Front night sights for my Ruger AR-15

[ATN082268]

I am new to guns and ARs and wanted to know if there were any good front night sights for my Ruger AR-15. Down the road I may get a Red Dot but now I want to stick with the iron sights. And how do you use/adjust a front sight which glows in the dark but only on one side? My first thought was that you might have to shoot a little high or low to be dead center but at shorter ranges, it may not be much of an issue.

 

[Snyper]

There shouldn't be enough variation in point of impact in low light conditions to make any practical difference.

For self defense purposes it won't matter at all

 

[Murphys Law]

As Snyper said, NO real world difference. You will have a much shorter depth on your field of view in dim light and "visible" targets will be much closer

 

[LeonCarr]

Have you thought about mounting a white light on the rifle instead of night sights?

IME it is more important to identify your target friend or foe first, and with a bright enough light (Streamlight, Surefire, Etc) the night sights will be unnecessary since they will be visible to you when illuminating the target.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[basicblur]

I am new to guns and ARs and wanted to know if there were any good front night sights for my Ruger AR-15.

I've installed the XS Sight Systems AR-15/M-16 - Tritium Stripe Front Post and like it.
http://www.xssights.com/Detail.aspx?PROD=993117&CAT=8275

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

Have you thought about mounting a white light on the rifle instead of night sights?

IME it is more important to identify your target friend or foe first, and with a bright enough light (Streamlight, Surefire, Etc) the night sights will be unnecessary since they will be visible to you when illuminating the target.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

+1 on white light mounted.

Makes the irons easy to pick up.

I have a Surefire G2 (polymer case) on the side of my carbine and at 320 lumens it works great. Cost me $60 for the light and $30-ish for the mount.