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xddawg · 12-23-2007, 11:20 AM

I am contemplating putting night sights on one or more of my guns. I know very little about these. Gun shop owners here say put 'em on, but they don't really help!!!!???? Any guidance/input is greatly appreciated.

USMC-8154TL/DM · 12-23-2007, 11:50 AM

1st question are you wanting them to glow all the time or only when you put a light on them or when there maybe a little light.

I have a set of Trijicon on mine, but looked at changing them to XS Sights. I just have not had the funds to do it. Just see if you can find a couple of different brands to look at before making your decision.

ajames can help you install them, that is who did mine. I know there are others out there that could help you with installation.

jeepinbanditrider · 12-23-2007, 04:19 PM

Like hell it doesn't help. True there should be no difference between them and regular blade and notch sights during the day BUT at night is where they come in handy hence the name "night/low light sights".

Now there are some that will enhance aiming during both the day and at night such as Tru-Glo's TFOs. But Trijicons are just like a normal set of sights that have tritium inserts in them.

Hope this helped shed some light on the situation. No pun intended.

jtkratzer · 12-23-2007, 04:27 PM

I have TruGlo TFOs (Tritium Fiber Optic) sights and they're great for day and night shooting. The fiber optic gathers light and they glow during day light and the tritium lights up the fiber optic tubes so you can see them very well at night.

slugger6 · 12-23-2007, 04:27 PM

I have TruGlo TFOs on both my XD9 and XD45. They definitely make a difference.

So Flo · 12-23-2007, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jtkratzer

I have TruGlo TFOs (Tritium Fiber Optic) sights and they're great for day and night shooting. The fiber optic gathers light and they glow during day light and the tritium lights up the fiber optic tubes so you can see them very well at night.

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Originally Posted by slugger6

I have TruGlo TFOs on both my XD9 and XD45. They definitely make a difference.

+1 to each comment! I have TFO's on two of my most used guns and like their versatility!

BMFOTP · 12-23-2007, 05:02 PM

Dawson has some nice sights that you might want to look into. Novak sights are the best ones I know of, but your gun has to have some maching work done to accept those sights. Tru Glo are good, but I have heard of the front sight falling out once in a while.

medicstimpy · 12-23-2007, 05:11 PM

I got the factory Trijicon's on my XD9. They're pretty good. When the lights get low, they glow just enough.

Light gathering ones would be better but personally, I do not like them as I find the light tube rather annoying. I should get them for my IPSC guns, though. Or maybe just a front with the Trijicon rears like some guys have.

Then again, personally I don't like any dot type sights since I grew up with adjustable irons and find any style dots just plain weird to aim with.

shikkie · 12-23-2007, 05:23 PM

I've got a pair of trijicon tritium sights on my 40SC; They have the white ring around the tritium so they work decently during the day, but dusk and darker they can't be beat.

Alaskapopo · 12-23-2007, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by xddawg

I am contemplating putting night sights on one or more of my guns. I know very little about these. Gun shop owners here say put 'em on, but they don't really help!!!!???? Any guidance/input is greatly appreciated.

I like True Glow Fiber optic Tritium night sights. Bright in the day and in the night.
http://www.truglosights.com/content/...gun_sights.asp

12-23-2007, 11:20 AM	#1
xddawg XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 126	Night Sights? I am contemplating putting night sights on one or more of my guns. I know very little about these. Gun shop owners here say put 'em on, but they don't really help!!!!???? Any guidance/input is greatly appreciated. __________________ The only currency accepted for Freedom is blood, but the careless and fearful will trade their Freedom, and yours, for the oppression of Security. _____________________________________________ XDDAWG XD Sub 9mm XD Service 9mm XD Compact 4" .45 acp

12-23-2007, 11:50 AM	#2
USMC-8154TL/DM XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NE Louisiana Posts: 6,987	1st question are you wanting them to glow all the time or only when you put a light on them or when there maybe a little light. I have a set of Trijicon on mine, but looked at changing them to XS Sights. I just have not had the funds to do it. Just see if you can find a couple of different brands to look at before making your decision. ajames can help you install them, that is who did mine. I know there are others out there that could help you with installation. __________________ Time is neither fast nor slow - it has been the same since the begining of Time - Originally Quoted By Me Link to my bolt knobs for sale. http://www.bigrivertactical.com/cata...32/5933264.htm or http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/sto...%20BOLT%20KNOB

12-23-2007, 04:19 PM	#3
jeepinbanditrider XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mineral Wells, Tx Posts: 4,847	Like hell it doesn't help. True there should be no difference between them and regular blade and notch sights during the day BUT at night is where they come in handy hence the name "night/low light sights". Now there are some that will enhance aiming during both the day and at night such as Tru-Glo's TFOs. But Trijicons are just like a normal set of sights that have tritium inserts in them. Hope this helped shed some light on the situation. No pun intended. __________________ Stuff USPSA-A59201

12-23-2007, 04:27 PM	#4
jtkratzer XDTalk 15K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster Co., PA Posts: 17,542	I have TruGlo TFOs (Tritium Fiber Optic) sights and they're great for day and night shooting. The fiber optic gathers light and they glow during day light and the tritium lights up the fiber optic tubes so you can see them very well at night. __________________ "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson The Gun Lounge Pennyslvania Firearms Owners Association Hockey Forum

12-23-2007, 04:27 PM	#5
slugger6 XDTalk 20K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 20,977	I have TruGlo TFOs on both my XD9 and XD45. They definitely make a difference. __________________ "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us". - Ralph Waldo Emerson

12-23-2007, 05:02 PM	#7
BMFOTP XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 309	Dawson has some nice sights that you might want to look into. Novak sights are the best ones I know of, but your gun has to have some maching work done to accept those sights. Tru Glo are good, but I have heard of the front sight falling out once in a while. __________________ To extraordinary circumstances we must apply extraordinary remedies.

12-23-2007, 05:11 PM	#8
medicstimpy XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Montreal, Quebecistan in the land of anti's... the dictatorship of Canada Posts: 421	I got the factory Trijicon's on my XD9. They're pretty good. When the lights get low, they glow just enough. Light gathering ones would be better but personally, I do not like them as I find the light tube rather annoying. I should get them for my IPSC guns, though. Or maybe just a front with the Trijicon rears like some guys have. Then again, personally I don't like any dot type sights since I grew up with adjustable irons and find any style dots just plain weird to aim with. __________________ Springfield Armory: 1911 Loaded SS (x2), XD9-TAC & XD45-TAC AR-15: Armalite .223, RockRiverArms 9mm Ruger: Mark III, 10/22 S&W: 686 Tokarev: 1942 Soviet TT33, 1958 Hungarian TT-58 Tokagypt, 1954 .22 Polish Sportowy Norchinko: M14S (x2) Yugo: M48 Mauser, M59/66 SKS Desert Chicken 44Magnum Levers: Win '94 1962 (unfired) & 1958 in 30-30 Taurus: 455 Tracker... 45ACP wheel gun... WAY KEWL If GUNS kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat

12-23-2007, 05:23 PM	#9
shikkie XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: WV Posts: 102	I've got a pair of trijicon tritium sights on my 40SC; They have the white ring around the tritium so they work decently during the day, but dusk and darker they can't be beat. __________________ XD40 Service XD40 Sub Compact Remington Model 700 ADL Synthetic in .30-06 Ithaca model 37 12ga

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