{"id":76228,"date":"2017-07-05T11:11:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T15:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=76228"},"modified":"2026-01-08T04:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:56:55","slug":"top-five-low-light-fixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/top-five-low-light-fixes\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong>\u00a0The following is a post by\u00a0Mark Kakkuri, a nationally published freelance writer who covers guns and gear, 2nd Amendment issues and the outdoors. His writing and photography have appeared in many firearms-related publications, including the USCCA\u2019s Concealed Carry Magazine. You can follow him on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markkakkuri\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\">Twitter @markkakkuri.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Read Mark\u2019s previous articles in this \u201cTop Five\u201d series:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/top-five-training-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\">Shoot Better with These Top Five Tips for Firearms Training<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/top-5-ways-carry-concealed-dressed\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\">Top 5 Ways to Carry Concealed When Dressed Up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/top-five-every-day-carry-essentials\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\">Top Five Every Day Carry Essentials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/top-five-reasons-to-carry-a-revolver\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\">Top Five Reasons to Carry a Revolver<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/top-five-keychain-tools-edc\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\">Top Five Keychain Tools for EDC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you know, one of the fundamental gun safety rules is \u201cknow your target\u201d (and what\u2019s in front of it and behind it). Seems obvious, but you never know how you\u2019re going to respond in a difficult situation. That\u2019s why we review these rules again and again; we\u2019ll want this rule and the others to be constantly in our thinking and guiding our actions, no matter the circumstances. Since life-threatening encounters occur in broad daylight as well as in pitch blackness and everywhere in between, it behooves us to be able to follow the \u201cknow your target\u201d rule not only by being able to see a target but also by being able to aim properly. As such, here are the top five ways to fix a low-light shooting scenario.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Night Sights<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_34829\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/truglo-tfx-tritium-night-sights-review-cover.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34829\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34829\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/truglo-tfx-tritium-night-sights-review-cover-400x282.jpg\" alt=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\" width=\"400\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/truglo-tfx-tritium-night-sights-review-cover-400x282.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/truglo-tfx-tritium-night-sights-review-cover-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/truglo-tfx-tritium-night-sights-review-cover-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/truglo-tfx-tritium-night-sights-review-cover.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/tritium-night-sights-truglo-tfx-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\">Truglo TFX is their new tritium night sight<\/a>. They are glass capsules filled with a glowing radioactive isotope of hydrogen, and they don&#8217;t need to be charged up by a light source first. They last about 12 years before starting to dim.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A handgun equipped with night sights usually has front and rear sights equipped with small vials containing Tritium, a radioactive substance that glows in low- or no-light conditions. Night sights require no external power source; they\u2019re always \u201con\u201d and usually last several years before slowly fading out. You don\u2019t see the glow of the Tritium sights unless there\u2019s little or no available light.<\/p>\n<p>Typical night sight patterns include two dots on the rear sight and one dot on the front sight or one vertical line on the rear sight and one dot on the front. Tritium vials come in green but you can also get yellow or orange. As for color combinations, you can have a yellow dot on the front and two greens on the rear and plenty of other options. Some gun manufacturers offer a factory upgrade from standard white dot sights to night sights; some equip their guns only with standard sights and let you figure out whether you want to get night sights and how to install them later.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, if a gun does not come with night sights and will be carried for personal defense, this is one of the first upgrades. Night sight upgrade costs vary greatly from manufacturer to manufacturer \u2014 whether ordering from the factory or as an aftermarket upgrade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro:<\/strong> In low- and no-light situations you can see where your gun is aimed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Con:<\/strong> They do not light up your target and eventually will fade out.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Fiber-Optic Sights<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_75320\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ed-Brown-Special-Force-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75320\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75320\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ed-Brown-Special-Force-4-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ed-Brown-Special-Force-4-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ed-Brown-Special-Force-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ed-Brown-Special-Force-4-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ed-Brown-Special-Force-4-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Ed-Brown-Special-Force-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-75320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A red optic front<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/gunfighters-dream-ed-brown-special-forces-45-acp-full-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\"> sight on an Ed Brown Special Forces 1911<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Similar to night sights, a handgun equipped with fiber-optic sights has front and rear sights with light-gathering fiber optic tubes that collect available light and stream it through the sight tube where it culminates in a dot in the sights. Fiber-optic sights require no external power source, but they do require some light in order to work. In other words, they don\u2019t store light and glow in the dark.