What Night Fision does

Night Fision, LLC is a privately held firearms accessories manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, founded in 2017 by cousins Alex and CJ Karchon. The company designs and produces tritium-illuminated night sights for pistols and rifles, anchored by its patented Perfect Dot™ injection molded sleeve design that holds tritium vials using ballistic materials and is claimed to deliver 30% more tritium than competing products. Products are CNC-machined from steel with Black Nitride coating, built in the U.S. using Swiss-sourced tritium, and covered by a limited lifetime warranty with a 16-year tritium illumination warranty on green and yellow variants. The catalog spans the Perfect Dot line, Optics Ready Stealth Series, Optics Mounted Stealth (OMS) Series, Accur8™ defensive sights, Suppressor Height sights, Limited Edition finishes, AR-15 rifle products (Front Sight Posts, MBUS Pro, Night Switch safety selectors), optic mounting plates, and gunsmithing tools.

The company's competitive positioning rests on three structural advantages inherited from its sister company Cammenga (the U.S. Army's official Tritium Lensatic Compass manufacturer, acquired by the Karchon family): 30+ years of tritium insertion expertise, NRC certification to handle tritium as a regulated radioactive material, and military-grade manufacturing know-how. Night Fision serves three customer segments — civilian firearms owners, law enforcement and military, and OEM firearm/sight manufacturers — through direct e-commerce, an authorized dealer network with locator tool, dedicated law enforcement sales channels, and a B2B OEM services offering that bundles design assistance, tritium insertion, and NRC testing/filing. Co-branded product partnerships with Costa Ludus (Chris Costa) and Student of the Gun (Paul G. Markel) embed the brand into firearms training communities, and the company supports 15+ major handgun platforms including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Sig Sauer, Beretta, CZ, and Springfield.

Revenue is generated primarily through one-time unit sales of branded night sights and accessories at price points ranging from $24.99 (gunsmith kit) to $150 (limited edition), supplemented by professional services revenue from OEM tritium insertion and NRC-related work. The company is family-owned and bootstrapped, with no institutional funding rounds disclosed, and operates with 51–100 employees from a single Dearborn facility serving the U.S. market.

Name

Night Fision

Legal name

Night Fision, LLC

Website

https://nightfision.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Night Fision is a U.S.-based firearms accessories manufacturer that designs and sells patented tritium night sights for pistols and rifles, serving civilian gun owners, law enforcement/military, and OEM firearm manufacturers through e-commerce, a dealer network, and B2B OEM services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tritium Firearm Night Sights

NAICS

Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing (332994)

SIC

Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827), Ordnance & Accessories, (No Vehicles/Guided Missiles) (3480)

akta.pro primary industry

Optoelectronic Components (LEDs, photodiodes, optocouplers, optical sensors) (IMAGAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Optics & Sighting Devices Retail (Scopes, Binoculars, Rangefinders) (CRAMAKAC)

Keywords

• Tritium night sights
• Firearm accessories
• Handgun sights
• Rifle sights
• OEM tritium manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Dearborn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Night Fision generates revenue through the direct sale of tritium night sights and related accessories to consumers and dealers. Products include handgun sights, rifle products, optics, optic plates, stealth slide kits, and tools/swag.
2. OEM Services: The company provides tritium insertion and manufacturing services for OEM firearm manufacturers and gun sight manufacturers, including NRC testing and filing assistance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Night Fision manufactures and sells tritium-illuminated night sights (handgun, rifle, and optics-ready), optic mounting plates, gunsmithing tools, and accessories for the firearms market. The company also provides OEM services including tritium insertion, design assistance, and NRC regulatory filing for firearm and gun-sight manufacturers. All tritium products are USA-assembled using Swiss tritium and protected under the patented Perfect Dot™ injection-molded sleeve.

