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Glock Night Sights
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Midget
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glock also makes tritium night sights.
they are decent, too. well built, metal body w/ brightly glowing tritium tubes. i have them on my G26 and they have held up very well to daily carry. smooth and rugged, they don't snag on anything and do pretty much what i'd expected. also a small amount cheaper than the other brands.
i think they're all going to be good, but since the glock ones seem to fill the purpose and were cheaper i happily went with those.
they are decent, too. well built, metal body w/ brightly glowing tritium tubes. i have them on my G26 and they have held up very well to daily carry. smooth and rugged, they don't snag on anything and do pretty much what i'd expected. also a small amount cheaper than the other brands.
i think they're all going to be good, but since the glock ones seem to fill the purpose and were cheaper i happily went with those.
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The factory night sights are all I have tried on my Glocks. As already mentioned, they work fine and are durable. The first ones I got came on my 21, and I thought, these will need to be changed.... But after using them for awhile, I realized that they were just fine. Have them on my 36 as well.
On 1911's I've used quite a few different variations. They all worked fine, the biggest difference is the shape and price. IIRC, most companies use the same Tritium vial that is inserted into the sight.
On 1911's I've used quite a few different variations. They all worked fine, the biggest difference is the shape and price. IIRC, most companies use the same Tritium vial that is inserted into the sight.
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None of the above.
XS Sights http://www.xssights.com/index.html?gclid=CMui6s-Sr6UCFZVc2godTQfBaA.
Reason; fast sight picture acquisition.
XS Sights http://www.xssights.com/index.html?gclid=CMui6s-Sr6UCFZVc2godTQfBaA.
Reason; fast sight picture acquisition.
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:thumbup::thumbup: Have to agree with GPB whole heartedly. I had the "Glock Doc" in Indiana install the Trijicon sights on my Model's 34 & 35, but had trouble picking up the back " u ". Next time at the show, I had the Model 35 installed with the XS & it was, pardon the pun, like night & day. Next show, I am taking my Model 34 to have the same thing done. I also have a Model 26 for C/C, but don't really know if that would be just a waste of $$$ & time. Find a gun (usually someone has a "dummy gun" that has all kind of upgrades on it) that has an XS on it & I think you will like it a lot.
Be safe.
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The Meprolights on my Glock 20 have held up well for 17 years and about 30,000 full-power 10mm rounds. Good enough for me.
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I can't say for sure. I've been a little out of the loop for a few years, but it wouldn't surprise me if they are.
I know a lot of people like a sight that is quick and easy to acquire, and thats fine, but I don't get real carried away with it. In a lot of SD situations, you aren't going to have much time to worry about lining up your sights. Thats why I train on instinctive shooting. If the threat is far enough away that you have plenty of time to line up your sights, it may be questionable that it was even justified to shoot.
One thing I like about the Glock sights is that they are physically small, but still big enough if you need to use it to clear a malfunction. I carry IWB all the time, so I don't like sights that are physically big. Realistically the odds of needing to use them for that are very small, and unless you train quite a bit, most people will never do it anyway.
Night sights are neat, but in all honesty, when I carry one of my pistols that doesn't have them, I never feel like I'm handicapped because of it.
YMMV
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when I purchased my G23 about 8years ago, you had a choice....mine have Trijicons...In daylight I shoot with both eyes open, but have to close an eye when shooting in a dark shoot house....same with shooting through vertical slats....
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i mean...
there's truth to that statement for sure. but like, tritium sights provide a good long while's worth of lume. a decade or more? sure they fade over time. but if the *half-life* is 11 years, then isn't it reasonable to believe after a decade, you'd still have half the luminosity than when you did when the sights were new? and they are pretty bright when they're new.
anyhow my point being is, yes training is key. i got a good deal on my glock night sights (about 60 bucks). how many rounds does 60 bucks buy? about 300?
can you learn to shoot at night with 300 rounds? see in the dark with 300 rounds?
i tried shooting my new (plain sight) 1911 on a range at night. i couldn't see anything. i couldn't see the target - just barely an outline under moonlight. and i couldn't see my sights at all. couldn't see my gun at all. it just didn't seem like a good idea.
there are a lot of bells and whistles that you can get for any firearm, and i'm all about simplicity. i don't have any gee-whiz stuff on any of my firearms, nor do i ever care for it. but of all the things i'd "splurge" on it'd be night sights. they are the bees knees.
and only 60 bucks or so why not? beats those stupid laser sights, or glass breaking tips, or bayonets or strobing flashlights or whatever.
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oh also how about fiber-optic driven sights? those won't fade over time and will serve their purpose unless you're fighting in a cave.
if my glock dealer offered fiber optic sights for cheap, i'd have gone with those over tritium lamps.
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I asked about night sights here just last month. Not too many responses but here is a link to my thread. Hope it helps...
