Gunsmiths - can a night sight ampule be removed from the sight, and can a fiberoptic sight be inserted?

Sam Z2010-02-22T17:46:13Z

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Yes, with a steady hand, a good drill and a bit of high quality glue it would be an easy conversion.

However would it be worth it to destroy a perfectly good night sight?

Fiber optics don't work well in low light conditions.

Anonymous2010-02-22T18:34:44Z

Yes if the tritium in the night sight is dead/not glowing and you have access to a drillpress.It would be hard to do a delicate job like this by hand.

epic failure2010-02-22T17:02:25Z

why would anybody do that? If you want a fiber optic sight, just buy one and install it. It's not worth the time and effort to even attempt converting them.

jmmccollum2010-02-22T22:18:21Z

this is not a good idea because a tritium sight is filled with tritium which is a radioactive material. Just buy some truglo sights and be done with it.