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S281 · 11-29-2005, 04:59 PM

Curious, I know they are fiber optic/tritium so they glow during the day and night. How long will this glowing last? Do the fiber optic part and tritium part both wear out?

Second, when the croation's put the factory sights on at the XD factory, I assume they have some sort of aligning to make the gun dead on when shooting. When you get whomever to replace them with aftermarket sights, what process are they using to make sure your gun is still on target?

R/T Performance · 11-29-2005, 06:16 PM

There is hash marks in te top of the slide .
The fiber wi last if you don't melt them with carb clean or other harsh chemical.
Trinum will be bright 6-12 years at six they should start to dim

JesterXD40 · 11-29-2005, 06:32 PM

has a half life of 12.3 years... keep in mind that it will dim by half in 12, then dim in half in another 12, and so on.

JimLongley · 11-29-2005, 08:07 PM

I ordered a set of TFO's for my Colt 1911, TG131CT on their old web page, and they lasted a negative amount of time. Somewhere after announcing them TruGlo decided not to produce them and left those of use who had ordered them hanging.

If you contact TruGlo to confirm this, they will say that they never made any sich sights, which is true enough, but they certainly advertised them.

I used to have access to an archival page with the sight options on it, but I notice that it has been deleted. I do have a HTML copy of the page that I downloaded.

SpeedRacer · 11-30-2005, 07:45 PM

Jim...ever tried WayBackMachine.org? I found this in about 10 seconds...

http://web.archive.org/web/200206061...dgun/index.htm

jetsiphon · 11-30-2005, 07:53 PM

Hopefully as long as you have your Saleen, unless S281 stands for something else.....

11-29-2005, 04:59 PM	#1
S281 XDTalk Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 64	How long will TruGlo TFO sights last? Curious, I know they are fiber optic/tritium so they glow during the day and night. How long will this glowing last? Do the fiber optic part and tritium part both wear out? Second, when the croation's put the factory sights on at the XD factory, I assume they have some sort of aligning to make the gun dead on when shooting. When you get whomever to replace them with aftermarket sights, what process are they using to make sure your gun is still on target?

11-29-2005, 06:16 PM	#2
R/T Performance XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Saranac Mi Posts: 3,489	There is hash marks in te top of the slide . The fiber wi last if you don't melt them with carb clean or other harsh chemical. Trinum will be bright 6-12 years at six they should start to dim __________________ XD-9 Tacticle Tru-glow tfo's 3# Canyoncreek trigger Dillon Rl550 1911 Springfield Champion loaded 45 acp Kahr p40 Watch me shoot http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...32660329653237

11-29-2005, 08:07 PM	#4
JimLongley XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Allen, TX Posts: 822	I ordered a set of TFO's for my Colt 1911, TG131CT on their old web page, and they lasted a negative amount of time. Somewhere after announcing them TruGlo decided not to produce them and left those of use who had ordered them hanging. If you contact TruGlo to confirm this, they will say that they never made any sich sights, which is true enough, but they certainly advertised them. I used to have access to an archival page with the sight options on it, but I notice that it has been deleted. I do have a HTML copy of the page that I downloaded. __________________ Gun control is very small groups - OFFHAND.

11-30-2005, 07:45 PM	#5
SpeedRacer XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 238	Jim...ever tried WayBackMachine.org? I found this in about 10 seconds... http://web.archive.org/web/200206061...dgun/index.htm __________________ Springfield XD-45 Tactical Colt Lightweight Commander .45ACP (Series 70) Wilson Combat Sentinel .45ACP Ruger LCP Romy-G AK-47

11-30-2005, 07:53 PM	#6
jetsiphon XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Aurora, CO Posts: 1,192	Hopefully as long as you have your Saleen, unless S281 stands for something else..... __________________ XD9 Service Black - XD45 Service Dark Earth 1945 Sistema 1911 - Para Ordnance LTC Steyr M9A1 - Glock 17

11-29-2005, 06:32 PM	#3
JesterXD40 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Pulaski Pa Posts: 411	has a half life of 12.3 years... keep in mind that it will dim by half in 12, then dim in half in another 12, and so on.

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