Night sights color combos
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W Turner
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I prefer a green FS with a plain black rear. Not exactly what you were asking, but different than the standard set up.
Why? DUring the day, I want my eye drawn to the front sight naturally. In the dark I can see well enough to put the FS on my target, which is what I should be focusing on anyway. It's also about 1/3 the cost to just replace the FS on most pistols.
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Why? DUring the day, I want my eye drawn to the front sight naturally. In the dark I can see well enough to put the FS on my target, which is what I should be focusing on anyway. It's also about 1/3 the cost to just replace the FS on most pistols.
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I greatly prefer my green on green bar-dot Novaks on my 1911. The front sight is a regular dot and the rear sight is a low horizontal bar. Just center the dot over the bar. No confusion at all.
I also have a set of Mepro sights on my CZ40B with a green front dot and orange rear dots. It's OK, but still much more confusing that the all green bar-dot.
I also have a set of Mepro sights on my CZ40B with a green front dot and orange rear dots. It's OK, but still much more confusing that the all green bar-dot.
I've had just one handgun with tritium night sights. I chose a green front and two yellow dots at the rear. They had nice white outlines for good daylight use too. Some older Sig night sights only had the silver rim of the tritium vials (not white outline) and I found them to be lacking. However I saw a Sig last weekend with night sights and Sig had added a white outline to their factory sights.
I think that the green FS and a rear horizontal tritium bar looks like a winner in the picture above.
I was pleased with the green FS and yellow rears. Would do it again.
I think that the green FS and a rear horizontal tritium bar looks like a winner in the picture above.
I was pleased with the green FS and yellow rears. Would do it again.
Omaha-BeenGlockin
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The one gun I had with nights sights had 3 green dots---and it wasn't a very usable combination---looking at them in low light it was easy to get the front sight off enough so it looked like you had 3 dots lined up---but in reality they were way off.
Some sort of red/green contrasting combo or the single dot in front would work better than all 3 the same.
Some sort of red/green contrasting combo or the single dot in front would work better than all 3 the same.
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I keep seeing this posted, but I dont know how you people are doing it. You first have to work at getting them out of whack, and then its very obvious they are.
If you have been shooting a pistol for any short length of time, and are used to quickly acquiring a sight picture, as the gun comes up, a small flat triangle of dots rocks right into a nice little row of evenly spaced dots as it comes on target. There is no thought involved and you have to force them to NOT be lined up.
happy old sailor
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my old G17 (80s) has 3 green and are still serviceable and need no replacement. my G26 has green front and orangish rear sights. i too wanted something different. i am not happy with the green/orange combo. i shoot both at night on silhouette. they work well, but i prefer three green. i dont shoot them at distance and there is little aiming, mostly a point and shoot and they are both great at this. i believe this is a personal taste thing and i developed a fixation on 3 green by having shot them for the years before i got the combo on the 26. either should .satisfy you,the only way to make a choice is to see them in low light.
i have not had the opportunity to fire on the BGs yet so the only real use i have for them is if my shooting day extends into dusk. the absolute best use , for me, is on the nightstand. if i awaken in the dark, i can easily see the glow of the sights on the gun and know right where that gun is. i find that comforting and return to my sleep.
i have not had the opportunity to fire on the BGs yet so the only real use i have for them is if my shooting day extends into dusk. the absolute best use , for me, is on the nightstand. if i awaken in the dark, i can easily see the glow of the sights on the gun and know right where that gun is. i find that comforting and return to my sleep.
10-Ring
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I prefer the green / green combo. I've tried a few others on friends' guns, and the green / green are just easier to pick up w/o focusing problems.
Omaha-BeenGlockin
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AK---try lining them up in near total darkness---and do it quickly---trying to simulate how it will be happening if someone broke into your home and you are half asleep-----see if your opinion changes then.
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Omaha,
My opinion isnt going to change, I practice and shoot with mine all the time, and the only time I have had the sights not lined up, is when I force them not to be, and that takes deliberate effort.
Even without night sights, the sights should be lined up where your looking when the gun comes up. You can do it in the light with your eyes closed if you need to see what I'm talking about. If they are not lined up on target when you open them, your doing something wrong. Do you have the same trouble lining up three dot sight sights in the day time?
All the night sights do is help you to index the gun and let you see what you cant in lower light. The sight picture and speed come from repetitive practice.
