Truglo TFX vs Trijicon HD
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mckenney99
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Boogs,
I was working in a gun shop, so I bought several of the MGW dedicated sight pushers for my personal guns and the most popular models people wanted sights installed on. While those sight pushers worked ok, they lacked vertical adjustment of the slide in relation to the pusher. I finally broke down and bought the MGW Sight Pro with numerous shoes to fit a wide variety of pistols. This tool is expensive and a professional grade tool. Not really designed to be bought if only doing one or two guns but it does allow for a great deal of custom adjustment of the slide in the tool. Slow setup & adjustment of the tool and slow cautious fitting of the sights is key. It ain't easy to put metal back once you've removed it.
I was working in a gun shop, so I bought several of the MGW dedicated sight pushers for my personal guns and the most popular models people wanted sights installed on. While those sight pushers worked ok, they lacked vertical adjustment of the slide in relation to the pusher. I finally broke down and bought the MGW Sight Pro with numerous shoes to fit a wide variety of pistols. This tool is expensive and a professional grade tool. Not really designed to be bought if only doing one or two guns but it does allow for a great deal of custom adjustment of the slide in the tool. Slow setup & adjustment of the tool and slow cautious fitting of the sights is key. It ain't easy to put metal back once you've removed it.
Dub
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I installed the Truglo TFX Pro on my 9 Shield a little over a year ago and was disappointed by the lack of illumination they provide in dim light. At both indoor and outdoor ranges the factory whites on my 22C provide more pop than the Truglo. Perhaps I was expecting too much.
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Haven't had both. All of my handguns came with Trijicon. Those that didn't got Trijicons installed. It's all I've used. Trijicon HD are on my Shield. I know there are many good sights out there I just tend to stick with what I'm familiar with.
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For my Shield 9, I originally had the U notch Orange Trijicon HD XRs, and later switched them to the Yellow Ameriglo U notch Pro I-Dot. I prefer the yellow I-dots a lot more. I see the yellow on the Ameriglo much better than I did the Orange Trijicon, but maybe it's because the Trijicons were the XR which is a thinner front sight post which means the dot was smaller. I didn't like that. I also didn't like that the Trijicon HD has 2 tritium lamps in the rear sight, because my eyes would still see those 2 lamps as a 3 dot sight system and I hate 3 dot sights. Which is another reason why I prefer the Ameriglo because they use a single tritium vile in the rear. I also think the Yellow on my Ameriglo is easier and quicker to see and pick up than the Orange. So I'll be selling those Trijicon HD XRs soon...maybe if I tried the yellow Trijicon HD regular (not XR) first, maybe I would have liked it. But ever since I've switched over to the yellow Ameriglo I-dot Pros I don't see myself using anything else. I love em.
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ROB94045
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My Kahr PM40 came with Trijicon sights from the factory and my Performance Center Shield came with night sights but I don't know who made them. Both of those work just fine, so I wouldn't change them. I added the TFX Pro sights to my XDm-40 compact and they are fantastic.
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That period when it's no longer light but not quite dark will be when any sight is not at it's best.
It needs to be pretty dark for Tritium, and there still needs to be some decent light for the fiber optics to "glow".
One thing about TFOs is that they will stand out and be easier to see on overcast days, in general all daylight conditions, when Tritium only sights are at their best in the dark.
All of these, whether TFOs or tritium only have the front sight much brighter than the rear dots, so you can concentrate on the front.
As someone else said, the TFOs are nearly half the price of the Trijicon sets, so I can afford to have them on every one of my handguns.
It needs to be pretty dark for Tritium, and there still needs to be some decent light for the fiber optics to "glow".
One thing about TFOs is that they will stand out and be easier to see on overcast days, in general all daylight conditions, when Tritium only sights are at their best in the dark.
All of these, whether TFOs or tritium only have the front sight much brighter than the rear dots, so you can concentrate on the front.
As someone else said, the TFOs are nearly half the price of the Trijicon sets, so I can afford to have them on every one of my handguns.
Its hard to beat TFO/TFX sights. The difference is the TFX is engineered to be a bit stronger than the older TFO sights. I've used 'em for years now and they work great.....my favorite combat sights as they pop bright whether day or night. And not to mention I just ordered a set of TFX Pros for my M&P9C, $106 shipped.
I know they pop day or night but my question is really about low/dim light.
Where did you order for $106 shipped?
Thanks!