<\/p>\n<p>Available in a variety of colors and styles, fiber-optic sights are popular not only on handguns but also on other firearms from rifles to <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/firearms\/shotguns\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\">shotguns<\/a>. Fiber-optic sights run the gamut of costs but generally are less expensive than Tritium-powered night sights. The difference is that fiber-optic sights do not provide much of a sight picture in total darkness. But then, if you can\u2019t see your target, you probably shouldn\u2019t shoot anyway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro:<\/strong> In daylight and low-light conditions, or if you light up your target with a light, you can see where your gun is aimed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Con:<\/strong> If there\u2019s no light, you won\u2019t see the sights.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Mounted Tactical Light\/Laser<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_57745\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57745\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57745\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1-1-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/light-glock-crimson-trace-announces-laserguard-pro-glocks-nra-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\"> Laserguard Pro from Crimson Trace combines <\/a>a compact laser unit with an integrated white light for the ultimate in illumination and targeting with your pocket pistol. Shown equipped on a Smith &amp; Wesson Shield pistol.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another low light aiming fix is a light or laser mounted to a handgun \u2014 either on the gun\u2019s tactical rail or affixed to the grips or trigger guard. Some units combine light and laser to light up a target and pinpoint the actual place where the bullets will strike. If the unit is a light only, obviously there\u2019s still a need to aim the gun properly, either with night sights or fiber optic sights. If the unit is a laser only, there\u2019s still a need to make sure the target can be adequately seen \u2014 usually requiring a source of light.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro:<\/strong> Light\/laser units can significantly assist in seeing or aiming or both.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Con:<\/strong> There\u2019s a second operation to activate a light or laser and affixing one to your gun often means a unique holster will be required.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Handheld Tactical Light<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_57333\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Cover-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57333\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57333\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Cover-1-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Cover-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Cover-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Cover-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Cover-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Various EDC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/factor-flashlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\">options from Factor Flashlights<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the easiest ways to mitigate against low- or no-light conditions is simply to carry a handheld tactical light. You can use it without using the gun at the same time, the light itself can be used as a deterrent, and, if needed, you can use the light as an impact weapon. Handheld tactical lights come in all shapes and sizes \u2014 and capabilities and prices \u2014 and the highest-end models will fill a room with bright light, effectively lighting up a target.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro:<\/strong> Versatile, simple and effective.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Con:<\/strong> Using a light and a gun doubles the complexity of the operation and requires training in order to be truly effective.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Night-Vision Gear<\/h2>\n<p>It might seem a little far-fetched to suggest <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hunt365-irayusa-rico-mk1-384-rl42-thermal-full-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"2458\">night-vision<\/a> gear for civilian personal-defense situations, but if just a dozen or so years ago someone would have suggested that modern tactical lights and lasers would be available to virtually any civilian\u2026So, hang tight and watch as night vision similarly becomes more commonplace. Anyway, with night-vision gear, the need for an external lighting source becomes unnecessary. A person wearing night-vision gear can literally see in the dark as the gear uses highly technical electronics and <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/accessories\/optics\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"top-five-low-light-fixes\" title=\"Shooting in the Dark? The Top Five Low Light Fixes\">optics<\/a> to make this possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pro:<\/strong> Night-vision gear allows a user to see in low- and no-light conditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Con:<\/strong> Night-vision gear currently is an expensive option, usually requiring a helmet and\/or goggles and thus not viable for everyday personal defense. Yet. We will likely see great innovation in this area in years to come.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more critical information on the use of deadly force and other firearms and self-defense topics, visit\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscca.com\/GunsAmerica\" campaign=\"USCCAShouldIShoot\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">www.uscca.com\/GunsAmerica<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Since life-threatening encounters occur in broad daylight as well as in pitch blackness and everywhere in between, it behooves us to be able to follow the \u201cknow your target\u201d rule not only by being able to see a target but also by being able to aim properly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,234,340,881],"tags":[132,586,127,4294,329,4303,626,544],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-76228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-columns","9":"category-columns-ccw-edc","10":"category-gear-optics-lasers-lights","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-column","13":"tag-concealed-carry","14":"tag-decoding-darkness","15":"tag-edc","16":"tag-lights-lasers","17":"tag-opinion","18":"tag-top-5"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shooting in the Dark? 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