Nothing against stock Glock sights, but they could be improved. To the company’s credit, they offer steel sights as an alternative to the standard polymer option, but still, they’re not very practical in the dark.
And, considering that these are some of the best-selling handguns in America, there’s no doubt that many who buy them keep them for home defense.
Which begs the question: what are you tacking onto your Glock to improve performance, and, specifically, what are you doing about the stock sights?
A simple and straightforward solution is to upgrade the gun with Glock night sights
Freedom from Power
When you outfit a handgun, Glock or otherwise, with night sights, you don’t need to make that upgrade in lieu of a WML or a battery-operated RDS.
Nonetheless, most Glock night sights offer a unique advantage over both of these for shooting in the dark: they don’t need power.
Most Glock night sights are powered by tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that naturally decays over time and, as it does, releases visible light – which is precisely the reason most night sights glow in the dark.
The thing is that tritium is naturally radioluminescent (it glows) and requires no supplementary power. And, with a half life of more than 12 years, it’ll be well more than 20 years before you notice your night sights starting to lose “brightness” if you will.
Which, frankly, stands in stark contrast to other battery-powered shooting accessories.
But Far from the Only Option
More important than the fact that night sights don’t need any external power source to work, they’re also not your only option when it comes to optimizing your Glock for night-time shooting.
For one, you can easily mount a WML and Glock night sights, they don’t interfere with each other, and you can use each opportunistically.
As for an RDS, if you buy quality Glock night sights like the Blackout tritium night sights from NineX19, you still have the option to mount an RDS so you can use your sights as co-witness.
This is because these Blackout sights are available in two heights: a mid height which is perfect for bottom-of-window co-witness for most slide mounted optics, and a taller height, which is engineered to provide a clear sight picture even with muzzle devices present. It can also provide a lower-third co-witness with slide mounted optics.
Let alone the fact that these Glock night sights are CNC machined from quality steel, compatible with most double-stack Glocks, and configured with punch holes and locking set screws that substantially streamline installation and adjustment.
In a word, they exhibit exceptional quality and are easily among the most practical and functional Glock night sights in the industry.
For More Information on These Glock Night Sights
Optimizing your Glock with night sights is only one step you can take to improve its handling and performance in the dark as a defensive weapon. Regardless, for more information on the night sights mentioned here (and other Glock upgrades) visit NineX19 or contact their customer service department directly.