My opinion isnt going to change, I practice and shoot with mine all the time, and the only time I have had the sights not lined up, is when I force them not to be, and that takes deliberate effort.
Even without night sights, the sights should be lined up where your looking when the gun comes up. You can do it in the light with your eyes closed if you need to see what I'm talking about. If they are not lined up on target when you open them, your doing something wrong. Do you have the same trouble lining up three dot sight sights in the day time?
All the night sights do is help you to index the gun and let you see what you cant in lower light. The sight picture and speed come from repetitive practice.
Omaha and AK both have good points...
If you practice enough with your pistol simply taking the firing grip ensures sight course sight alignment. This has happened with any of my primary defensive pistols that I practice with. If you switch guns around a lot this might not happen for you...
But... even with that firing grip, lining up 3 GREEN dots, at night, with BOTH eyes open, I see 5 or 6 green dots and it's confusing.
I generally prefer Bar-Dot night sights but since they tend to be more expense and harder to get as I switch primary guns every couple of years, the Green front Orange rear Meprolights do the job. Now I only see 2 green dots at night, the orange is subdued enough that you can focus on them if you need to but they don't distract from the green.
Adam
If you practice enough with your pistol simply taking the firing grip ensures sight course sight alignment. This has happened with any of my primary defensive pistols that I practice with. If you switch guns around a lot this might not happen for you...
But... even with that firing grip, lining up 3 GREEN dots, at night, with BOTH eyes open, I see 5 or 6 green dots and it's confusing.
I generally prefer Bar-Dot night sights but since they tend to be more expense and harder to get as I switch primary guns every couple of years, the Green front Orange rear Meprolights do the job. Now I only see 2 green dots at night, the orange is subdued enough that you can focus on them if you need to but they don't distract from the green.
Adam
Just FYI, the half-life of orange sights is only 6 years as compared to 12 years for green or yellow. That's in the fine print on the Trijicon web page. I believe it's due to the type of phosphor used to produce the orange color. And I believe it probably therefore applies to all manufacturers.
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I have green front / red rears on my Kimber.
Do NOT like them.....but dont detest them enough to change them.
The red sights are not even close to as bright as the green........not as easy to pickup.
Do NOT like them.....but dont detest them enough to change them.
The red sights are not even close to as bright as the green........not as easy to pickup.
Green tritium dots on my XD.45. Easy to see, great sights for night use. I lose the target long before picking up the sights becomes difficult.
I know I'll get laughed at for this, but a friend's son has one of the break-barrel Daisy pellet guns. It comes with a green notch in the rear, and orange blade in the front. They aren't fiber optic, or trit, just acrylic plastic. He painted the front side of each piece with silver paint to make them show up a bit better, and they are FANTASTIC daytime and low-light sights.
I know I'll get laughed at for this, but a friend's son has one of the break-barrel Daisy pellet guns. It comes with a green notch in the rear, and orange blade in the front. They aren't fiber optic, or trit, just acrylic plastic. He painted the front side of each piece with silver paint to make them show up a bit better, and they are FANTASTIC daytime and low-light sights.
aaronrkelly,
I think or at least this is the way I see it, the other-than -green rear sight colors are meant to allow the brighter front green sight to really stand out instead of 3 bright green dots. Then if you need to use the rear sight you can still see the subdued yellow,orange,red whatever. For sure, the orange sights that I have had were a little brighter than the red MMCs I had.
Adam
I think or at least this is the way I see it, the other-than -green rear sight colors are meant to allow the brighter front green sight to really stand out instead of 3 bright green dots. Then if you need to use the rear sight you can still see the subdued yellow,orange,red whatever. For sure, the orange sights that I have had were a little brighter than the red MMCs I had.
Adam
In the past I read a lot of "reviews"by the gunzine writers where they stated they wished "the gun" had different colored rear night sights than the front to make them line up easier and avoid confusing the dots in the dark. I never had a problem with confusing them
but after refinishing an older G26 I decided when I replaced the night sights that I'd put yellows on the rear and green on the front.
I did this and find it more distracting than the all green. In the future I'll stay with the all green ones when replacement is necessary.
but after refinishing an older G26 I decided when I replaced the night sights that I'd put yellows on the rear and green on the front.I did this and find it more distracting than the all green. In the future I'll stay with the all green ones when replacement is necessary.
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