[choochboost]

What colors do you have on your handgun? I think I like the idea of a color combo for contrast. Just makes sense that I'd pick it up faster. I think I'm leaning towards yellow/green.

[rageofangels]

What if you're colorblind!? :neener:

[DirksterG30]

I'd go green front sight, yellow rear sight. One reason being that Trijicon says on their website that they warranty their green & yellow sights for 12 yrs. and orange sights for 5 yrs.

[tegemu]

I'm color blind and the answer is - get the ones that provide the greatest contrast regardless of which color. Most of us still see colors but they are just different than a normally sighted person see. Even a color blind person that sees only various shades of black, white and gray can differentiate between different colors by contrast. Your question could be applicable to Traffic Lights or any colored device, yet we managequite nicely in a different colored world.

[Charles S]

I own all green on several guns and contrasting colors on 2 guns. The colors I own are green front with red back and green front with yellow back. I also have a revolver with a tritium front sight and plain rear sights.

I have shot at night with all the combos mentioned above, and I have shot a night combat course that involved shooting inside at night, and outside at night in varying levels of light. All in all, we shot a little over 1000 rounds starting at dusk and finishing early in the morning. It was very cold that night.

The first thing I recommend is a night shooting course, this will allow you to know what works for you.

For me...there is no advantage for color combos over a all green setup. I personally cannot imagine being able to hold my gun so far to the side that I line the sights up wrong. I realize that there are some noted authors for gun magazines that feel that they might have that problem, but I know I would not. I recommend that you try lining up your gun at night with the sights wrong and see how it feels in your hand. Try shooting it that way.

If you like the color combo, I see nothing wrong with it, I like the green and red combo. The red is not as bright as the green so your eyes are not drawn to the rear sights, but to the front, I don;t like the green and yellow, the yellow is very bright and I find my eyes going to the orange sights first, I will probably change that sight setup. The single tritium front sight also works well for me. I shot with the highly recommended bar dot some in my night course (a close friend of mine has set up a Sig 228 with the bar dot) and it was not as accurate for me. I do think it is a good setup.

I do find there is a real advantage to night sights in some scenarios. I highly recommend them. I also highly recommend two good carry lights if you carry regularly at night. That’s right I said two. It is amazing how fast a good light can have problems when you need it. There are plenty of brands that work, just find the one you like.

I hope this helps some.

Good luck, Charles

[Chipperman]

Mine are all green also. I don't see anything wrong with wanting a contrast, but I do not feel it is necessary.

[hpg]

I have never really understood why anyone would need Night Sights. If it's that dark you won't be able to see your target anyway. Just my thinking, never used a set of them. hpg

[Charles S]

I have never really understood why anyone would need Night Sights. If it's that dark you won't be able to see your target anyway. Just my thinking, never used a set of them. hpg

You obviously have not shot much at night.

Shoot a night combat course. In the most recent course I shot, we were required to have two guns, one with night sights one without. The difference in speed and accuracy is substantial.

hpg,

Try shooting a night combat course and then let us know what you think.

Charles

[waterhouse]

If I used a 3 dot system I'd get different colors. I've only seen the green and yellow, but I'd be curious as to what the orange looked like, but green and yellow seemed to work pretty well. I prefer the Heine straight 8 system where the dots are alighted vertically, and for me both sights are green.

HPG, if I have a flashlight on the target that still might not be enough for me to see my sights.

[hpg]

Charles S,

I would try that if I had one close by. I kind of live in the sticks. hpg

[Charles S]

I would try that if I had one close by. I kind of live in the sticks. hpg

I understand. I have had to travel for most of the courses I have taken. I am fortunate that I live about an 1.5 hours from a good training facility. That makes it much easier to take classes.

Charles