Pistol sights. Tritium or fibre optic?

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Just curious about this debate. What do some of you guys use and prefer. Tritium is small and works great at night, though we all know we cant use this option. Fibre optics work great outdoors but are bulky. Anyone find one truly superior or does it come down to personal taste as it usually does.
 
beachead said:
Just curious about this debate. What do some of you guys use and prefer. Tritium is small and works great at night, though we all know we cant use this option. Fibre optics work great outdoors but are bulky. Anyone find one truly superior or does it come down to personal taste as it usually does.
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I haven't found fibre optic sights bulky at all...if anything they're lower profile that regular ramp or patridge sights, although more fragile. They're much brighter and easier to pick up than any other non-powered sight. Tritium sights during the day are no better (or worse) than regular three-dot sights.
 
I am in the process of switching my front sight from tritium to fibre optic. Fibre optic seems much brighter everywhere but in pitch black. You can also get the best of both worlds with truglo.
 
i just put nightsigthers on my pistols.. for $17 it works great.. works great during normal lighting condition and works great at night too.. but they do need to be charged with a light source... i got a UV flashlight for a couple bucks and a quick few second charge with that flashlight and they stay glowing for a few hours.
 
I find absolutely no need for night sights, and it is beyond me why anyone would put them on a pistol that never gets shot at night!

As far as fibre optic sights I can't say they are bulky at all, and they make it very easy to pic up that front sight when drawing from a holster, etc.

It really comes down to what you are using the pistol for. Bullseye or PPC type shooting requires something a little more geared towards accuracy, but for the timed games where you need to be able to pick up the sights very quickly and put them on target fibre optics can't be beat. It takes the 3 dot idea to the next level.
 
I have tritium on my M&P... useless crap IMHO. I also have a surefire flashlight and Crimson Trace Laser Grips on it. This is a perfect combo should the need ever arise for me to shoot my pistol at 3:00AM

Tritium needs total darkness to be effective and if its totally dark, how can you see the target?
 
I have never found a handgun range that is open at night with no lights so all my guns have fiber optic front sights. Just my .02 cents worth.

Graydog
 
mlehtovaara said:
I find absolutely no need for night sights, and it is beyond me why anyone would put them on a pistol that never gets shot at night!
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Right on! Night sights are popular in other countries where citizens have the right to defend one's life and property, unlike here in Canada.

It is nice to have visible sights, but one needs to see his target as well. Safety dictates that a shooter has to positively ID his target, paper or animal or otherwise.

Logically, there is little need to have night sights, even if one needed to shoot in the dark.
 
1riot1ranger said:
If you get TruGlo TFO (Tritium Fibre Optics), you can have your cake and eat it too.
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I have a set on my G34 and they are the dog's bollux!
Easy to pick up either outside or on the indoor range..
Indeed, the best of both worlds.
If anyone has a source, I would love to mount them on all of my pistols.
 
OZZ said:
XS big dots truely the best of both worlds IMO.
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I cant stand those! I find they really mess with my developed handgun shooting. I cant adjust to Ghost ring sights on a Glock.

I use Trijicon Night sights on my G17 and love them. The white dots are nice for day shooting (though not the best, a fiber front sight would be best) and the tritiums start to scream even in slight low light. (indoors with dim lights, or in the shade) I built my Glock combat oriented, (though it will never see it). The only thing I wish I got different was different colored rear sights.
 
I have trijicons on my G17 as well and I love them. Day or night they help me find the front site. I do think if going this route you do need different color front and rear. Just my 2cents.
 
mlehtovaara said:
I don't think anyone is saying the trijicons are not good sights, just that they aren't worth the 100 bucks for someone who never shoots at night or in low light. They don't provide much benefit over regular 3 dot sights.
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I agree. If you are never going to do low light shooting or have to aim your gun in low light, there is no need. In a well lit environment I don't see them being any better then regular sights.
 
mlehtovaara said:
They don't provide much benefit over regular 3 dot sights.
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Trijicons don't provide any benefit to three dots...during normally lit shooting conditions.
But that isn't the point.
Shooting in low light conditions is not limited to defensive shooting, and it's ok you don't get it.
 
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