TFO Handgun Sight

Rule 3 of the “4 Rules of Gun Safety” is: Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target (and you have made the decision to shoot). If you can’t properly see your sights you have not satisfied rule number 3. The sights on the Shield are not terrible, but as with most things in life, there is always room for improvement. I’ve always had an internal dilemma with night sights. If it is so dark that you are relying on the little vials of tritium to align your sights, you probably can’t actually see what you are aiming at. And for anyone who has ever has night sights installed on their guns, you know that the little bits of tritium don’t do anything when lighting is decent. In fact, compared to a standard fiber sight, or even a neon painted sight, the tritium is harder to pick up quickly, at least for me. Enter the Truglo TFO sights. Fiber to amplify ambient light and tritium for low/no light situations. Pros: The sights are made of metal. Plastic sights have no place on a gun as far as I’m concerned. I haven’t had to test how strong they are, but they seem beefy enough to use them to rack the slide if necessary. Fiberoptic. These really help bring out the ambient light. It makes the sights much easier to pick up in the day time. Tritium. It’s a night sight, it glows. Compared to the other night sights I have, Siglite, meprolight, ameriglo etc, they all seem about the same. Cons: None at the moment. Install: I installed them myself with a punch, large hammer, and a vise. I watched some youtube videos and had at it. If you aren’t confident in your abilities, just take it to a gunsmith so you don’t accidentally scratch your gun. They fit well and are snug. I don’t anticipate them shifting and losing zero. I will update if that happens. Other Thoughts: I’m a firm believer that anyone that carries a gun should also carry a dedicated light, either mounted on their weapon or a handheld unit, not your cell phone. The light will help you identify your target and the spill can even help brighten the fiber optics. This makes me wonder if the tritium is even necessary considering they aren’t that bright overall. My conclusion with this is that 2 is 1 and 1 is none. I would rather have both features available to me just in case.

Work fantastic. Easy to find and line up in the dark. Went on smoothly and don't budge.

I wanted to wait a year to write a review on these sights. Now, with over a year of daily carry and about 2,500 rounds through my Shield 9mm, I am an honest believer in this sight system. They have held up flawlessly and look good as new. The sights have been subjected to varying weather conditions, from 90 degrees and humid to 10 degrees and snowing. My Shield rides in an IWB holster so the sights get stressed about as much as they possibly could under normal use. I run my Shield with standard pressure ammo, so I have no experience with any +P ammo or the added strain from the higher pressure. I have no concerns with that, however, based on their condition to this point. The combination of fiber optic rods and tritium dots couldn't pair better for any lighting situation. In the day time, the fiber optic rods provide a clear, bright, and easy to acquire sighting system that has allowed me to really stretch the accuracy of my Shield, which is impressive with only a 3" barrel. My groupings are within 2" out to 20 yards and I'm hitting center of mass out to 40 yards consistently. I don't have any of the issues with point of aim and point of impact as others have reported. That's really stretching the abilities of the Shield. Since we all know most defensive situations occur under cover of darkness, this is where these TruGlo sights excel. The tritium is extremely bright and effortless to acquire. They are by no measure dim. They glow bright green and provide a very intuitive aiming system. I am going as far as to say these TFO sights have set the standards upon which I gauge other sights. I am absolutely impressed and have plans to purchase these or newer variances (TFX) for any and all applications on weapons systems I have. I simply can't recommend these highly enough. As far as fitting them up to my Shield, I took the sights to a local gunsmith and paid the $30 to have them installed. After reading about some of the trickiness with getting them in properly, I figured $30 is well spent to have them installed and sighted in properly. I can say with confidence, buy these and trust your life with them! I have for the last year and several THOUSAND rounds.

Best iron upgrades available for the price, a bit tricky to install, used my local smiths services for mine. Be careful of the beveled finishes I scratched mine and it’s not a diy repair, no one’s fault but my own haste in using a magnetic mount that allows you to rack without checking clearance. Before I forget, the only time you may experience difficulty seeing your sights is at twilight, otherwise great day and night usage.

These sights WILL work on an M&P Shield. The factory sights on the M&P Shield are actually very nice, in the daylight. Since they have no way to illuminate at night they do leave a bit to be desired. The TFO sights work excellently, the fiber optic tubes are easy enough to see in low-ish light and they are crazy bright when under brighter light. The tritium inserts are fantastic as well, the sights glow very nicely in the dark. Install wasn't too difficult, I didn't use a sight pusher and just wrapped a punch in electrical tape to remove the old and install the new. Having a file on hand helps immensely to ease the fit of the front sight blade.

Used these sites for about to years , they are bright at night and during the day . On a sunny day they can become a little over whelming . I would recommend having a different coloured front site to focus more on that . Be careful installing the front site as they are fragile .

these sights are a huge improvment over the stock sights on my M&P 9mm. Nice tight fit on the front sight. The rear sight was a little too tight to be able to adjust for windage easily but not realy a problem for me because once I have it dialed in I don't move it.

Perfect fit