[mr_fender]

I just finished installing my new set of Ameriglo Pros on my G17. They come with the front sight tool. I happened to have some red locktite on hand, so the install only cost me a bit of time. For the rear, I pinched the slide between two pieces of wood nailed to my workbench to make a poor man's vise. I then used a brass punch to drift the rear sight in. It got stuck about half way, so I backed it out and took a tiny bit of metal off of the bottom of the sight with some 400 grit sandpaper. I was then able to drift it in with a good tight fit. It still took a fair amount of hammering. You want a good tight fit so the sight won't move unless you hammer it. Luckily, my vials survived the operation and my sights look great. I LOVE the sight picture on these Ameriglo Pros.

These are my first sights with Trijicon elements. I've used Meprolights in the past, and I have to say that I like the Trijicons better. Though smaller, the dots are much sharper and easier to focus my eyes on in the dark. The Meprolights on the other hand were always a but fuzzy looking in the dark and not as defined.

 

[mr_fender]

While I don't have the sights fully installed on the gun yet [see above post for install fail], I am noticing that the rear orange Trijicon sights seem disappointingly dim compared to the green one. I don't know...

Mine are green front and yellow rears. The yellows are a tiny bit dimmer, but I like that. It draws my eyes to the front sight where they belong. Others here on GT told me that different colors have different brightness levels. Green is the brightest, then yellow, then orange, then red. The Meprolights I've had in the past were all green/green so this is my first foray into non-green tritium sights. Time will tell how the hold up, but so far I love these Ameriglos.