Kevin Rohrer
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Not necessary. I now buy my 1911s w/ gold-dot sights.
I shoot in low light and night a lot. Own lots of night vision, but have done plenty of rifle and handgun shooting without NODs, in white light, or no light. Have trained a bit. Both ways. I (therefore) have tritium on most of my handguns AND rifles.
Don’t have a carry gun. Have a nightstand shotgun. How else are you going to line things up in low light? Understand the light but isn’t a light a target as well? Notice the “?” because it is a bonafide question? I always thought darkness was my friend in my own house. Not that it is fully dark ever. And that identification was paramount always when protecting the home. I like my glow in the dark sights.
In a gunfight, lighting conditions can change, and night sights
fill that possible void in visibility; also for a nightstand pistol,
you could be firing at your night intruder "silhouettes",
and night sites afford a good aim.
"identify target" = what exactly?
If you are solely relying on night sights for target identification something could go horribly wrong.
I don't think it's possible to identify a target with night sights. Using them in the dark is still "shooting in the dark", except the person can see their sights and nothing else.If you are solely relying on night sights for target identification something could go horribly wrong.