RetiredUSNChief
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While shopping around for some gun accessories for my wife's birthday present, I ran across some gun sight paint called "Bright Sights" and decided to pick up a couple small bottles for use on one of my pistols.
Here's a link:
http://www.brightsights.com/
My colt 1991A1 is factory original, parkerized. Right down to the sights.
I love the factory sights...simple and unobtrusive, definately not a snag hazzard for concealed carry. But my eyesight isn't what it used to be and, at any rate, all black sights on a dark or all black target background sucks. Especially in any kind of low light condition.
I settled on two colors...orange (which I intend to use on the front sight) and yellow (for the back sight).
This was from available color choices which also included red, white, and green. Also available was Ghost Glow in green, white, orange, and yellow, plus a Ghost Glow additive you could mix in with the regular paints. Ghost Glow is not a Tritium type of glow in the dark...this requires previous exposure to light. I opted not to buy Ghost Glow because my experience with such glow in the dark paints leaves a lot to be desired. A holstered gun is necessarily in the dark and won't do you a bit of good if drawing it in an already dark scenario.
My reasoning for my color choices are:
Orange for the front sight because it's both highly visible and it would stand out against most backgrounds very well. This should make it a good choice for the most important of the two gun sights.
Yellow to be different than orange, making it easier to use the rear sight for centering the differently colored front sight.
Who here has painted their own sights? Was there a color scheme you particularly liked? And how did you like the durability of the paint(s) you used?
Here's a link:
http://www.brightsights.com/
My colt 1991A1 is factory original, parkerized. Right down to the sights.
I love the factory sights...simple and unobtrusive, definately not a snag hazzard for concealed carry. But my eyesight isn't what it used to be and, at any rate, all black sights on a dark or all black target background sucks. Especially in any kind of low light condition.
I settled on two colors...orange (which I intend to use on the front sight) and yellow (for the back sight).
This was from available color choices which also included red, white, and green. Also available was Ghost Glow in green, white, orange, and yellow, plus a Ghost Glow additive you could mix in with the regular paints. Ghost Glow is not a Tritium type of glow in the dark...this requires previous exposure to light. I opted not to buy Ghost Glow because my experience with such glow in the dark paints leaves a lot to be desired. A holstered gun is necessarily in the dark and won't do you a bit of good if drawing it in an already dark scenario.
My reasoning for my color choices are:
Orange for the front sight because it's both highly visible and it would stand out against most backgrounds very well. This should make it a good choice for the most important of the two gun sights.
Yellow to be different than orange, making it easier to use the rear sight for centering the differently colored front sight.
Who here has painted their own sights? Was there a color scheme you particularly liked? And how did you like the durability of the paint(s) you used?