trijicon hd night sights

[winchester1852]

I've been playing with the idea about trying some night sights for awhile now. Would they be any brighter then fluorescent sights. All of my plinking is done during the day so I'm thinking night sights would be pointless, however from what I've read they seem to great at all times of the day.

Any opinions are welcomed


Thanks

 

[lerch641]

Regular night sites on the left and HD's on the right. HD's aren't brighter but you do get a hi-viz front sight.

 

[winchester1852]

Thanks lerch ill be geting some HD's

 

[Master-G]

I’ve got them on my P320. What I like is that the rear sights’ dots are very muted, and the bright orange front sight really draws the eyes.

 

[DTM5]

They are excellent. I like both the high viz front sight and the extra wide U in the rear. The Orange I use on my 3 glocks pops amazingly in daylight. Its almost like its illuminated. A bunch of buddies who have seen mine in action are converts.

 

[winchester1852]

Well I bought them anybody want to sell me a glock sight tool?��

 

[Dietz]

I follow the doctrine that shooting at something you can't see and identify is a bad idea. That's why you need a light on any gun that may be used in the dark. If you can positively identify what you're shooting at, you won't have a problem aiming with regular sights.

I think they're a waste of money for civilians, aka non-military. Their niche is night operations. Yeah they're cool and all, but if it's so dark that you need nights sights to aim, it's too dark to identify your target and safely be shooting without a light.

 

[DTM5]

I follow the doctrine that shooting at something you can't see and identify is a bad idea. That's why you need a light on any gun that may be used in the dark. If you can positively identify what you're shooting at, you won't have a problem aiming with regular sights.

of course, shooting in darkness requires a light. That aside, high viz sights are often an improvement over stock sights, depending on the shooters preferance. Most competitive shooters I know (myself included) use the tool that works best for them, there is no 'one size fits all' in sights, grips, trigger, etc. For me that means a stock G17 or 34 with trijicon hd sights, especially in daylight. As an aside, these sights are superior to stock sights when working with a light in dark conditions, when sight utilization is even more critical.

 

[TinkerBell]

With a weapon light mounted under barrel there is a shadow, if there are walls around you will get enough backsplash to see the sights..... but if outdoors it may be different.

Shooting ipsc/IDPA or 3gun in a dark indoor range is another reason for night sights, although most people use fiber optic fronts on “gamer guns” the trijicon sights never need new pips to be put in and the trijicon never break.

One of the best courses I have ever taken was earl greens/phaseline tactical is their low light course.... it was awesome and over the 7 other shooting courses I have taken in pistol/rifle/shotgun, that one day low light course was the most informative course I have taken.

Call Earl Green, request the course in your area.... it will change your life

 

[Master-G]

Trijicon HD sights are great daytime sights, irrespective of any night capabilities.

The front has a big orange (or other colour) dot:


The rear have vestigial tritium dots that provide just a hint of a dot:


They provide a great sight picture that really draws your eye to the front sight:


Definitely not a waste of money.

 

[Dietz]

I just use brightly colored paint pens on regular front sights to achieve the same if not better results
.

 

[AB_blaster]

I follow the doctrine that shooting at something you can't see and identify is a bad idea. That's why you need a light on any gun that may be used in the dark. If you can positively identify what you're shooting at, you won't have a problem aiming with regular sights.

I think they're a waste of money for civilians, aka non-military. Their niche is night operations. Yeah they're cool and all, but if it's so dark that you need nights sights to aim, it's too dark to identify your target and safely be shooting without a light.

Not all situations involve diminished light where both the target and the sights are not visible. Think about shooting from darkness at an illuminated target. A set of night sights would do well in such situations. I do agree that weapon light is a must.

 

[DILLIGAF]

Only took 1 Low Light range session to realize a Light is a way better investment But Im a Huge fan of Big bright front dots and blacked out rears