Glow in the dark sights

[RG1981]

I've finished my waiting period (felt like forever!!) and will be picking up my Smith and Wesson SD9VE tomorrow morning. It works out good because I can go to the gun show tomorrow afterwards and pick up some good deals on ammo and accessories.

Anyway, I've seen some videos on YouTube of people griping about the sights on the SD9VE and some of them have had the idea of putting a few dabbies of glow-in-the-dark paint on the sights to improve their reliability in a home-defense situation.

I don't think there is any kind of prohibition on this, but I just wanted to ask the forum before I went and did it to make sure it was California legal to modify the sights in such a manner. I'm new to CA and not sure what flies and what doesn't around here, so it's always better to be safe than sorry. Any information would be appreciated!

[mdimeo]

Sight changes don't violate any laws.

Some carry permit issuing agencies frown on modifications to the pistol on your permit, but I don't think I've heard of any that would object to paint on the sights.

[hermosabeach]

I have found that trijicon sights serve almost no purpose.

In the dark, in can not legally identify a target

In a dark parking garage, the dots glow but I see the outline better than the dots

In daylight, the dots are distracting.

So my days of buying trijicon sights are over



Glow in the dark paint has more drawbacks
Is a holster, it is too dark to get light to glow
So when you draw Ina dimly lit environment, they will not glow
Gun cleaning solvents will eat the stuff too


As for deals at a gun show... Let us know what you find.

[sunrisefordrene]

XS Big Dots....all my self defense handguns get a set of these...

[RG1981]

I have found that trijicon sights serve almost no purpose.

In the dark, in can not legally identify a target

In a dark parking garage, the dots glow but I see the outline better than the dots

In daylight, the dots are distracting.

So my days of buying trijicon sights are over



Glow in the dark paint has more drawbacks
Is a holster, it is too dark to get light to glow
So when you draw Ina dimly lit environment, they will not glow
Gun cleaning solvents will eat the stuff too


As for deals at a gun show... Let us know what you find.

Thanks for the advice, after watching some videos on YouTube it didn't look as useful as I'd originally thought, although I'll look into the trijicon sights that guy was talking about.

[nbirnbaum2]

I LOVE MY TRIJICON HD'S

[squeeze]

"...some of them have had the idea of putting a few dabbies of glow-in-the-dark paint on the sights to improve their reliability in a home-defense situation."

"glow-in-the-dark paint" only glows for a short time AND

[ElDub1950]

Glow in the dark paint sucks for sights. If you have a few minutes to hold them under a light to 'charge' the paint, then turn the lights off, then it's ok for a few minutes.

Spend a little on some real sights.