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I went through numerous night sights on my S&W M&P9. One thing I learned is you need to determine what is your intended use? Self Defense (SD), Both Day and night use, target and SD. When I looked I want a jack of all trades. I never found one.
I tried the Warren Tact 2 dot, where there is a single dot on the rear sight that is amber and a single green dot in the front that when lined up the front dot is above the rear dot. Night time accuracy isnt very good because lets say you are comparing a 3 dot tritium sight, there is 2 rear dots and one front dot, line them all up in a row and you have you target that is fairly accurate. You cant align the 2 dot horizontally to know where the bullet would travel nearly as well as the 3 dot. The warrens are really intended for speed shooters in IDPA and USPDA competitions. The batman shape on the Warren Tact where too curvy for me. You could do the dave segyny versions arent as curvy but still have the same 2 dot system. One note, since these are designed mostly for competition they are design heavily for fast acquisition not necessarily for accuracy. IDPA is about time and hitting plates as fast as you can. Many of the plates arent that fair either and are usually 6-8". There is also more to the design. It is this, the rear notch is wider so you can pick up the front sight in it fast but there is slop because the front sight appears smaller and floats in the middle of the rear notch with space around it...ameriglos and most others are tighter not much slop or space they offer slower acquisition but better accuracy. I was never overly accurate with the warrens...but that isnt its design purpose nor strong suit. So there is a trade off. But since you have a glock, Warren Tacts do come in a 3 dot (my M&P at the time did have that option)...I like the Segvny (SP) version more than the Warren one in a 3 dot. You might want to consider the 3 dot for night time accuracy over the 2 dot. Oh and the Segvny over the Warren because of the busy shape of the warren rear sight.
Heinie Specialities makes a similar sight to the warren/segnvy that has a tighter rear notch so in day shooting it is more accurate than the Warren Tacts but slower. It is also a 2 dot plain with no white outline around the front sight like the Warrens. I personally like the white outline around the tritium for the front sight because it makes the front sight easier to see in the day light. Rears I can take it or leave it. In the day these are pretty nice target sights, they have a step front/serrated so target shooting is pretty accurate. And the notch in the rear sight is tight so once again must better accuracy but at the trade off of speed during the day, night as I explained accuracy with a 2 dots, isnt as good.
One extremely important question I have to ask is your vision. How good is it? Do you wear glasses? If your vision is excellent and you dont wear glasses, I like the Ameriglo operators. I did like the rears without an outline in amber and the front with a white outline around the green tritium dot. They were the best of both worlds. The ameriglos and the trijicons are very similar but with one catch...the trijicons has a white outline around the rear tritium (You can get the Ameriglos wither way as well as different color tritum)...I felt it was busy and slower to line up, this is personal preference. Trijicon makes all the tritium I believe for everyone...their sights seem to have the best brightness in that regards. I really didnt care for there shape and beveling they did with there sight.
If your vision is so so, the XS is your bet! You can line up your shot in the dark super fast and fairly on target. It is an awesome SD sight. It is however below average for target. The big dots...are big and easy to see. People tend to pick them up quick and like them, but they really arent for target. But they could work in IDPA comps quite well. So it is versatile to a degree. If you vision is bad...once again, this is your sight!
Finally tru-glo has the TFO sights a day and night high visibility solutions that they believe is the end all be all, it is a combination of a fiber optic and a tritium vial in one! They are a 3 dot designs and the fiber optic is in both front and back. In the day light...they scream at you! In the night they do well also,
I actually no longer use night sights, I have a Hi-Viz fiber optic front and a 10-8 rear, I do pretty well with them, I can sight them fairly fast and hold a pretty line on accuracy. For IDPA this is a decent setup and pretty cheap, but does nothing for night. 3 dot night for me seemed to be the best...I did like the cool factor of the 2 but when firing it was inaccurate compared to the 3 dot. Lots of missing with the 2 dots tritium sights at night.
For night you have a 2 dot, 3 dot, 3 dot TFO, and XS. I did countless hours of research and hands on, the 3 dot was my favorite...I never played around with the TFO but they seems like they could be good. Hope I helped...and feel free to ask any more questions. I have studied this area hard and long.
A few place to look, Bowie Tactical (He does ameriglo and is an excellent gun smith that does some great trigger jobs!) he is great, dave the owner is a great great guy...he has also been on Best Defense a show on I believe on the outdoor channel, he has a ton of really experience...ask him and you will get some great info. I cant say enough good about him. Also, MLE shooting sports does the warren/segvny sights. Once again, great owner and awesome customer service! All the other sights...find what you want and get it from whomever.
One final suggestion...what about a laser? If you shoot the stoc glock sights well and need a night option, add a laser. It is a cant miss option at night that offers, speed and accuracy that cant be match from any other sight system for a piston in night conditions.
