Glock Night Sites

I don't have a preference between those two. I would strongly recommend going with Warren Tactical 2 dot or heinie straight 8's though for sights. I shoot a G19 with factory trijicons and one with warren tactical 2 dot and had a G17 with the heinie's on them and I found the warren and heinies to be a MUCH quicker sight acquisition without giving up any longer range accuracy like other quick sights such as XS big dots. I would probably pick the Warren's over the heinie's, but I would estimate that my split times are about 20% faster and my accuracy at speed is significantly better with the Warren's than with the trijicons shooting both guns one right after the other.

You also may notice that most top competitors are shooting some version of Warren's, typically the black rear/fiber optic front, which is not a coincidence.

personally for a fighting gun i go xs 24/7 big dots, but from the two that you have listed i go trijicon, i trust them and i know they run for years.

I have Meprolights on my Glock G26 and G19. I've tried others and prefer the Meprolights. I especially don't like XS Big Dots and think Trijicon should do something about the affect solvent has on the white rings around the light tubes.

I prefer Meprolights and Trijicons over anything else, so I voted Trijicon since there was no option for both.

Never had a problem with either brand and I like them equally.

24/7 Big Dots on all my Glocks.

I used Trijs for years, and got Meprolights on my Kimber, and I regret it. They are fading significantly after 5 years. I am seriously considering some XS sights as a replacement.

I think between Trijicons and the factory Glock night sights (after owning both), the factory Glock NS are better. The dots are much bigger in both day and night. I really didn't care for the Trijicons I had on my Kahr pm9 a few years back.

Like someone else already said, the Heinie Straight-8s are amazing night sights..but really pricey.

Btw, you should check out the second link in my signature

I use two dots in the back and a fiber optic front on my Glock 19. I've long forgotten what brand they are, though.

I have a G19 with Glock-brand night sights(three-dot, green-on-green - the "goal-post" rear sight configuration is not available in tritium, although IIRC Ameriglo used to offer such), and the front sight blade happens to be angled in such a way that under the artificial fluorescent lighting of my local indoor range, the rear face of the front sight blade actually reflects glare back to my eye and causes the front sight to visually wash-out.

I own 4 other Glocks with Trijicon night sights, and one with Meprolights, and none of these sights do the same glare/wash-out thing.

Of course, YMMV...

Interesting thread. I have had Glock night sights on my G26 for 6 years now. They are noticably dimmer, but still functional in no light environments.

This is my first set of night sights and I am/was under the impression that the useful life was somwhere around 5-6 years. Is this the consensus opinion?

-Paul

Normally I put on Trijicon.
However, on my G30SF, Glockmeister had Meprolites, which is what Glock uses, for $67 installed. I couldn't beat that with a stick!! How will they hold up?? I'll let you know!!

A while back, one of the local officers was helping out with the first steps course I attended with my wife. He had a set of Truglo TFO (tritium fiber optic) sights he let everyone check out.

Didn't get to shoot it (Glock 27) but was very impresed with them. In lighted conditions, they seemed much easier to see/use than the stock sights on my G26 and you got night sights as well.

My springfield 1911 has night sights (have no idea of the brand) and while they work well in low light, they have no usable dots/markings for use during the day making getting a quick "Good Enough" sight picture difficult.

Speaking of low light, just got an Insight M6X light/laster in the mail last night for my bedside gun (G34) and a bunch of Gold Dot Short Barrel +P's in to try out for function testing. Should be a fun range trip on Sunday. The Gold dots are hopefully, if 100% reliable, going to be my carry ammo (G26) and bedside SD ammo (G34).

I just had Trijicons installed on my Glock 19. I wasn't aware that Glock made a night sight.

I have had great luck with Trijicon for service. I've never had them charge for a recharge, including one on a twelve year old ACOG that I wasn't the original owner. The only charges I've ever had from them has been shipping. They have super quick warrenty and service turnarounds.

I voted Trijicon because that is what I ordered from my straight from factory G23, haven't been able to shoot it yet (picked it up over christmas break, had to get back to school right away though) but they look good in low light. I am honestly a little surprised at how low light it has to be for them to show up, I guess I just haven't seen any night sights before and was expecting Tritium to be a little fiercer.