Product overview

Night Fision is a precision firearms accessories manufacturer specializing in tritium night sights. The product portfolio centers on The Perfect Dot™ technology—a patented injection molded sleeve design that holds tritium vials securely and creates a brighter, more durable ring than traditional aluminum-sleeve sights. Core offerings include: Perfect Dot Tritium Night Sights (the flagship product line), Optics Ready Stealth Series (for co-witness with red dot optics), Optics Mounted Stealth (OMS) Series (direct-mount to optics), Accur8 simplified sights (15-yard defensive design), Suppressor Height Sights, and Limited Edition specialty-finish sights. Rifle products include AR-15 sight posts and Night Switch Tritium Safety Selector Switches. Supporting products include optic mounting plates and gunsmithing tools. The company also offers OEM services leveraging 30 years of Cammenga tritium expertise. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Metro Detroit, Night Fision is an American company building products with Swiss tritium.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Perfect Dot Tritium Night Sights Premium self-powered tritium night sights for handguns featuring 30% more tritium than competitors, a patented injection-molded ballistic-material sleeve, CNC-machined steel housing, and Black Nitride coating. Compatible with Glock, Smith & Wesson, Sig Sauer, CZ, Springfield and other major brands. Targeted at civilian, law-enforcement and military users needing reliable low-light sighting.
• Optics Ready Stealth Series Co-witness tritium night sights designed for optics-ready pistols, maintaining standard height so the sights can be used with or without mounted red-dot optics. Targets handgun owners who run slide-mounted optics and need durable backup tritium sights.
• Optics Mounted Stealth (OMS) Series
• Accur8 Sights Simplified defensive tritium sight system tuned for point-of-aim/point-of-impact at a 15-yard defensive distance, with a brighter front dot than rear to reduce confusion in low light. Co-developed with Paul G. Markel's Student of the Gun program.
• Suppressor Height Tritium Night Sights Taller tritium night sights engineered for use on handguns equipped with suppressors, allowing the shooter to maintain a clear sight picture over threaded barrels. Available for Glock, Smith & Wesson, Sig Sauer and other major brands.
• Limited Edition Tritium Night Sights Premium specialty-finish Perfect Dot sights offered in Gold TiN, Satin Silver, Rainbow Chameleon, and Halloween Edition Black Nitride with Orange Tritium finishes. Targeted at collectors and enthusiast buyers willing to pay a premium.
• AR-15/Rifle Products Tritium products for rifle platforms including Perfect Dot Front Sight Posts, MBUS Pro Front Sights, and Night Switch Tritium Safety Selector Switches (including ambidextrous versions) for AR-15 and AR-10 pattern rifles. Built with the same CNC steel and Black Nitride construction as handgun sights.
• Optic Mounting Plates Optic adapter plates for mounting red-dot optics onto optics-cut pistols, with companion plate-and-sight pairing guides. Available for Glock, Sig Sauer, CZ USA and Springfield Armory pistol platforms.
• Official Costa Ludus Night Sights Co-branded signature line of tritium sights developed with Costa Ludus (founded by Chris Costa, former Magpul Dynamics President). Sold at a single $110 configuration, these sights bring duty-informed design into an instructor-endorsed product.
• Student of the Gun Accur8 Sights Co-branded Accur8™ simplified alignment sights developed with Paul G. Markel's Student of the Gun training organization. Designed for 15-yard defensive use with a brighter front sight than rear, marketed through the Student of the Gun community.
• Gunsmithing Tools and Accessories Tool kits and accessories for sight installation and firearms maintenance, including the Night Fision Gunsmithing Tool Kit, Glock Front Sight Tool, RealAvid Master Sight Pusher, magnetic gun mats, multitasker tools, range bags and glow fobs. Targeted at gunsmiths and end users installing Night Fision sights.
• OEM Tritium Insertion and Manufacturing Services B2B service offering for firearm and gun-sight manufacturers covering NRC-regulated tritium insertion, design assistance, NRC testing and filing support, and drop-in illumination integration for pistols, rifles and other products. Sold to enterprise OEM partners rather than end consumers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% brighter tritium compared to leading competitors
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• CammengacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company under the same ownership (Karchon family). Cammenga is the official manufacturer of the U.S. Army's Tritium Lensatic Compass. Night Fision leverages Cammenga's 30+ years of tritium insertion expertise for gun sight manufacturing. Both companies share manufacturing capabilities and tritium handling expertise.
• Costa LudusflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCosta Ludus is a firearms training company founded by Chris Costa (former President of Magpul Dynamics). Night Fision produces official Costa Ludus branded night sights ($110). Chris Costa serves as President & Director of Training for Costa Ludus and is featured as a Night Fision instructor. Collaborative product development for duty-informed sight systems.
• Student of the GuncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining organization led by Paul G. Markel (former U.S. Marine and law enforcement veteran). Night Fision produces official Student of the Gun Accur8™ branded sights. Markel ensured sight designs employ application-based, duty-informed upgrades specifically for defensive distances.
• OEM Firearm ManufacturerscoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerNight Fision provides tritium insertion and manufacturing services for pistol and rifle manufacturers. Services include design assistance, NRC testing and filing, and drop-in illumination solutions for firearms manufacturers seeking to add tritium night sights to their products.
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)coreOthersNight Fision products contain Tritium and are regulated by the NRC. The company handles NRC testing and filing for their own products and provides NRC testing and filing services as part of their OEM offerings. Purchasers are not permitted to disassemble products due to NRC regulations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Crimson Trace: Crimson Trace is a well-established firearms accessory manufacturer specializing in laser sighting systems. While focused on laser sights rather than tritium sights, they compete in the same low-light visibility category for civilian and law enforcement handgun markets.
• Magpul: Magpul is a leading firearms accessories manufacturer producing MBUS sights, rails, magazines, and other accessories. Their MBUS Pro Front Sight (which Night Fision makes a tritium version of) directly overlaps with Night Fision's AR-15 product line.
• Sig Sauer Electro-Optics: Sig Sauer is a major firearms OEM that produces its own Romeo series red dot optics and iron sights. As both a potential OEM partner and competitor, Sig Sauer's branded sights compete with Night Fision in the same fitment categories for Sig pistols.

