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What exactly fiber optics on a handgun?

And how to install them. Im guessing so far, its like a peep hole+ with glow in the dark sights? Thats all i can asertain.

Public Comments

1. its a piece of light gathering plastic that goes where your sight would normally be...but you will probably need a gun smith to install them into the dovetail.
2. it is a long filament of special fiberoptic plastic. The long side gathers the light, and channels it to each end, this makes the end appear quite bright. it does NOT glow in the dark, for that you need trijon night sights or some other similar product that uses mildly radioactive materials to make it glow for years. Most fiberoptics sights aren't peep holes at all, they are either just a front sight so the font sight dot is brighter, or they are front and rear, where the 2 dots on the rear sight are also brighter
3. doesn't glow in the dark - requires some light front site is short rod with most of its length exposed whatever light is available that hits the exposed length of rod is concentrated and exits the rod at one end - that is the part you see, so you see a glowing dot the Midway site has some good examples and info http://www.midwayusa.com/esearch.exe/search