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Thread: Trijicon night sights life
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March 15th, 2011, 12:47 PM #1
Trijicon night sights life
As I understand it, Trijicon night sights on a pistol will deteriorate and lose their glow over time.
Say that you have a "safe queen" that does not see daylight too much... does the amount of light hitting the sights affect their life?
I don't think so, but wanted to find out for sure
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March 17th, 2011, 02:31 PM #2Senior Member
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Re: Trijicon night sights life
Trijicon uses Tritium, the decay of which cannot be controlled by any manufacturing process. Its half-life is 12 years, 3 months and illumination is reduced proportionally with the half life. Notice, the sight will never "go out" in anyone's lifespan but after 12 years, illumination will be about 1/2 compared to new. So no exposure to daylight will not increase or decrease the lifespan.
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March 18th, 2011, 12:05 AM #3
Re: Trijicon night sights life
As mentioned, the sights use tritium. The decay rate of tritium is not affected by environmental conditions such as exposure to sunlight.
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