I tried the Warren Tact 2 dot, where there is a single dot on the rear sight that is amber and a single green dot in the front that when lined up the front dot is above the rear dot. Night time accuracy isnt very good because lets say you are comparing a 3 dot tritium sight, there is 2 rear dots and one front dot, line them all up in a row and you have you target that is fairly accurate. You cant align the 2 dot horizontally to know where the bullet would travel nearly as well as the 3 dot. The warrens are really intended for speed shooters in IDPA and USPDA competitions. The batman shape on the Warren Tact where too curvy for me. You could do the dave segyny versions arent as curvy but still have the same 2 dot system. One note, since these are designed mostly for competition they are design heavily for fast acquisition not necessarily for accuracy. IDPA is about time and hitting plates as fast as you can. Many of the plates arent that fair either and are usually 6-8". There is also more to the design. It is this, the rear notch is wider so you can pick up the front sight in it fast but there is slop because the front sight appears smaller and floats in the middle of the rear notch with space around it...ameriglos and most others are tighter not much slop or space they offer slower acquisition but better accuracy. I was never overly accurate with the warrens...but that isnt its design purpose nor strong suit. So there is a trade off. But since you have a glock, Warren Tacts do come in a 3 dot (my M&P at the time did have that option)...I like the Segvny (SP) version more than the Warren one in a 3 dot. You might want to consider the 3 dot for night time accuracy over the 2 dot. Oh and the Segvny over the Warren because of the busy shape of the warren rear sight.
Heinie Specialities makes a similar sight to the warren/segnvy that has a tighter rear notch so in day shooting it is more accurate than the Warren Tacts but slower. It is also a 2 dot plain with no white outline around the front sight like the Warrens. I personally like the white outline around the tritium for the front sight because it makes the front sight easier to see in the day light. Rears I can take it or leave it. In the day these are pretty nice target sights, they have a step front/serrated so target shooting is pretty accurate. And the notch in the rear sight is tight so once again must better accuracy but at the trade off of speed during the day, night as I explained accuracy with a 2 dots, isnt as good.
One extremely important question I have to ask is your vision. How good is it? Do you wear glasses? If your vision is excellent and you dont wear glasses, I like the Ameriglo operators. I did like the rears without an outline in amber and the front with a white outline around the green tritium dot. They were the best of both worlds. The ameriglos and the trijicons are very similar but with one catch...the trijicons has a white outline around the rear tritium (You can get the Ameriglos wither way as well as different color tritum)...I felt it was busy and slower to line up, this is personal preference. Trijicon makes all the tritium I believe for everyone...their sights seem to have the best brightness in that regards. I really didnt care for there shape and beveling they did with there sight.
If your vision is so so, the XS is your bet! You can line up your shot in the dark super fast and fairly on target. It is an awesome SD sight. It is however below average for target. The big dots...are big and easy to see. People tend to pick them up quick and like them, but they really arent for target. But they could work in IDPA comps quite well. So it is versatile to a degree. If you vision is bad...once again, this is your sight!
Finally tru-glo has the TFO sights a day and night high visibility solutions that they believe is the end all be all, it is a combination of a fiber optic and a tritium vial in one! They are a 3 dot designs and the fiber optic is in both front and back. In the day light...they scream at you! In the night they do well also,
I actually no longer use night sights, I have a Hi-Viz fiber optic front and a 10-8 rear, I do pretty well with them, I can sight them fairly fast and hold a pretty line on accuracy. For IDPA this is a decent setup and pretty cheap, but does nothing for night. 3 dot night for me seemed to be the best...I did like the cool factor of the 2 but when firing it was inaccurate compared to the 3 dot. Lots of missing with the 2 dots tritium sights at night.
For night you have a 2 dot, 3 dot, 3 dot TFO, and XS. I did countless hours of research and hands on, the 3 dot was my favorite...I never played around with the TFO but they seems like they could be good. Hope I helped...and feel free to ask any more questions. I have studied this area hard and long.
A few place to look, Bowie Tactical (He does ameriglo and is an excellent gun smith that does some great trigger jobs!) he is great, dave the owner is a great great guy...he has also been on Best Defense a show on I believe on the outdoor channel, he has a ton of really experience...ask him and you will get some great info. I cant say enough good about him. Also, MLE shooting sports does the warren/segvny sights. Once again, great owner and awesome customer service! All the other sights...find what you want and get it from whomever.
One final suggestion...what about a laser? If you shoot the stoc glock sights well and need a night option, add a laser. It is a cant miss option at night that offers, speed and accuracy that cant be match from any other sight system for a piston in night conditions.
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Hey Rick - Was your choice of the yellow front sight a personal preference, or are there advantages to the yellow/green combo? Are the colors bright in full sun or white?
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I can't say anything about Glock sights, but I do like the distinctive colors on my turkey gun sights (Tru-glo and Williams Fire Sights). I was thinking of going yellow/green already. From what I've read so far, the orange back sights aren't nearly as bright as the yellow versions.
ETA: As far as installation, my neighbor already owns a Glock sight pusher (the MGW version, I think), so I'm good to go.
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