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1911 Night Sights

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Dimis

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There are a few options out there for tritium sights these days

trijicon and novak have cought my attention but im wondering what you guys may use or think is a good product

also how do i check what kind of dovetail i have cut in my slide?

ive seen alot of sights advertise "novak cut" im assuming thats the dovetail they are refering to am i right or wrong?

thanks in advance
 
Novack cut is in the rear of the slide.
If you want a front dovetail cut in your slide for night sights, it's an easy and inexpensive task for about any gunsmith.
I use trijicon sights in some guns, and XS Big dots in others. Nary a problem with either.
 
Trijicon provides most of the Tritium vial's for alot of sights.
Novak is the rear dovetail cut.

What 1911 do you have? Kimber's use a different cut. also if you have adjustable sights, those are different too.
 
Trijicon provides most of the Tritium vial's for alot of sights.

Yep, they do. As a matter of fact, I believe the actual Novak brand sights have Trijicon vials, but I don't remember for sure. I have some sights that are Trijicon loaded, and I like them. After using both the green/green and the yellow rear/green front combo, I have to say that I like the Y/G, just FWIW. Both are plenty bright, and easy to use though.

Jason
 
well its not in hand yet but a Taurus PT1911B-1 is on its way and both front and rear sights are doved in on that model

i know for fact i want a 3 dot system i dont like the heini straight 8s and the way that XS sights are
 
There are a lot of "proprietary cuts" out there for sights these days.

Back when Swenson was improving the 1911, the standard was the S&W adjustable sight. We've come a long way.

Heinie and Novak are the most popular aftermarket sights. So most custom cuts follow one of those two patterns, and usually the customer is given the option before the custom work is begun. The cuts are different. Now, every 1911 shop it seems comes out with their own proprietary sight, and corresponding cut. Kimber's cut only fits Kimber's sights. So if you want to change your sight - or replace it, because remember tritium is only good for 10 years tops - you'll have to go back to Kimber, or whoever Kimber has licensed to make a sight using their cuts.


I've seen Smith & Wesson, Sig, and all the other players in the game go the same route. The Smith and the Sig 1911's have so many proprietary parts and cuts on them you're extremely limited in what options you have. I have no idea what Taurus is doing. I'd suggest you call them and ask what cut pattern they're using.




I don't like night sights. They have their place, and I can appreciate them for what they are. But you have to train with night sights, in dim light, before they become an advantage. Until we reach that point, night sights are actually counter-productive. They'll play with our eyes and slow us down considerably. It takes a good bit of practice, I'd say about 500 rounds in low light shooting, until we clear that hurdle. I'd suggest it takes over 1,000 to 1,500 rounds to really master and take full advantage of night sights in low light conditions.


Me? I prefer 100 year old technology.


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The gold bead insert.

They never go bad and never tarnish. And because they don't produce their own light, but rather reflect any available ambient light, they don't take as much time to master.
 
thanks for the advice bullfrog
i may look into gold bead insert sights

i do plan on practicing and training with the tritium in lowlight heck if nothing else at least go play for a few thousand rounds... ya know just untill the novelty wears off lol
 
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