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Post by steelfallenangel on Jan 24, 2014 3:21:59 GMT -5
Since a lot of replica's can't use real steel sights and it's a pain to find some particular pairs (dytac KSC glock sights come to mind) so I've decided to try this glowon stuff. From some pictures it seems like it may work pretty well for replica use. But I'm curious if any of you guys have used this or something similiar to it.
Did it work as well as the shots shown or is it all just smoke and mirrors?
And before anyone mentions that I should just go out and buy Truglo sights. Please accept that not all of us can go out and buy +150$ sight per handgun.
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Post by RUST on Jan 24, 2014 12:11:04 GMT -5
Sincea lotof replica's can't use real steel sights and it's a pain to find some particular pairs (dytac KSC glock sights come to mind) so I've decided to try this glowon stuff. From some pictures it seems like it may work pretty well for replica use. But I'm curious if any of you guys have used this or something similiar to it. Did it work as well as the shots shown or is it all just smoke and mirrors? And before anyone mentions that I should just go out and buy Truglo sights. Please accept that not all of us can go out and buy +150$ sight per handgun. I have a WE tech G17, and I wanted glow sights, but no one seems to sell them any where. What I did was I went to Micheals and got some glow in the dark paint. It works pretty nice, and is really worth putting on glock sights instead of buying expensive ones. The only thing about putting the paint on it is that you will need to put like 3-4 layers for it to work best. Also if your gun is in a holster you will need to pull it out and let it get some sunlight or shine an led light on it before going into a building |
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Post by Da Vinci - Да Винчи on Jan 24, 2014 23:55:10 GMT -5
Yep, I have a bottle of glow-on as well as a sheet of their adhesive stuff. It works well, once you "charge" it with an LED flashlight, it'll hold a good glow for a while.
For all intents and purposes, though, if you have it in a holster and are outside for a bit, and go indoors, it'll have a usable glow. It helps, but it's no miracle stuff.
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Post by steelfallenangel on Jan 25, 2014 0:19:32 GMT -5
Ok just making sure this stuff would hold its glow for alittle bit. Wasn't expecting magic to come from a 10$ item just that it was something alittle better than trying to locate your sights in a dark room with no aid.
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Post by Squirrel on Jan 27, 2014 9:57:51 GMT -5
Not comparable to Truglo sights and definitely not on the level of Trijicon. I've tried it on a few .22's that were iron sites that our club used for indoor competitions. The glow doesn't really last and I didn't think it was worth it overall. It has to be about pitch black to see the glow over ambient light.
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Post by steelfallenangel on Jan 29, 2014 8:12:13 GMT -5
Yea even after following the instructions these things weren't worth it. Not only did it not really absorb much light, but they also looked god awful having these huge blobs over each sight. Scrapped it off and will likely give the stuff to my girlfriend for her to do some painting with it or something.
Starting looking into the second hand market like Ebay and found that picking up a used pair won't hurt the bank account as much as I thought.
I know that for my KSC glock that a real steel sight won't be too much of a issue getting fitted. I'm reading conflicting reprots for TM MEU's though.
So I guess I have two new questions. Firstly anyone had any success installing real steel 1911 sights on a TM MEU? And is the Trijicon worth the extra money over the truglo (for airsoft purposes). Since it looks like if I"m patient I can snag some truglos for around 50-60$ off ebay or some Trijicons for about 80-90$.
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Post by Squirrel on Jan 29, 2014 15:42:52 GMT -5
I would say Trijicon isn't worth it for airsoft purposes. They are really nice, but you probably won't get your money's worth out of them unless you are playing in really really dark areas a lot.
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