Direct peers

• Trijicon: Trijicon is the most established tritium night sight manufacturer, producing fiber-optic and tritium-illuminated sights for military, law enforcement, and civilian markets. Trijicon's RMR red dot and tritium iron sights directly compete with Night Fision's offerings across the same customer base.
• XS Sights: XS Sights specializes in tritium night sights for defensive and competition shooting, with a focus on handguns and AR-platform rifles. They offer similar self-illuminated sight products to Night Fision's Perfect Dot and Accur8 lines.
• Meprolight: Meprolight (an Israeli company) manufactures tritium and fiber-optic night sights, as well as reflex optics for military and civilian markets. They compete with Night Fision in the same tritium sight category and offer similar self-illuminated sight solutions.
• AmeriGlo: AmeriGlo is a leading manufacturer of tritium night sights for handguns and rifles, offering a comparable product portfolio of aftermarket and OEM sights. AmeriGlo competes directly with Night Fision on price, fitment options, and brightness claims across the same firearm brands.
• TruGlo: TruGlo manufactures fiber-optic and tritium-illuminated sights for firearms, competing directly with Night Fision in the handgun and rifle sight markets. They also produce broader shooting accessories including optics and targets.

Others

• Cammenga: Cammenga is Night Fision's sister company under Karchon family ownership and the official U.S. Army Tritium Lensatic Compass manufacturer. While not a direct competitor (different product), they share tritium insertion expertise, NRC certifications, and manufacturing capabilities.

Emerging players

• Holosun: Holosun is a rapidly growing optics manufacturer specializing in red dot sights at competitive price points. While primarily in the red dot category, Holosun's growing market share in pistol optics could cannibalize traditional iron sight demand that benefits Night Fision.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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