Sight Question

[eazyrhino]

I would like to purchase a set of night sights for my Glock 17. I've done my homework, but there is simply a vast array to choose from. What is, in your opinions, the best? I want high quality. Extremely bright illumination is not a huge requirement of mine. What is a requirement is a good, steel front and rear that I won't have to worry about working loose or coming off the slide. Trijicon seems like a nice choice, by the way their vials are designed. But then I hear that's what Glock puts on their gun, if you ask for night sights. I've always heard on here that Glock night sights are horrible. So I'm confused. I would like something for a little more precision aiming for target and defense. Lot to ask for, huh? What I'm really interested in that has struck my fancy is the Heine straight eight. I like the way it has serrations cut into it and adding one dot on top of another to make an eight seems to me that would work very well for precision, target and defense. Would this be a wise choice for me? Any help you good folks give me would be appreciated. Straight eight sight on your gun pics would help.

[MD2010]

I have Trijicons and love them. They are easy to see during the day, bright at night, and pretty tough. Glock alternates what brand they put on their firearms from the factory depending on who the lowest bidder is when they go for new contracts. I think they are currently using Meps, but I could be mistaken on that. Anyway, +1 for the Trijicons I really like mine. I know a lot of people are starting to use the fiber optic night sights and I have heard great things about them, but they are really expensive and I have yet to actually use a pair.

[QUEENGLOCK]

i have 3 glocks, g19,g26, g23. i have tru-glo night sights on all. to me my eye can find them quicker and more clear. trijicom is a very good night site, i just see better with tru-glo. good look on what you do get.

[Glocks&Ducs]

The Glock night sights that suck are GLOCK night sights, not Trijicon. Glock will install GLOCK night sights for about $55, they will install Trijicons for about $72. I used to buy Trijicon exclusively but I have since switched to Ameriglo. They are a bit cheaper than Trijicon, but they still contain Trijicon tubes. Some people rave about Meprolights, but I can't stand them. I don't like their shape and I don't like how blurry the dots are when they are glowing. The only thing to be careful of with the Trijicons, is to not get any solvents on the white rings, or they may come off.

As long as you stay away from PT night sights, you can't really go wrong with any of the others. It really just boils down to what shape, style, and price you want.

[Ken43]

I am a Glock armorer and I own Glocks with both the Glock night sight and the Trijicon. The big difference I see between the Glock night sight and the Trijicon is the ease of putting on the front sight. The Trijicon uses a screw and loc-tite. The Glock nightsight uses a crimp sysetm that takes a special tool to crimp the front sight. Both rear sights install the same way. The Glock nightsights seem to be easier to see in daylight. The white seems to be brighter. I can't tell a difference for night shooting. I can't comment on any of the other night sights because I have no experience with them.

[LordNelson]

Meprolights for me! I find them easier to see during the day than the TruGlo.

[monty01]

Sounds like you're going through the same thing i was last week. I just bought a NIB glock 19 and after perusing this fine website i found a lot of people complaining about the stock sights.

So i started looking at sights immediately in part because i'm so anxious to tinker with my new toy. I kept comming back to the Heinie straight eights after looking at the TFO's, Trijicons, etc. To me, it looks as though it would be faster to acquire a target with the two dot setup. I would love to hear any experiences with these sights.

BTW, i got tired of being wishy washy and just ordered the damn things. I bought the race cut version from Custom Glock Racing and they should be here in a day or two. The rear sight race cut should allow a better target picture. I can't recall if the front sights were milled more narrow than stock or not, but i think they are. I'll definitely let you know what i think when i slap em on.

[BigWaylon]

I recently went through the same decision here:

http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=673493

I looked at Glock, Meprolight and Trijicon, because that's what the local Glock supply place would include with a purchase...

The Glock sights have Mepro tubes...the main difference is the Glock front is a crimp on (as already mentioned) while the Meprolight is screw on...

The Glock and Mepros have a white plastic ring around the tube for easier daylight sighting, while the Trijicons have a white painting ring which can come off with the use of some cleaners (also as mentioned above)...

I opted for Mepros on both new Glocks...

Greg

[sidewinder6]

I have 2 sets of the TruGlo and like them alot. I shoot better in the day with them over the factory sights and they work as advertized in darkness.

I shoot low light alot, and was able to go to using a much dimmer (and smaller) Surefire LED light at night to help me ID a target then shoot with my eyes adjusted to the darkness using the TruGlo sight picture. I found that when using a much brighter Streamlight, my night vision was impared and Id rather not use the light to illuminate myself.

I installed the second set myself. I bought a MGW Glock rear sight tool ( which is backordered forever from one of our GT vendors:sad: ) and got tired waiting for it so I installed the sights myself using basic hand tools. The most challenging part was removing the original rear sights which are held in place with a clip. After that, I used mostly my fingers to slide the new sight on and then did the front sight. Then I brought the weapon to the range and set up at 25 yards and used a bore sight laser to get me on the paper. Next I fired from a bench to zero the weapon and used my blue LocTite to secure the hex nut on the top of the rear sight.

My match scores took a jump after sighting in the gun :supergrin:

Good luck with your decision.

[ki4dmh]

I just put a set of meprolight sights on my G-21. I love them so far. Time will tell if I like them as well as the trijicons.:thumbsup:

[GSD17]

GNS for me :thumbsup:

[cmcinc]

I have the Glock night sights on my G23 and G27. They have worked great for me. Very bright at night and easy to see during the daytime. It has been in and out of my holster many times with no problems at all. No probelms at all with my Glock night sights.

[RayB]

The Glock OEM Meprolights on my G21 have been great. The crimped-on front sight hasn't budged one bit in 7500 + rounds, but I don't holster this gun. The quality is first-rate, and they're the brightest night sights I've seen.

The Trijicon sights on Judy's G19 are of excellent quality and plenty bright. The markers are "sharper" day and night, but one must take care not to use aggressive solvents on them, as the painted-on white 0-rings can dissolve. The narrower front sight blade will suit sharper shooters.

The XS sights, ultimately rejected by Judy for her G19, were of excellent quality. While not as bright as the above-mentioned sights, they were plenty bright for dark-adapted eyes. We both found the rear sight marker "fuzzy" in daylight, but the night picture was great!

I was greatly impressed with the AmeriGlo Operator sights I examined recently. I'll be putting these in yellow/green on my next Glock--a G30.

--Ray

[sjz]

I bought Meps for my G17 a couple of months ago. They work fine, install very easily, and shoot straight.

But...Make sure that you really want night sights. I don't carry too much and shoot mostly IPSC/IDPA in production class or SSP. I now realize that night sights for me was a waste for shooting in normal light. The Meps in daylight has a decent sight picture, but not as good as stock fixed Glock sights.

I just ordered a Dawson Precision front fiber optic and plan to put the original Glock fixed rear sight back on. In daylight the Dawson front FO is the much preferred way to go by most competitive shooters.

I should have my Dawson this week and will probably sell my Meps if you are interested PM me.