Trijicon

Trijicon
Company typePrivate
IndustryOptics
Founded1981
FounderGlyn Bindon
Headquarters
Wixom, Michigan
,
United States
ProductsOptical sights, Night vision equipment
Websitewww.trijicon.com
Footnotes / references
Contractor for the United States military

Trijicon, Inc. (/ˈtrɪdʒ.ɪ.kɒn/ TRIJ-ih-kon) is an American manufacturing company based in Wixom, Michigan, that designs and distributes sighting devices for firearms including pistols, rifles and shotguns. Trijicon specializes in self-luminous optics and night sights, mainly using the low-energy tritium illumination, light-gathering fiber optics and battery-powered LED.[1][2][3]

Additionally, Trijicon is a contractor for the United States military and supplies the Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG) and RX01 reflex sights. The ACOG, Reflex, TriPower, AccuPoint and Night Sights are available to military, law enforcement and civilian markets.[4]

The company's name "Trijicon" comes from combining "tritium", a radioisotope of hydrogen that is the key element utilised in the company's reticle illumination technology, and "icon", meaning picture or image; the consonant "j" was added to help syllabically blend the two words into one portmanteau word. Additionally, the "iji" in Trijicon mimics the "three-dot" design of the Bright & Tough Night Sights that were being manufactured when the company was renamed in 1985.[5]

  1. ^ Kevin Michalowski (28 February 2011). Guns for Personal Defense: Arms & Accessories for Self-Defense. Iola, Wisconsin: Gun Digest Books. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4402-2673-1. Retrieved 31 May 2013.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Jerry Ahern (5 October 2010). Gun Digest Buyer's Guide to Concealed-Carry Handguns. Iola, WI: F+W Media, Inc. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4402-1767-8. Retrieved 31 May 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Robert Brown (2008). "THE ULTIMATE "BLACK GUN" BIG-GAME RIFLE". Soldier of Fortune. 33. Omega Group, Limited: 72–73.
  4. ^ Mir Bahmanyar (4 October 2011). SEALs: The US Navy's Elite Fighting Force. San Diego: Osprey Publishing. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-78096-078-4. Retrieved 31 May 2013.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Trijicon, Trijicon History