TFO Handgun Sight

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.

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

Easy to install. Excellent sight picture acquisition, they are bright outdoors, even on cloudy days.At night they are brighter than Glock factory tritium.No snagging issues in any other holsters I use.

I really like these sights, and have nothing bad to say about them. I have the green front/yellow rear combination on a 4.5" XDM, and purchased these for my M&P soon after purchasing it.I shoot in a lot of different light conditions. My local indoor range has so so lighting, and these highly visible sights make things a lot easier on my middle aged eyes. The outdoor range that I'm a member of has a roof over the shooter's. Lighting can be extremely bright, or very dim depending upon the weather and time of day (I do most of my shooting on rainy days). These sights perform well under all conditions, and they are amazingly bright when the sun hits them. I cannot say enough good things about them.Will they stand up to abuse? I don't know. I saw an earlier review in which a buyer complained about them cracking. I haven't seen that, but I have to admit that the round count is low on my M&P. There's been close to 1,000 rnds put through my XDM since the TFO's were installed, and there haven't been any issues. Both guns are for home defense, and are not carried.I prefer the green front/yellow rear combination over the green/green. This isn't a critique. It is what it is. I like the contrast of the two different colors better.Sooo.... I put these $75 (or so) sights on two different handguns in one year. This should tell you what I think of them, but I'll go one step further.A friend of mine bought a S&W Shield several months ago and was impressed with my TFO's. He wanted the same for his CCW gun, but they don't (at this time) make a version just for the Shield (I checked). There is an extremely slight overhang on each side of the rear sight when it's installed on the Shield. After looking at photos online, we decided that the overhang was almost unnoticeable (probably about 1/32"). My friend had them installed on the Shield, and they look like they were made for that weapon. There are no sharp edges, and I believe that only those that have done their research would know that these TFO's weren't intended for the S&W Shield.