Paint for front sight
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brandon_mcg
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ive had luck using white out on one of my old pistols. i wouldnt recommend this for a ccw or for a weapon that you use a good bit. it does the job but requires a new coat fairly regularly.
Liberty1776
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Fingernail polish works pretty good, too.
Jim Watson
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Model airplane enamel works.
I use Model Master Fluorescent Red over a white base coat.
It holds up well because my holsters have sight tracks and don't rub the sights.
I use Model Master Fluorescent Red over a white base coat.
It holds up well because my holsters have sight tracks and don't rub the sights.
AKPastor
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I tried Brightsights and was not impressed at all. I asked a similar question here and took some advice to use the type of paint used on model cars. I borrowed some in white from my son and it worked great. I painted it a few months back and it has held up well and is cheap to retouch.
*Klutch*
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Yea acrylic model paint is great I've used it on about 4 or 5 guns and it stays once it's dry.
ForumSurfer
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Yep.
I use bright pink or orange fingernail polish on my sights that aren't night sights, brass, gold or fiber optic. I like that front sight to be as visible as possible. Once it flakes or rubs off, I just paint it again.
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Be sure to thoroughly degrease the metal and paint a base coat with white paint or primer for metal and then coat with whatever you like. No matter what you use it will need to be touched up occasionally. Tests have shown that the last color to fade from human eyesight as the light is lowered is yellow. Many fire engines are painted yellow now because of these tests. Red is actually the first color to go as ambient light fades. Another interesting fact I learned about colored sights is a flat faced front sight works better on a range in bright sunlight. A round surface will glow more brightly on one side if the sun is hitting it from one side and can actually cause you to miss at distances over about 20 yards. But a bright brass bead has worked for a lot of people for a lot of years.
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bikerdoc
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BTDT, white out is ok
Bright sight is slightly better
Acrylic florescent orange is the bomb.
Might try the yellow next, thanks!
Bright sight is slightly better
Acrylic florescent orange is the bomb.
Might try the yellow next, thanks!
Erik M
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The brightest green nail polish my wife had worked great on my little Taurus 85.
HOWARD J
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I tried using Ruger plastic sights on my GP-100 but they would break off from recoil &
give me a nasty welt in the kisser.
I put the steel sight back on & painted it with car touch up paint--works ok.
give me a nasty welt in the kisser.
I put the steel sight back on & painted it with car touch up paint--works ok.
mbopp
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I've used fluorescent green acrylic craft paint. Just my personal preference for color.
flipajig
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I used model paint and it works fine.. on my single six and paited the same on my 22/45 and it took some getting used to. It might be me or just the difference in the 2 guns.
BCCL
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I use blaze orange model paint on some, never had it come off yet without using Acetone to take it off.
I've also found it's easier to apply to a front sight with a Q-Tip than a small brush.
I've also found it's easier to apply to a front sight with a Q-Tip than a small brush.
Deanimator
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I have an older Browning Hi Power with the old style front sight. I paint the rear of it with orange enamel modeling paint over a coat of white enamel from a paint marker. Works quite well.
I use Testors model paint on the front sight blade of my SP101. I made sure to clean and degrease the sight, used a white base coat, and several layers of bright orange. The sight has held up very well to cleaning's after range use and still looks like it did they day I painted it. If/when the sight ever does need touching up, it's easy enough and the two small bottles of paint will probably last me a lifetime.
The bright orange has worked very well for me during the day and especially in low light conditions. Although, I may just pick up the bright yellow and give it a try.
The bright orange has worked very well for me during the day and especially in low light conditions. Although, I may just pick up the bright yellow and give it a try.
BlindJustice
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I bought the Brownells kit. It can be duplicated by
some Testors model paint of your choice, and mix up
epoxy you add the paint to - it'll be more durable.It won't
take much of an amount You will need a small set of
artist brushes, fine ones - I got a set at a Shopko for
less than $3
Brownells kit contains 6 different colors 2 Reds,
orange and three different shades of white. I used
some testors bright yellow on the Front sight of a N
Frame with a Patridge / Post front sight Horizontal
stripe in the middle WOrks in most lighting conditions.
Randall
some Testors model paint of your choice, and mix up
epoxy you add the paint to - it'll be more durable.It won't
take much of an amount You will need a small set of
artist brushes, fine ones - I got a set at a Shopko for
less than $3
Brownells kit contains 6 different colors 2 Reds,
orange and three different shades of white. I used
some testors bright yellow on the Front sight of a N
Frame with a Patridge / Post front sight Horizontal
stripe in the middle WOrks in most lighting conditions.
Randall
oldfool
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what btg3 said
no different than repainting a wall in your house with bright colors, that white undercoat cannot be overrated
me most liked the blaze orange enamel, too
but have cycled back around to factory unpainted black (deep blued) for target shooting
for DA offhand shooting in sunlight, fiber optic fronts beat (almost) any paint, has to be done to be believed.. but no gain absent UV sunlight, not a great thing for "casual wear"
PS
if Millett ever sells their secret blaze orange paint formula, get some, never saw anything like it in sunlight, better than fiber optics, no "fuzzy"
studies stuff - no color beats bright chartreuse over a wider RANGE of lighting (laser people finally caught onto that, they could have just asked a bass pro wannabe)
but NO color beats black in real low light, absent chemical/electrical/radioactive decay enhancement
never was anything wrong with 'deep blue'
never was anything right with bare stainless sights
what Drail said, true also, red is worst choice, closest to black in the color spectrum, but not as black as black
no different than repainting a wall in your house with bright colors, that white undercoat cannot be overrated
me most liked the blaze orange enamel, too
but have cycled back around to factory unpainted black (deep blued) for target shooting
for DA offhand shooting in sunlight, fiber optic fronts beat (almost) any paint, has to be done to be believed.. but no gain absent UV sunlight, not a great thing for "casual wear"
PS
if Millett ever sells their secret blaze orange paint formula, get some, never saw anything like it in sunlight, better than fiber optics, no "fuzzy"
studies stuff - no color beats bright chartreuse over a wider RANGE of lighting (laser people finally caught onto that, they could have just asked a bass pro wannabe)
but NO color beats black in real low light, absent chemical/electrical/radioactive decay enhancement
never was anything wrong with 'deep blue'
never was anything right with bare stainless sights
what Drail said, true also, red is worst choice, closest to black in the color spectrum, but not as black as black
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