Painted a few black front sights orange with Testor's modeling paint

[22250Rem]

Highly visible sights are invaluable on a "dangerous game" gun. You want that first shot to count so there's less chance of having to deal with a charge, LOL....... That orange doesn't look too bad but in my older age my eyes seem to lean toward green.

 

[toivo]

Highly visible sights are invaluable on a "dangerous game" gun. You want that first shot to count so there's less chance of having to deal with a charge, LOL....... That orange doesn't look too bad but in my older age my eyes seem to lean toward green.

Evolutionary theory suggests that human eyes are much more attuned to shades of green than any other color because that's how we could tell where the predators were hiding in the long grass. People without that ability got eaten before they could reproduce.

 

[buck460XVR]

What's old is new again. A new generation just needs a bit of education.....

Yep, back in High School(half a century ago) we had a gunsmith across the street from the school. It was common for students to bring a gun with them to school to drop off at his house after or before school. I brought my old M1917 to him one day and asked him to put a different front sight on it so I could see it better in low light. He told me to go to the local Five and Dime store, go the aisle where they sold Model Kits and get a bottle of Testors in the color I wanted. It worked back then, still works today.

 

[22250Rem]

Yep, back in High School(half a century ago) we had a gunsmith across the street from the school. It was common for students to bring a gun with them to school to drop off at his house after or before school. I brought my old M1917 to him one day and asked him to put a different front sight on it so I could see it better in low light. He told me to go to the local Five and Dime store, go the aisle where they sold Model Kits and get a bottle of Testors in the color I wanted. It worked back then, still works today.

Must have been close to half a century ago when I first heard of using that stuff on front sights, too, but back then my eyes were a lot better and almost all my shooting was done on nice days with good visibility, (like sun). Wasn't until years later and also some experience in low light conditions when I began having trouble and started recalling how old guys used to tell me about that stuff. Now that I'm classified as an old guy I can truly understand where they were coming from. When I was a teenager one old guy used to sum it up as; " If you live long enough, you'll see what I mean"... He was right about that.....