mepro night sights

My friend had Mepros on his glock and I really liked them. They were about two years old I believe and still pretty bright.
My favorite thing about the sights is that the front post is brighter than the rear two.
 
I have them on all three pistols. 2 Glocks and a Kimber Like them a lot.

Another plus for Mepros is the white cjrcle around the tritium tubes is rubber. I have heard more than one person complain that if the Trijicons get any gun solvent on them, the circles are painted on and rub off.

I have 1 set of green/green. one set of green/yellow, and one set of green/orange.

I prefer the green/yellow. Try before you buy if possible
 
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I have both Meps and Trijicons. The only difference to me is the little jewel they put in the Trijicon tubes to make the dot sharp and clear. The Meps on my G19 have been there since early 2000 and are still bright.
 
I have had both, and both are just fine.

When the tritium in the sight dims as they all do (tritium is a low-grade radioactive material with a half-life of ~12 years) you can send the slide back to Trijicon, and they will replace the tritium inserts without disturbing the sights themselves. This is done at a modest cost ($18 per vial, $54 for all three "dots").

If your sights are already properly adjusted, this is very handy, and saves both the expense of a new set of night sights ($100) as well as the installation and the ammo and time to get the sights back on target.

If you don't plan on keeping the pistol for a long time, either will do the same job. I prefer the Trijicons because I plan on keeping some of my 1911s for a long time. Also works well if you buy a used pistol with Trijicons and get the night sights refreshed for a reasonable price (as I did recently with a 10-year old Les Baer.)
 
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TruDot's were put on my Glock when I bought it from a shop...not by choice. I really don't like them at all. The rear notch is very narrow and the front sight blade fills the entire gap. The white circle around the lamp is too thin, doesn't stand out very well. That picture you linked shows the dots as a bright green...definitely not the case.

I've since switched to Dawson Precision fiber optics and like them a lot more.

http://www.dawsonprecision.com/
 
When the tritium in the sight dims as they all do (tritium is a low-grade radioactive material with a half-life of ~12 years) you can send the slide back to Trijicon, and they will replace the tritium inserts without disturbing the sights themselves. This is done at a modest cost ($18 per vial, $54 for all three "dots").
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That's really cool. Does Meprolight have any program like this? I've got Mepros on my EDC.
 
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Dawson Precision fiber optics.

Except fiber optic sights simply gather available light, not generate light even in the dark.
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Not if you get TruGlo TFO's. I had Meps on my Glock 22 and 23 but they didn't work well in the daylight. Saw a set of TFOs on a G22 and immediately switched out my Meps to TFOs on both my G22 and G23.

See how they glow in the daylight too. These pictures were taken with available light (no flash).

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I have the TruGlo TFOs on one Kimber, and the Trijicons on several other 1911s.

The TruGlos work well outside in bright sunlight, but at my indoor range there is not much light to gather.
 
Finally decided on a set

I chose the Mepro sights and ordered them today for 79.80. I havent got them yet but was wondering what would be the easiest way to install them. Has any of you guys installed your own and if you did how did you do it? This will be the first time Ive attempted to put a set of sights on a pistol if I attempt it lol :o
 
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