Posted: 7/14/2006 6:22:55 AM EDT
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I am going to get a new 40 cal Glock. I would like to get nite sights. How are the Glock factory night sights? I think they are a $50+ish upcharge. Or should I be looking at a different brand of sights for Glock ? Thanks in advance, Paul |
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Aren't the Glock front night sights still crimped on? Not only is a special crimping tool needed but they can also not easily be removed and put on another gun. For ease of installation and customer service, do not overlook Ameriglo. Since you are from the industry side, I'd recommend to call Rick Callahan at Ameriglo, 770-390-0554. |
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I put Meprolight night sights on all my Glocks. My G30 came with them when I bought it used, and I liked them so much that I put some on my G17 and G23. My G23 is my main carry weapon, and I picked up some that have orange glowing rear sights with a green glowing front dot. Very easy to index in low light. I picked mine up for around $70 or so on topglock.com. Saved about $20 over buying from any of the local shops. Do make sure that you or whoever else puts 'em on uses loctite on the front sight post. My front sight on my G17 was all jiggly after a range session and I had to get it staked down properly at VA Arms, since the guys that installed it didn't do it right. I happen to like the Meprolights better than Trijicon, personally. The tritium bead is a lot bigger and easier to find, and I personally think they're easier to acquire in normal lighting than Trijicon. (Dad has Trijicons on his G30). My $.02. |
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Have your dealer order you a gun from Glock with the Trijicon night sights, instead of the Glock night sights. It will be a ~$70 upcharge, instead of the ~$50 upcharge, but it will be well worth it. Anybody who knows anything about Glocks will be willing to give you more for the Glock with Trijicon's than they would the Glock brand night sights, if you decide to sell it later on. It may not even have to come from Glock, some distributors already have them in their inventory with Trijicons. Especially the refurbished ones, they have a tendency to come with Triji's if they have night sights. |
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Glock got busted in 2002 by the NRC for their night sights. I think the put Trijicon or Meprolites on their pistols now. www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/enforcement/actions/materials/ea02193.html Incidently, Trijicon and Meprolites are the ONLY makers licensed by the NRC to manuracture night sights!!
www.nrc.gov/materials/miau/ssd/obtain-reports/active-products.html Any brand of night sight you buy is either made by "Mep" or Trij"!! |
Glock installs two brands of night sights, usually. Glock brand night sights(which contain Meprolight tritium tubes) and Trijicon brand night sights. Sometimes they have installed actual Meprolight night sights with the screw on front sight. Any brand of night sights that you buy are not either Trijicon or Meprolight. They simply have Trijicon or Meprolight tritium tubes. The sights are still made by their respective companies. |
I decided to give the factory night sights a try on my G-27 back up gun. The front sights are swaged on. I've gone thru 3 sets of front sights in 2 years. 1st went bad first time at the range. Second after 6 mos. The 3rd rattled it's way loose and went into orbit. This is my back up gun so it gets shot about every other month 100 rounds. You do the math. I have Meps on my main gun G-22 and my G-23 I have a 17 that I shoot IDPA with that I have Meps on. My G-30 had Meps. I do have a 19 that has the trijicon sights on it. As you can tell I like Glocks. However the front sight on their night sights may sound like a good idea from mfg and cost. They haven't been as reliable as the others. My observations on Meprolights and Trijicons are this. The Meprolights are more coarse and have a large white dot around the front vial. The Trijicons are more fine and smaller dot. Both are bright. I haven't noticed any major difference between the brightness, some of the meps are brighter than the Trijicons and some aren't. Both in my experience are very good. My personal preference is the Meprolights because my eyes seem to pick up the front sight just a bit better. Most of my work is done at near contact ranges and clearing rooms. So the more coarse sight seems to get my eye better. The Cost difference between the Glock nite sights and either the Trijicon or Meprolight sights is aprox equal to 6.66 gals of unleaded gas. The devil is in the details. 
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