Glock Night Sights

[soapboxpreacher]

ameriglo pro operators are the best I've found. check out the horton knives firearms thread a few pages back for picks of mine. they rock!

Forgot the Pro Glos, they werent available at the time for my M&P. I like them a stand out front color outline and a tritium center...great day and night sight.

 

[RedbeAR15]

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.

Good Luck with those - LMK how those work out after 5 years

 

[Zombie Zeke]

If you have to have night sights I like the Ameriglo Ghost Sights.

Now, with that said what purpose do night sights serve? You get to line up the the sights once then your night vision is gone with the muzzle flash.

Get a good light/laser combo to stick on your weapon like the Streamlight TLR-2 then get all the follow up you may need.

 

[Midget]

Good Luck with those - LMK how those work out after 5 years

is there a reason to feel that they will fail after 5 years? are you talking about the life of the tritium lamps, or the quality of the sights?


i predict the tritium tubes will glow for a very extended period. the tube technology has been around for a long time, used in watches and lensatic compasses, and while i've never owned a tritium tubed watch, i haven't heard anyone complaining about the loss of luminescence prematurely. the same goes with the military issue lensatic compass, i was issued one and still have it, and it glows brightly. IIRC the date is stamped on it, i'll check it next time i go to my car, but i'm pretty sure it's older than 5 years.

 

[Infi-del]

Trijicon, Meprolight, or Ameriglo?

Please school me on what you like best and why.

There really are only two tritium lamp assemblys to choose from. Trijicon and Meprolight. Other American made night sights use Trijicon Lamps. Meprolights are brighter and so I choose them. Their white outlines are also permanent unlike Trij. I need bright night sights because I'm blind as a bat at night. I've owned just about every make of night sights and Meprolights are by far my favorite. Trijicons are good, but I like Meps better. Every single Ameriglo product I've owned was junk and their customer service was terrible in making it right. They actually sent me the same wrong sight back THREE times before I finally gave up.

One sight that I have been looking at are the Tru Glo fiber optic with tritium. I guess Trij makes their lamps but the added fiber optic made them just as bright as my Meps... and during the day they glow bright cause of the fiber optic. Really interesting sights IMHO.

 

[Infi-del]

is there a reason to feel that they will fail after 5 years? are you talking about the life of the tritium lamps, or the quality of the sights?


i predict the tritium tubes will glow for a very extended period. the tube technology has been around for a long time, used in watches and lensatic compasses, and while i've never owned a tritium tubed watch, i haven't heard anyone complaining about the loss of luminescence prematurely. the same goes with the military issue lensatic compass, i was issued one and still have it, and it glows brightly. IIRC the date is stamped on it, i'll check it next time i go to my car, but i'm pretty sure it's older than 5 years.

Depends on the color. Whatever process they put tritium through to make any color other than green cuts it's life in about half. Yellow, Orange, Red, Blue tritium only last about 5 years and usually get so dim you can barely see it after than. Green tritium is the one that lasts 12 years and then becomes half as bright and is still usable. Some guys have better night vision than me... but I'll be damned if I can see 8 year old orange tritum. By that point it's just way too faded.

 

[Infi-del]

If you have to have night sights I like the Ameriglo Ghost Sights.

Now, with that said what purpose do night sights serve? You get to line up the the sights once then your night vision is gone with the muzzle flash.

Get a good light/laser combo to stick on your weapon like the Streamlight TLR-2 then get all the follow up you may need.

How do you conceal such a setup comfortably. It's about all I can do to carry my Glock 36 (which is the thinnest glock) by itself.

 

[Midget]

interesting. this is all good, new information.

thanks infi-del, and thanks OP.

 

[RedbeAR15]

Got a set of Trijicons on a Colt I picked up on the used market. I was thinking the age of the Special Combat Government that I have was around 2002-2003- Found out today when I called Colt this pistol was a special run done in 1992

So I must regress - Go with your gut man :thumbup: I know the good stuff costs $100+, so I would still be reluctant to put $60 sights on and expect the same results

My sights are dim - just not sure for how long - Maybe I'll make the History Channel