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M&P 2.0 Night Sights
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Trijicons are what I have on my pistols, no downside to night sights except they eventually run out of glow stuff. Don't know about anything under $100 though
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The biggest downside to night sights, aside from cost, is that, for some people, under some circumstances, they can be more of a distraction than an aid. Depending on the available light, they may be overpowering. This is by no means a universal situation, though.
I think they can be beneficial, but I'm still not convinced they're essential pieces of equipment. It's a relatively rare situation where your target would be illuminated enough to ID as a threat, but your sights wouldn't be. I use a target-focused approach, so sights are less critical, so long as I can get my gun in my line of sight. I believe instructor Rob Pincus has gone so far as to tape up his sights and still get accurate hits on target.
With that said, I don't think night sights are useless. I do think it's best to keep it simple. My EDC has a tritium dot front sight, with orange background, and a plain black rear sight. Dot on target, pull trigger. "Muscle memory" takes care of alignment. But my other defensive guns don't have night sights, and I don't feel particularly handicapped by that for lowlight situations.
But other people will have differing opinions, not only with regard to the value of night sights, but also what configuration works best for them. There is no universal answer.
I will add that I like Amerglo night sights, what I have on my EDC gun. They have a wide variety of configurations available. It would be hard for me to imagine someone who couldn't find something suitable from them, unless one wanted a fiber optic sight, which I don't think Ameriglo makes.
Just my opinion.
I think they can be beneficial, but I'm still not convinced they're essential pieces of equipment. It's a relatively rare situation where your target would be illuminated enough to ID as a threat, but your sights wouldn't be. I use a target-focused approach, so sights are less critical, so long as I can get my gun in my line of sight. I believe instructor Rob Pincus has gone so far as to tape up his sights and still get accurate hits on target.
With that said, I don't think night sights are useless. I do think it's best to keep it simple. My EDC has a tritium dot front sight, with orange background, and a plain black rear sight. Dot on target, pull trigger. "Muscle memory" takes care of alignment. But my other defensive guns don't have night sights, and I don't feel particularly handicapped by that for lowlight situations.
But other people will have differing opinions, not only with regard to the value of night sights, but also what configuration works best for them. There is no universal answer.
I will add that I like Amerglo night sights, what I have on my EDC gun. They have a wide variety of configurations available. It would be hard for me to imagine someone who couldn't find something suitable from them, unless one wanted a fiber optic sight, which I don't think Ameriglo makes.
Just my opinion.
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Don't know your location LGS here charges $35 to change out sights
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Another thing to consider: Some gun stores, if they have an on-site gunsmith, may install night sights for free if you buy the sights from the store.
I had a gunsmith install the night sights on my gun, which I bought elsewhere, but I can't remember how much it cost. I want to say $50, which is admittedly on the high side.
I've got the factory tritium night sights on my 2.0 compact. I like them. If/when the gun market eases up, I plan to get a Shield 2.0 with factory night sights as well. Funny, I had a Shield already but my 20-year-old talked me out of it.
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Trijicons are nice, but they tend to be more expensive than TruGlo.
Tru Glos are less expensive, and have the added advantage of being easy to see in daylight, due to them being both fiber optic and Tritium.
Several of my pistols have them as I an buy them on Amazon for $68 a set.
Mine are the TFO's, the Tru-Glo Pros with the circle around the front element are more money.
Depending on the daylight hitting them, Tru-Glos can be a bit distracting, almost too bright.
At night I like the TFOs better, as the front sight is brighter than the back two, and a different color (green in front, yellow in back ) I believe you can get other colors too , like red or orange.
I'm not sure of the price of Ameriglos, as the set I have came from the factory on the pistol (Glock 48).
They are really nice in the day, you see the front sight very easily (red ring around the Tritium capsule).
At night, I don't like the Ameriglos as well as the Tru-Glo. The front and rear dots are the same, same color and brightness.
Not the best pic here of the Ameriglos, as the front sight is in bright sunlight, but you can really pick up the Ameriglo front sight easy in most daytime conditions.
Like Continental Op was saying, some might think night sights are not essential, but I still like having them.
You'll still need a handheld or weapon mounted light to I.D. the target, so having them is moot. But for under $100, it's worth it to me to have them ( I also have handhelds and WMLs).
Tru Glos are less expensive, and have the added advantage of being easy to see in daylight, due to them being both fiber optic and Tritium.
Several of my pistols have them as I an buy them on Amazon for $68 a set.
Mine are the TFO's, the Tru-Glo Pros with the circle around the front element are more money.
Depending on the daylight hitting them, Tru-Glos can be a bit distracting, almost too bright.
At night I like the TFOs better, as the front sight is brighter than the back two, and a different color (green in front, yellow in back ) I believe you can get other colors too , like red or orange.
I'm not sure of the price of Ameriglos, as the set I have came from the factory on the pistol (Glock 48).
They are really nice in the day, you see the front sight very easily (red ring around the Tritium capsule).
At night, I don't like the Ameriglos as well as the Tru-Glo. The front and rear dots are the same, same color and brightness.
Not the best pic here of the Ameriglos, as the front sight is in bright sunlight, but you can really pick up the Ameriglo front sight easy in most daytime conditions.
Like Continental Op was saying, some might think night sights are not essential, but I still like having them.
You'll still need a handheld or weapon mounted light to I.D. the target, so having them is moot. But for under $100, it's worth it to me to have them ( I also have handhelds and WMLs).
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