Trijicon?

I put a set of green front and yellow rear on my SIG P239 and am very satisfied with them. I shoot day, night, indoor and out under all conditions and find them to be very good sights for me.
 
Rantingredneck - If the meprolight has the white dot, that's what I'm needing. Thanks for the feedback.
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That is the case when it comes to SP101 sights. I have a Trijicon on one of mine and Mepro's on the other two. I'll try to post some side by side pics later tonight.
 
I ordered the Meprolights. I've read about some folks having POA issues with a new front sight and filing down the size of them and whatnot. I'm guessing that's pretty abnormal. When these are installed they should be POA without any further modification right? I'm sure I'll find out first time I shoot it, but I'm just curious what other people's experience has been.
 
In my experience it's a different sight picture. If you level the top of the front sight with the rear notch like you are used to doing you will hit low. You need to rest that big white/green dot in the notch so that the dot is completely visible. In doing so you will be right on target.
 
Mine all shoot to the dot. For me, thats better anyway, as I've been using the three dot sights since they first came out and before they were lit, and my eye picks up the dots first. I have to shift focus to get a traditional sight picture.
 
Night sight comparison pics as promised......

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Trijicon on the 4" on the left, Meprolight on the 2.25" on the right.

I started out with the Trijicon on my 2.25" carry gun, but I decided I wanted to try the Meprolight due to the difference in daytime appearance. I bought Trijicon first based on the name, but in terms of the SP101 sights the Meprolight smokes it.

I moved the Trijicon to my 4" .22LR just for kicks. I apologize for the blurry night shot but I wasn't using a tripod and my camera is sensitive to movement in night mode. You can see the difference in day and night visibility between the two though.
 
Tamara said:
It has been my experience that the world is rarely ever really dark, unless one lives in the boonies.
Twilight lasts from sundown to sunup here in the world of pavement and mercury vapor, at least anyplace I'd bother going at night. I haven't been in many parking lots that were so dark I couldn't see the sights at all, but I've been in plenty that were dim enough to make tritium a valuable aid to rapid acquisition of the front sight.
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Growing up in the country in Texas, mountains of Colorado, and being surrounded by corn/bean fields in now Iowa, it's dark. Dark enough to not know for sure of my target. Definitely dark in my house and neighborhood. My opinion is night sights aren't all that useful. In scenarios such as this a flashlight is in hand to light up the target. The light from it provides a nice outline of my sights as it is without the need of finding the glow. I'm not saying night sights are useless, just has a very small window of time to have to rely on them.
 
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