Sedalia Dave Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 (edited) Wanted to put tritium sights on my 38-55 lever gun for shooting hogs at night. Apparently no-one makes them. Only ones I found were for MSRs. I can find fiber optic sights but these are useless in the dark. I think I can build a set using a Williams WDOS Dovetail Open Sight for the rear. Not sure about a workable front sight. I'm going to have to do more research. Edited October 1 by Sedalia Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Brite sights used to make a paint kit , with "glow in the dark " paints had a couple sets before the twister seemed to do pretty well CB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Nitesiters.com Glow dots you can put in the recess of your sight. Gotta charge em ( I use a small uv flashlight) but they glow bright. Tritium is known to the state of California to cause cancer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 3 hours ago, Texas Joker said: Tritium is known to the state of California to cause cancer. Everything is known to cause cancer in California. @Sedalia Dave would you consider a red or green dot sight? That may be an option. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: Everything is known to cause cancer in California. @Sedalia Dave would you consider a red or green dot sight? That may be an option. Its an option. But for close, fast moving targets it's hard to beat a good set of iron sights. Also considering a green laser Edited October 1 by Sedalia Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 (edited) A little background. A good friend of mine has hogs coming into his yard and destroying it. Looks like someone was in it with a garden tiller all night. He has motion alarms that notify him when they enter the yard. If you are reasonably quiet you can slip out of the house and easily get within 75 yards of them without spooking them. He is using an AR-10 in 308 equipped with a thermal optic. Problem with the thermal optic is you cannot shoot a moving target. The refresh rate of the image is too slow. Strangely even after dropping one, the rest seldom move more than 25 yards before stopping. Saturday night he dispatched three plus an armadillo before they finally moved far enough into the surrounding brush that he could no longer see them in the thermal optic. Sunday afternoon they were back even though the dead ones hadn't been hauled off. Seems that they have become accustomed to sight and smell of their own dead. Gunfire has little effect but the click of a safety does get their attention. My thinking is with a lever gun you could stalk them and after the first shot you could possibly get two or three more on the move. Iron sights allow you to be more aware of what's down range. Don't want to shoot a barn, tractor, out building, or any of the cattle in the pasture. Edited October 1 by Sedalia Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 Researching laser sights I found this Holosun that looks promising. https://holosun.com/products/laser-illuminator/117/le117g.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 40 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: Iron sights allow you to be more aware of what's down range. One of the things I like about my Red Dot sights is there is no magnification and you can easily keep both eyes open. I have bought several Sig Sauer “Romeo 5” red dot sights and for the money they’re a really good sight. The one downfall might be mounting it. These RDS (red dot sights) mounts are set up for a picatinny rail. This model the Sig Sauer Romeo 5 model number SOR52001 includes a low profile mount for picatinny as well as the “cowitness” height for ARs. It has a 2 MOA red dot. https://a.co/d/5x2COCj The one thing that one may encounter with an RDS is the dot may not look like a dot if you have uncorrected astigmatism. Another thing, does light scare them off? If not you may want to consider a decent tactical light to mount on your gun. A brute white light makes iron sights stand out for you. A powerful red or green light might work as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Maybe a gunsmith can cut the forward dovetail to accept a pistol night sight, since you said you could use a rear sight that you had found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 I just took a tritium sight off my Glock because after 8 or 9 years, it doesn’t glow anymore. Well, technically it does, but I have to wait several minutes for my eyes to adjust to the darkness. Then it’s just barely visible in total darkness. If there’s even a tiny bit of ambient light, it’s no better than a blade or post sight. Maybe that many years is too much to expect, but for $100, I thought it would last longer. It actually started to dim after the first year. Perhaps other brands are better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 IIRC the sight paint kits were about $50 with the 3 bottles of glo paint , you would have enough for a long time I liked the green glow , did a set for one of the guys , about 4 years back , still glow , but could stand to be redone BC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 2 Author Share Posted October 2 1 hour ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: I just took a tritium sight off my Glock because after 8 or 9 years, it doesn’t glow anymore. Well, technically it does, but I have to wait several minutes for my eyes to adjust to the darkness. Then it’s just barely visible in total darkness. If there’s even a tiny bit of ambient light, it’s no better than a blade or post sight. Maybe that many years is too much to expect, but for $100, I thought it would last longer. It actually started to dim after the first year. Perhaps other brands are better. A quality Tritium sight is only good for 10 years at best. Tritium has a half life of 12.5 years. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 11 hours ago, Texas Joker said: Nitesiters.com Glow dots you can put in the recess of your sight. Gotta charge em ( I use a small uv flashlight) but they glow bright. Tritium is known to the state of California to cause cancer. So does the state of California. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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