Front Sight Paint?

[Deanimator]

Does anybody have any recommendation for a durable, high visibility paint that I could apply to the back side of the round front sight on my Browning HP? I've used a white paint marker in the past, but that never lasts very long.

Thanks.

 

[waterhouse]

I went through my girlfriend's nail polish and found the brightest color in the box. It is pretty durable. I've heard of people using model paint, but I've never tried it.

 

[Jim Watson]

I use model paint and apply Model Master Fluorescent Red it over a white base coat to brighten it. I also have holsters with sight tracks that do not rub the sight to wear the paint so it lasts pretty well.

 

[OH25shooter]

I use model paint as well. However, I did use the paint fishermen use on lures. Comes in bright colors. It's really durable, since it's designed for underwater use. Can be found in sporting goods stores. The paint worked well, but since I only used a very-very small amount, the bottle eventually dried up.

 

[johnny blaze]

They sell a paint just for the sights in very bright colors, the problem is that it's pricy, but it does hold up very well.
I like the finger nail polish. It comes in alot of bright colors, and can be removed easily with nail polish remover.

 

[yomama]

I used the Testor's model paint. Seems to be very durable. I used flouresent orange on the front sight and Flouresent green on the rear. Works great for me, I pick them up quicker than the plain white dots.

 

[tbeb]

I like Testor's model paint on the front sight. Flouresent orange is my choice.

 

[Ad Astra]

Another vote for nail polish-and yellow has best contrast. Goes on so thick it's easy to make a round bead with it.

 

[Walt Sherrill]

Nail polish and fishing lure paint might be more durable, the the Flourescent Model Paint will be, by far, the most visible in most lighting conditions. You can get a "kit" from Testors with several colors, and mix up a combination that works best for you.

I like a blend of white, green and yellow, which is almost chartruese and very vivid in most lighting situations.

 

[Deanimator]

I ended up going to the local hobbyshop where I picked up a white enamel paint marker and two bottles of Testor's model paint. I went with the paint marker to start. I'll see how that works out tommorrow. If I don't like the white, I'll try the orange or yellow model paint.

Thanks to everyone who made suggestions.

 

[bigj8550]

WHAT ABOUT NIGHT GLOW PAINT ANYONE TRIED THAT MY FRONT SIGHT IS NOT REMOVABLE AND I CARRY AT NIGHT NEED SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST FLORESENT TO PICK UP A SIGHT PICTURE.

 

[BevrFevr]

hobby lobby ==> Apple Barrel Colors!

Go to the craft paint section. Find the Apple Barrel Colors acrylic indoor outdoor paints. They are the best sight paint I have ever seen. I have a bright white and dig this they have glow in the dark paint in a bunch of colors and it works. I have Glow in the Dark in Green, Yellow and ORANGE! Try getting nail polish to do that!

These Paints are hell of a lot brighter and at least as durable as model paint or nail polish.

For about five bucks I have enough paint to do probably thousands of guns.

 

[JMusic]

I've used the night glo jig paint for years. On any of the paints listed use white first then cover with the color you perfer. The night glo will hold up very well once hit with a light for about 10 minutes. The most durable and I considere permanent paint is the powder stuff. Takes some practice but worth the effort if you have the talent.
Jim

 

[Deanimator]

Front Sight Paint

I tried the sight with the white enamel paint marker last night.

While the edges of the front sight seemed a little indistinct, the sight itself was very visible. This made my shot to shot consistency much better, which revealed a problem of which I was unaware. The Pachmayr adjustable rear was not centered in the dovetail. This caused the rear sight to have to be cranked almost all the way right. Apparently, the round top of the slide makes it hard enough to detect the real centerline, that it was off to the left enough to cause problems. I centered the sight leaf and was shooting off the paper to the left. I then drifted the sight back to the right to where the the shots were mostly centered in the black scoring rings (NRA 50' timed fire) or slightly to the left. I gave it one click right and was done.

I talked to the guy who works on my guns and he said he could install a decent front sight (I thought he didn't have access to a milling machine, but it was really a lathe that he didn't have). I'm going to replace the front and the rear with a Novak rear and an appropriate dovetail mounted matching front.

In the meantime, I have a functional sighting system that cost me all of $10.

Thanks.