Nightstand gun, what sights?

[bobbyfairbanks]

Don't need any sights if your using a side by side coach gun and a dog!

[Irving]

I really need to get night sights for my bedside gun. A light would be nice, but I don't have a holster that will fit it with a light, so it'd likely never be on. I'm going to have to settle with a bedside flashlight as well.

If you put a light switch next to your bed that turns on EVERY light in your house, then you wouldn't even have to worry about it!

[mcantar18c]

I really need to get night sights for my bedside gun. A light would be nice, but I don't have a holster that will fit it with a light, so it'd likely never be on. I'm going to have to settle with a bedside flashlight as well.

If you put a light switch next to your bed that turns on EVERY light in your house, then you wouldn't even have to worry about it!

If its your bedside gun, why does it need a holster?

A bedside flashlight is something one should have anyway. Sometimes you want to light up an area without pointing a gun at it.

The problem with turning the light switch on is that not only can you see them, but they can see you too...

[Irving]

1) I have approximately one gun. It is my everything gun. It is in my pistol safe, inside a nylon holster. I don't like the idea of quickly trying to grab my gun out of my safe, from a dead sleep, and not having the trigger covered. I'm not real worried about it because I have pretty good trigger discipline, but who knows. Plus, I have a kid.

2) I have a flashlight next to my bed. It is small, and mostly only good for reading, but enough to light a person up in my house.

3) I was mostly joking, but suddenly having ALL the lights come on would be a pretty big surprise, and would likely (I feel in most cases) cause someone to start looking for cover rather than looking for you. That goes for if it is a stranger anyway.

[mcantar18c]

That's a tough situation... limiting access for the kid while making sure you have quick enough access to it that you can get to it quickly. I've thought about this a lot actually and the only solution I've come up with is putting it high up enough that they can't reach it, maybe on top of a bookshelf or entertainment center that's close to where you sleep. I certainly can't keep my home defense gun in a safe or under any kind of lock... too slow/complicated to access.

Costco has these cheap LED "tactical" looking flashlights. $15 for a pack of 3. They're actually pretty damn powerful, and cheap enough that you don't care about them.

I dunno... if they have a weapon, and they're not in your house randomly (maybe scouted your neighborhood and selected your place for a reason or a neighbor mentioned you have guns), they might be a bit more determined. Either way, not something I'd want to risk.
Best thing to do is spotlight em with a bright flashlight to disrupt their night vision and temporarily blind them (no fancy strobe needed, just brightness), but don't keep the light on (light = bullet magnet). Just light em up so you know where they are and then make your move while you're invisible to them.

[Great-Kazoo]

stock sights and a flash light. one maybe 2 rounds tops after that night or any sights are minimized by flash from rounds fired, in my experience doing night shoots. the spouse has trij's on her gun.

[BPTactical]

Take a look at the offerings of the XS sight systems. Big huge white dot with a tritium dot in the middle. Even in a low light situation the big white dot will help-typically your eyes can only focus on two points at once-your target and your front sight.

Another vote for a hand held light for a couple of reasons. One- if the bad guy is armed what are they going to shoot at in a low light situation?
Also if something goes bump in the night do you really want your weapon pointing at something you don't intend to shoot, like your little guy getting up to get a drink or such?
I would much rather be able to sweep a room in my house with the light and weapon ready without sweeping the room with the weapon at the same time.

[AirbornePathogen]

Mine's a SIG 229R with SigLite tritium sights, and a Streamlight M3. And @ BPTactical: Those are valid concerns. But, I was taught to use a weapon light in short bursts, one second at a time, tops, and to move in between. And I live alone, so the other is not an issue for me. Not saying you don't have a point, just saying that it varies.

[BPTactical]

Not saying you don't have a point, just saying that it varies.

I think that right there is key - evaluate what works best for your given situation. I have 2 kids and their schedules vary. I want to know who it is before I put my muzzle on it.
Agreed on using the light in bursts, but if it is weapon mounted we are still facing the muzzle sweep issue.


Oh who the hell am I kidding-95% of the time I am so frickin tired by the time I go to bed once I am asleep you could JDAM the house across the street and I will probably snore, scratch myself and fart right through it........................

[AirbornePathogen]

Oh who the hell am I kidding-95% of the time I am so frickin tired by the time I go to bed once I am asleep you could JDAM the house across the street and I will probably snore, scratch myself and fart right through it........................ [/quote]

You and me both man