My Review of the Burris Fast Fire 3 Part Two

'Dimensional and Gasket Differences with the FF2'
In terms of width, the FF2 and FF4 are the same. However, the FF3 is both a bit longer and taller than the FF2. Despite these differences, though, the FF3 will still fit on existing mounts made for the FF2. Since it is a bit longer, it does protrude a bit lengthwise on my Glock Slide Mount.

Top view of both sights, showing the longer length of the Burris FF3


The taller profile of the FF3 gives it a slightly better field of view compared to the FF2, which is pretty good from a practical point of view. However, the taller profile doesn't look very good, and sort of ruins the sleek appearance of the sight, especially the side profile. In terms of overall looks, I think the FF2 is better than the FF3.

Front view of both sights, showing the taller profile of the Burris FF3


The Gasket on the bottom of the sight is also different. On the FF2, it is wide and loose, which actually ended up being damaged slightly after I installed/removed it 2-3 times. On the FF3, it is smaller with a different shape, and is fixed, making it more durable and less likely to be damaged during installation/removal.

(Video) My Glock 22 in its Machine Pistol Mode Part One

They said a picture is worth a thousand words, so a video would be even more so. That's why I decided to take a video of my Glock 22 in what I call its "Machine Pistol Mode" so people can capture a bit more detail that just the words and pictures I have posted here thus far. I intend to make a couple more over the next couple of weeks or months, depending on how much more detail I feel I can share more with videos.

Forgive the mediocre camera focus, I used only a Samsung PL120 Digital Camera. It works very well with still pictures, but apparently not very much with indoor close up videos. I hope I can rectify this on my next videos. So now here is the video itself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4NVUuxLP20

My Review of the Burris Fast Fire 3 Part One

I was relatively happy with my Burris Fast Fire 2 (FF2), but when the Burris Fast Fire 3 (FF3) came out, I saw that they had made some important and significant improvements that could make it a worthwhile upgrade. So I waited until the price dropped down, and bought one.

'Reticle Size'
One of the main and obvious improvements they made with the FF3 is that it now comes in two reticle sizes, 3 Minute of Angle (MoA), and 8 MoA. You cannot have both reticle sizes on one sight, you have to specify which one you would like to get when you buy it. The FF2 came with one reticle size only, at 4MoA. It was okay, but I found it a bit small, and hard to quickly find sometimes, especially when you are moving your handgun with your sight on it around.

The advantage of relatively small reticle sizes, is that you can hit further with it, because the sight will not be covering much of the target. However, since I will be using my FF3 on my Glock which I don't generally intend to shoot more than 100 meters, I would prefer a bigger reticle size, and that is why I decided to get the FF3 with the 8MoA reticle size.

Glock 23 Machine Pistol Configuration Part Three

'Fab Defense FGG-S'
I chose the Fab Defense FGG-S Tactical Folding Grip over other picatinny foregrips out there, mainly because it definitely was made for the Glock in mind, as it does not only attach to the rails, but also on the lower part of the frame, and the front of the trigger guard. This provides more area to distribute the force applied of the foregrip. This minimizes the flexing of the frame when using the foregrip.

It even has a hook-like protrusion at the upper front of the grip that protects your finger from the muzzle blast. Another item I bought online, which arrived about a week later. The only problem with the grip, is that there is a bit of a gap between the FGG-S and the front area of the trigger guard. This gap allows the frame to flex a bit too much, increasing the gap between the slide and the frame, which I was afraid was going to cause malfunctions.

I decided to put some material to fill that gap between the FGG-S and the frame/trigger guard by using 3M double sided tape (used only one side, kept the backing of the other side intact). I used three layers of the 3M tape to effectively fill that gap, and they seem to work very well in minimizing the the flexing of the frame when force is applied to the FGG-S.



One thing to remember when attaching this grip, is to ensure that you don't overtighten the screw, as Glock says that tightening the screws too much of any attachment on the Picatinny rail will cause the gun to malfunction. There really is no need to tighten too much the screws for this grip, the screw is caught between teeths that keep it from moving back and forth anyway. So just use enough force to lock the screw lightly in place.