TFO Tritium & Fiber-Optic Handgun Sight Durable Snag-Resistant Glowing Front & Rear Night Sight, Compatible with Smith & Wesson M&P Series

Rule 3 of the “4 Rules of Gun Safety” is: Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target (and you have made the decision to shoot). If you can’t properly see your sights you have not satisfied rule number 3. The sights on the Shield are not terrible, but as with most things in life, there is always room for improvement. I’ve always had an internal dilemma with night sights. If it is so dark that you are relying on the little vials of tritium to align your sights, you probably can’t actually see what you are aiming at. And for anyone who has ever has night sights installed on their guns, you know that the little bits of tritium don’t do anything when lighting is decent. In fact, compared to a standard fiber sight, or even a neon painted sight, the tritium is harder to pick up quickly, at least for me. Enter the Truglo TFO sights. Fiber to amplify ambient light and tritium for low/no light situations. Pros: The sights are made of metal. Plastic sights have no place on a gun as far as I’m concerned. I haven’t had to test how strong they are, but they seem beefy enough to use them to rack the slide if necessary. Fiberoptic. These really help bring out the ambient light. It makes the sights much easier to pick up in the day time. Tritium. It’s a night sight, it glows. Compared to the other night sights I have, Siglite, meprolight, ameriglo etc, they all seem about the same. Cons: None at the moment. Install: I installed them myself with a punch, large hammer, and a vise. I watched some youtube videos and had at it. If you aren’t confident in your abilities, just take it to a gunsmith so you don’t accidentally scratch your gun. They fit well and are snug. I don’t anticipate them shifting and losing zero. I will update if that happens. Other Thoughts: I’m a firm believer that anyone that carries a gun should also carry a dedicated light, either mounted on their weapon or a handheld unit, not your cell phone. The light will help you identify your target and the spill can even help brighten the fiber optics. This makes me wonder if the tritium is even necessary considering they aren’t that bright overall. My conclusion with this is that 2 is 1 and 1 is none. I would rather have both features available to me just in case.

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

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.

Best iron upgrades available for the price, a bit tricky to install, used my local smiths services for mine. Be careful of the beveled finishes I scratched mine and it’s not a diy repair, no one’s fault but my own haste in using a magnetic mount that allows you to rack without checking clearance. Before I forget, the only time you may experience difficulty seeing your sights is at twilight, otherwise great day and night usage.

These sights WILL work on an M&P Shield. The factory sights on the M&P Shield are actually very nice, in the daylight. Since they have no way to illuminate at night they do leave a bit to be desired. The TFO sights work excellently, the fiber optic tubes are easy enough to see in low-ish light and they are crazy bright when under brighter light. The tritium inserts are fantastic as well, the sights glow very nicely in the dark. Install wasn't too difficult, I didn't use a sight pusher and just wrapped a punch in electrical tape to remove the old and install the new. Having a file on hand helps immensely to ease the fit of the front sight blade.

These were so difficult to install. I put the same Truglo TFO's on my Ruger LC9S also and it was a breeze. I don't know why it was so hard with the Smith and Wesson. I eventually got it on but it took some work with a punch. My sight pusher wouldn't work because they were too tight. I even filed them down some but didn't want to over file them. Anyway, once they're installed they're awesome! I would recommend but it might be worth the money to have someone install them at a shop for you. P.S. I put mine on the M&P compact 9mm Update 4/30 Bought another set for my M&P full size 9mm. This time it was much easier to install! Maybe it was because I had done it before but they went on with ease. Used some loctite on the screw and the sights are perfect! I looked into the TFX ones and the orange or white circle around the front dot makes it less bright than the TFO. I have the TFOs on all my guns and have had no issues. I read reviews that the TFOs aren't sealed and the tritium can come out and solvent can ruin the sights...I have had NEITHER of these issues. And I know for a fact I've gotten gun cleaning solvent on them and they're just fine! Cannot beat these sights for the money

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.

I had Trijicon night sites on my 40c, but tired of being unable to see these indoors. These fit both bills, indoors and out. Very nice sights, the bright front green really helps you focus and I think the dim yellow rears is perfect. These help you aim and shoot how hand guns were meant to be shot, focus front, blurry rear and target. Do not hang or snag in any of my holsters. Glad I bought these instead of green front and rear. Do yourself a favor, spend the 20 to 35 bucks and have a gun store install them with the right tool instead of banging these out and banging the new ones in. Also, the rear sight on M&P series has a striker blocker disk and spring under the sight. Push the sight out from left to right and watch so you don't lose those parts. Buying a set soon for my Girlfriend's M&P 9c.