Night Sights on your AR

[NoveskeFan]

Curious as to how many here run Tritium irons on their AR's. Seems like a good thing to have should optics fail. Do most of you consider this a good investment for a Home Defense rifle?

[boomhower]

It seems most are against it. I run a truglo tritium front dot on mine. I haven't tried a rear NS. Everyone says they just blur with NTCH shooting style which makes sense. I've found the site helps as much in the day as it does at night. The lighter colored dot is much more contrast that a black iron. I have to qual at night and a black iron on a black target at night is a challenge. It was worth the $60 to me though I know I'm in the minority.


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[fixit69]

Tried them on a friends. I really thought it might be a good idea. Wrong again. Love them on my pistols. Just not on an AR.

Weird thing is (did blur a little) it was " distracting ". I don't know how else to put it. Kept throwing off my sight picture for some reason. Maybe I just needed more time with it, but...

[masakari]

I have a night sight front post on my Springfield Armory SOCOM16, and dont really like it. Its too fat to be used at longer range. This alone has dissuaded me from getting them for my ARs.

[Animal_Mother556]

Here are my thoughts on night sights -- and I could be totally wrong...

We are supposed to identify our target's foreground and background, right? If it is dark enough where we can see the glow from our sights...how are we identifying anything? That is why I carry a light source. I can see my sights as they are silhouetted against the lit-up target. Night sights are not for me.

[!Nvasi0n]

Here are my thoughts on night sights -- and I could be totally wrong...

We are supposed to identify our target's foreground and background, right? If it is dark enough where we can see the glow from our sights...how are we identifying anything? That is why I carry a light source. I can see my sights as they are silhouetted against the lit-up target. Night sights are not for me.

^^this^^ no problems here shouldering my weapon in low ready, activate light, shoulder to ready...boom perfect sight picture.

Or just shoulder to ready...pop on the light, and you'll be in the money if you have solid anchor points..and you'll be right on your sight picture

[Eurodriver]

The best night sight I have ever used is a Surefire M600C coupled with an Aimpoint T1.

Second to that is a PVS14.

[Kain]

I have a set, like the front for certain situations the rear I find to be pretty much useless. Not something I would be concerned added to every rifle I own though.

[Failure2Stop]

If you have an attached light, there is no real benefit to a tritium front on a rifle.
Don't waste your money on tritium rear sights on a rifle.

[TangoSauce]

I run one on my front sight on a few of my ARs. It's not that distracting to me. However, the tritium is only on one face of the sight post making you do a full rotation when sighting in your rifle. That's not a huge deal, but it's nice to not have to deal with that.

Also, I would never run tritium rear sights because it's be too easy to misalign (especially when they're the same color). Could also imagine that your vision would focus into short range to obtain your sight align versus sending your eyes downrange.

Overall, spend the money on a nice weapon light instead.