Posted: 2/3/2007 7:23:08 PM EDT
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XRTG985B GHOST GLOW PAINT KIT I see this listed at Natchez. Any one ever used it? How did it function? I have a Taurus Millenium Pro and did not want to spend a lot for night sights. |
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Save your money. These Glow in the Dark" paints will only glow for a short time, and only AFTER you shine a bright light on it to "charge it up". If for instance you paint the front sight, and carry the gun in a holster, when you draw the gun the sight will not glow AT ALL, since the sight was in the dark holster. If you stop and shine a bright flashlight on the paint for a few minutes, the paint will glow for a short time, but fades quickly. For this reason, you'd be better off to just use the flashlight to illuminate the target. Real night sights use Tritium, which is a nuclear material that actually generates it's own light. You can put a Tritium sighted gun in a dark drawer, and 6 months later pull it out, and it's glowing brightly. Tritium sights have a 10 year "Half Life". In other words, in 10 years, they'll be glowing 1/2 as bright as when new. Most night sights have a usable service life of "about" 10 to 15 years. |