange front dot with green tritium up front and a shallow V-notch tritium bar in the rear. The result is a sight picture that pulls your eye right where it needs to go, whether you're at the range in bright sun or checking things out after dark.
XS calls it the "dot-the-i" sight picture, and it works about like it sounds. You drop the big front dot on top of the vertical bar in the rear notch and you're aligned. No hunting for three tiny dots or lining up a thin post. The front dot uses a photoluminescent Glow Dot with a convex shape that soaks up ambient light and keeps glowing when things dim down, and the orange outline tends to pop best in daylight. Behind it, green tritium keeps both the front and rear lit when there's no light at all.
These sights are CNC machined from steel bar stock in Texas, so they hold up to drops, racking off a barricade, and years of hard use. The Glow Dot is engineered to shrug off cleaning chemicals and powder residue, and a quick wipe with a cloth brings it back. The shallow V rear stays low-profile and gives you a wide, open field of view instead of blocking the target.
Installation is a DIY-friendly job for anyone comfortable with a hammer and punch, and the kit includes lock screws and thread locker to keep everything put. Reviewers who've mounted these on their own Desert Eagles say it's a straightforward swap, though the DE is a chunky gun and worth protecting with padding while you work. If wrenching on your carry or range gun isn't your thing, any gunsmith can knock it out in a few minutes. Either way, it's one of the most worthwhile upgrades you can make to a Desert Eagle.
Yes. This set is made specifically for the Magnum Research Desert Eagle in .44 Magnum and .50 AE. It's the standard height version, so it's built to co-witness the factory setup on those models.
XS uses what they call the "dot-the-i" method. You place the big orange front dot right on top of the vertical tritium bar in the rear notch to get aligned, then cover your target with the dot. Many folks find it faster and more natural than lining up a traditional three-dot arrangement.
For most people, yes. The set installs with a hammer and punch, and it comes with lock screws and thread locker to hold everything in place. The Desert Eagle is a heavy, bulky pistol, so pad it well in your vise, and if you'd rather not risk scratching it, a gunsmith can handle the swap quickly.
XS makes both, and the difference comes down to lighting. In their testing the orange front dot shows up best in daylight, while the yellow version tends to glow a bit brighter in low light. Both use green tritium for true no-light visibility, so it really comes down to how and where you shoot most.
| UPC | 647533000901 |
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| Manufacturer Part Number | MR-X001S-5N |
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| Style | U Notch |
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