MichiganShootist Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 (edited) I believe that the only company making these now is called TruGlo .... and I haven't seen them in person... but I sure like the idea. They are a combo of a FO front sight with a trintium vial to light up the FO in the dark. It sounds like a great idea ---- especially for old eyes...(if it works).... 'cause I have found night sights to be pretty lousy in the day time and FO sights pretty terrible in the dark.. Has anyone tried these?????? Edited November 13, 2008 by MichiganShootist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighVelocity Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 (edited) I have the TruGlo tritium fiber optic sights on 2 guns. They're as good as night sights can get in my opinion. They are VERY bright and easy to see. The only draw back is that the front sight is really wide and out past about 25 yards, it's hard (for me) to get a refined sight picture. I use a gun with a skinny fiber optic front sight and a plane black rear when shooting in the daylight but the TFO's are hard to beat after dark. Edited November 13, 2008 by HighVelocity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganShootist Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 (edited) During the day time ..... is the FO as bright as a normal FO???? and can the FO rod be easily replaced?? These things could be great on a defensive pistol or for low light indoor shooting. Edited November 13, 2008 by MichiganShootist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMITH Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 The sights are HUGE, and cover a lot of real estate at any distance over about 10 yards. For close defensive stuff they would be pretty good, for anything competitive they are just too big IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 +1 HUGH sights. Dad has them on a Glock 17 and there's no way I could use them. Well.. Maybe if I was old and half blind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganShootist Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 HUGH sights. Dad has them on a Glock 17 and there's no way I could use them. Well.. Maybe if I was old and half blind Hey Matt.. You know that I'm both old and half blind (with luck I'll get the cataracts resolved next spring) Like my eye Doc. says... "Damn man ... who knows how well you'll be able to shoot it you can see the targets" ....... But please tell me what a HUGH sight is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Well if I wasn't so old and college edjumakated, I could spell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I've seen several of their front fibers wind up down range. They are, however, BRIGHT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I tried them on a G19. As others have said, the blade is too wide for distance and when you lose the fiber on the front sight (as I did) you will find that there is not enough left to give you any kind of decent sight picture. Plus, as I have stated elsewhere, night sights just aren't worth the cost. Their usefulness is limited to twilight because after dark you need a light to see the target and that negates the night sights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARDOG Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Dare to disagree, in a defensive sidearm tritium sights are a huge advantage, I've had some close calls where sourrondigs were somewhat lighted by road lights, but too dark to see sights. I surely would have discerned a bad guy coming but absolutely not my sights. Home invasion in dark hours are another scenario where tritium sights shine (literally). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupie Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 great sights not to good for shooting competition, I currently shoot with them for uspsa and I didn't even realize what i was missing until i shot another guys gun with target sight and it is much faster to get a sight picture with different sights. I am changing mine. I would keep them if it was a self defense gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas a44592 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I put them on a Glock 21 sf for a duty gun and they are bright in any lighting conditions but I did not care for having three dots- I am used to just a front fiber optic and black rear- so I put a plain black heinie rear sight on and left the truglo front. So far I like the setup better than anything else I have tried for a duty gun so far. I did have to knock a little off the top of the Heinie in my mill to get the zero right but it wasn't much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganShootist Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 That's kinda like the set up I was thinking about... the FO/Trintium front and a plain black rear... I too long ago gave up on 3 dot systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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