green vs red vs night sight for front...

[o64mustang]

I'm looking into putting a ghost ring sight set up from aro tek on my glock. Not sure whether to go with a green or red fiber optic or go with a green night sight for the front. So, if i go fiber optic does the green have any advantages over the red or vice versa? Or would the night sight work better in this application?
thanks
-o64

[remoandiris]

You don't say what Glock you have. Ghost rings are not allowed in IDPA.

Fiber is little use in low-light conditions whereas the night sight is visible.

I have green fiber front on my 17 (USPSA and IDPA use) and Ghost Ring with night sights on my 26.

[Glock'N'Load]

I bought the interchangeable green/ red front sight I think Hi-Viz makes it for around $25 it comes with three red and three green fiber optic pens of different size diameters. I really like this sight. I perfer the red meduim size the red fiber pen is definetly more visable over green. I bought the TFO Green/green sight and was not very impressed. I like the regular fiber optic sight more. Night sights are neat but I dont shoot at night and in a gun fight usually they are up close and personal more then likely I will be focusing on my attacker not my front sight. If you can only have one buy the one that you are going to use 99.9% of the time. If your gun is a carry gun only I would go night sights. If you do a lot of target shooting I would get the intertchangeable fiber optic sight. Bass pro has them

[Custom Glock Racing]

Fiber color is just personal preference.

[WIG19]

Originally posted by Custom Glock Racing
Fiber color is just personal preference. :thumbsup:

I find red front/black target rear on a Glock nice for some things, but on a turkey gun prefer the lime green pipe in front. As Matt says, what your eye sees and its role will tell the tale.

:patriot:

[shackiejake]

Fiber is little use in low-light conditions whereas the night sight is visible

Fiber works great with a flashlight, never shot a target you cannot indentify.

I like green FO better than red FO, to me green is better in all situations.

[sigadvantage]

The human eye sees the green spectrum better than red so for fast sight aquisition go for green. Personally I use a green night sight for my front with the stock rear works great for target use and will perform well in a defensive situation
-sigadvantage-

[freeidaho]

Originally posted by sigadvantage
The human eye sees the green spectrum better than red so for fast sight aquisition go for green. Personally I use a green night sight for my front with the stock rear works great for target use and will perform well in a defensive situation
-sigadvantage-


See that article at http://photo.net/photo/edscott/vis00010.htm about 1 or 2 screens down for the eyes sensitivity to light.

kr

[Travispitt]

well on my bow I have different color fiber optics for each pin. and the yellow and green ones show up first when it starts to get light. I think the yellow shows up first but i'm not positive. but the red is the last to show up.

[khillery]

I have tried the aro tek ghost ring on a Glock 36.....took it off.

It offers: increased target obstruction, not much light around the sight, and no natural centration of the front sight, no matter what color. You would think that a bright green fiber optic would work, but the natural tendency for me was to want to center the square top of the sight at the middle of the ring. That position was funny looking to me even at that and gave imprecise horizontal and vertical aligment clues.

Interestingly enough, an aperture sight from "One Ragged Hole" on my 6 1/2 in. .41 Mag. Ruger OM Blackhawk looks and works great for both aquisition, visibility and accuracy. It wears a Magnaport bright pink plastic front sight. It wears well in my holster, doesn't fog up in the bad weather and gives me more confidence during let off while hunting. The only think I like better is a red dot and have two Tasco 2000's, one fit nicely on the Glock 36. They are frustrating to sight in however.

I am a 59 yo Optometrist. I have a letter from Keith and he said to just file the rear sight wider. It works, but the Sure Site in yellow appears to have the best of all features. I will put one on my 5"XD Compact Tac when their production allows. The factory sights on that gun are very good. I like the Dawson fiber optic sights too.

[Midnmax]

Originally posted by shackiejake
Fiber is little use in low-light conditions whereas the night sight is visible

Fiber works great with a flashlight, never shot a target you cannot indentify.

I like green FO better than red FO, to me green is better in all situations.

TruGlo TFO - fiber and nightsight combined - so you can have your cake and eat it too.