They are on my "To Buy" list but I hadn't gotten around to it.

 

They are on my "To Buy" list but I hadn't gotten around to it.

Yea man, they are just too bad ass. Tritium and Iron Sights go together like PB&J lol. Very cool.

 

The tritium in the rear sight is about useless, more of a distraction.

 

The tritium in the rear sight is about useless, more of a distraction.

aww well that kinda sucks. What about the front. Would it be worth changing out my sight post for the tritium. I mean why do you say its useless and a distraction?

 

aww well that kinda sucks. What about the front. Would it be worth changing out my sight post for the tritium. I mean why do you say its useless and a distraction?

The tritium front is ok, but in the rear sight it just becomes a blur.

 

The tritium front is ok, but in the rear sight it just becomes a blur.

Uh??? When your using ironsite's properly the rear site is going to blur.

And take a gander at XSsites tritium 24/7 frontpost. They also make tritium AK sites.

 

Slapped some GLOW ON on my front flip up sight the other day.

 

The tritium in the rear sight is about useless, more of a distraction.

I agree. I can definetely see why you may want a front site(I do), but as close to your eye that the rear site apperture is, it's just unneccesary to have it glow. You use the front post anyways, not the rear. Maybe it's just cause I've fired many M16's, M4's, my AR....

 

A pic of XSsites 24/7 tritium sites. Zero the top of the front post at 100yards and the tritium rod will be dead on at 25, 50 and 200yards.

 

Yea I definitely want one for the front now. I like the XSites too.

 

Uh??? When your using ironsite's properly the rear site is going to blur.

And take a gander at XSsites tritium 24/7 frontpost. They also make tritium AK sites.

I'm pretty sure that's his point.

 

I'm pretty sure that's his point.

but what do I know. :lol:

 

mvician, is that a bigdot? If so can have we have a night/dark pic.

 

mvician, is that a bigdot? If so can have we have a night/dark pic.

Yep the big dot......I'll see what I can do to get a pic.

 

not the greatest pics...........

 

not the greatest pics...........

That looks really cool, okay I am definitely getting tritium in the front. All I have to do is unscrew the post inside the flip up sight right? and then screw in one with tritium? is that how it works? I guess I can look it up. I can't really just replace my whole front sight its not rail mounted like most full length rail rifles.

 

That looks really cool, okay I am definitely getting tritium in the front. All I have to do is unscrew the post inside the flip up sight right? and then screw in one with tritium? is that how it works? I guess I can look it up. I can't really just replace my whole front sight its not rail mounted like most full length rail rifles.

It's easiest if you use a sight tool to unscrew the old one and install the new post. They just cost a few bucks. yours should be the standard A2 size (4 "notches" instead of 5 on the A1 post).

 

What happens when you have to go "one click" up or down for zeroing?

 

Picked up a set on eBay last night. Made an offer below sellers price and accepted the counter-offer.

 

It's easiest if you use a sight tool to unscrew the old one and install the new post. They just cost a few bucks. yours should be the standard A2 size (4 "notches" instead of 5 on the A1 post).

10-4 its the 4 position. Sweet I figured it would be pretty easy to install. Thanks...

 

What happens when you have to go "one click" up or down for zeroing?

oooooo goooood question, you dont want it to be backwards, how does that work?

 

The front sight is worth it but skip the rears. I had some and they are so close to your eye all you see is blurs. Not really helpful at all. Just use the front tritium.
Pat

 

What happens when you have to go "one click" up or down for zeroing?

Most better tritium sights have the post with the tritium independent of the traditional post on an iron sight. So, the top spins freely from the bottom. Just rotate the whole thing up one click and then the top portion with the tritium will be perpendicular to line of sight and then just depress the detent enough so that the top portion of the sight clears it and rotate it back and the portion that actually does the elevation/depression stays put. You can see what I am talking about a little bit better on this sight that I have:

Courtesy of Ameriglo.

P.S.
The other posters are right. The rear tritium sights are worthless; you just get a green haze and no defined dots when properly sighting an AR type rifle with these sights. However, on AKs because of the distance between the eye and rear sight they work great.

 

Suppose you could move the rear sight forward if you wanted to bring them into focus a bit. Doing so would sacrifice sight radius.

They do provide the benefit of helping you find your gun in the dark.