Rear adjustable sight: I hate scratches

[armed85]

I hate having scratches on my guns.

When using a screw driver to adjust the rear sight on my revolver, I scratched the base and the adjustment screws.

I tried using cold bluing on the base and the screws, but it did nothing. I assume the reason why is because the rear sight is made of aluminum and not steel. If I'm not mistaken, blue doesn't work on aluminum.

I bought this gun because it looks great. It's a blued Ruger 4" GP100. I think it looks as good as the Smith & Wesson 19 or 586.

Because I like the way it looks, I want to keep it looking nice for a long time.

What the solution here? Replace the rear sight or just accept that the rear sight will always be scratched up?

I have a 3" stainless GP100 with fixed sights for beating up. It's also a fine revo :-)

[cdrt]

Take a magnet and test the rear sight and see if it's steel. If so, Brownell's sells some good products that should work, that you can use at home. You may have to take the sight off the gun to do the blue job. The metal needs to be de-greased for a cold blue to take.
If it's aluminum, which I doubt, Brownells also sells products to touch-up aluminum as well.

Navy Vet & SWIFT Boat OIC

[LHB1]

Did you use a taper ground general purpose screwdriver or a flat (parallel) ground gunsmith type screwdriver on the adjustment screws? I use Brownell's Magna Tips and matching driver handles on all my gun screws with no problems.

Good shooting and be safe.
LB

[armed85]

I used a general purpose screwdriver. I learned about the gunsmith screw drivers after I screwed up (no pun intended) my rear sight.

[LHB1]

I suspect all of us have learned some lessons the hard way. Don't ask me how many gun screw slots/heads I messed up before learning and getting some good parallel ground gunsmith screw drivers/bits.

Good shooting and be safe.
LB

[44AMP]

Use Sharpie permanent marker to color over the scratch. You'll still see it if you look close, but not at a distance (much). Use a fresh marker, and kind of dab it on (surface must be oil free), and allow to dry before handling. It will last for quite a while as long as you don't rub it, or get solvents on it.

Or you could use a little paint.;)