Trijicon night sights life

[HiredGoon]

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

[awfroadan]

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

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.

[Ar180shooter]

As mentioned, the sights use tritium. The decay rate of tritium is not affected by environmental conditions such as exposure to sunlight.