night sights for pistols: do you need them?

what are night sights
An example of what Trijicon night sights look like in a low-light situation. (Image: Trijicon.com)

introduction

Do you need night sights?

Yes… if you can’t see your sights, you can’t effectively hit your target.

And there are lots of situations where there’s enough ambient light to see your attacker (in a self-defense situation), but not enough to see your gun sights right in front of you.

As accuracy in shot placement is paramount in self-defense situations, it’s imperative you are able to get a good sight picture.

How to solve this problem? Enter night sights.

what are the best night sights? trijicon vs tritium vs factory, etc.

Here’s a great comparison of various front sight visibility in different lighting conditions, for an assortment of night sights, from EricM @ pistol-forum.com.

further reading

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