

These are often the best of both worlds, but the front sights also tend to be rather large and thick to accommodate these two inserts. Day and Night sights often utilize a big high visibility ring, often red, yellow, or orange wrapped around a tritium vial. These sights combine a high visibility front sight with an internal tritium vial for night sight capability. The latest theme in duty and defensive sights is a mix of day and night sights. It’s true that night sights might washout, but the tritium vials still act as a point of reference for standard daylight shooting and only cost a hair extra than most standard Glock replacement sights anyway. In the dark of your concealment, you’ll be able to see your sight and align them quickly and easily on the threat. Additionally, you may find yourself in a situation where you are in low light, and your threat is in a brightly lit environment. They stand out, are easy to see, and are easy to align. You may find yourself in a simple low light situation where you have enough light to identify the threat, and the benefit in the glowing vials is rapid acquisition. While this is true, it doesn’t make Glock night sights a non-starter. In situations with illumination or where you are using your weapon-mounted or carry light or overhead lights, your night sights are likely to be ‘washed’ out.

Proper identification of a threat is still necessary. The use of night sights does not mean you should be shooting at shadows and movement. The ability to see and align your sights in low-light conditions can be invaluable in a defensive scenario. These sights have become standard on firearms built for defensive use and duty use by police officers and military forces. Night sights offer shooters some form of glowing tritium vials to make aligning your sights in low light possible. Today we are going to talk about the best Glock night sights. Instead, I’m breaking it down by category. I couldn’t just write one article on the best Glock sights. There are tons of options for Glock aftermarket iron sights. Why they’ve never fixed this issue is beyond me, but an aftermarket has popped up to satisfy the needs of the consumer. Glock sights just suck and almost always have. Glock is in its fifth generation, and yet perfection still comes with cheap plastic sights.
