Who paints your sights?

[PO2Hammer]

Nail polish is great, get the real stuff that stinks so that you can remover it later with lacquer thinner if you want. Avoid the water based stuff.

 

[franconialocal]

White (or whatever) auto repair paint. In the little single use canisters with the primer mixed in. Great.

 

[98Redline]

When I paint a sight, I use nail polish.
Often when I was shooting Bullseye matches, I'd blacken the front & rear sight with plain old black marking pens. It would last about 2 matches & is soooooo easy to reapply!
Frank

I prefer blacked out sights as well but a black blade disappears against a black hog at dusk

The best black I found was the carbon from a smoky flame. That stuff has zero...zip...zilch...nada...reflectivity. Pure deep featureless black.

 

[bigdogpete]

I use typewriter correction fluid.

What is a tyewriter??? HA, HA

bigdog

 

[rcmodel]

Who paints your sights?

I certainly don't.

I learned nearly 50 years ago if I wanted match level accuracy, black non-glare sights where the winning combination.

I do have tritium night sights on a few guns.

But if I really want to hit at long range with open sights, black on black is the only way to do it.

Painted or glow stick front sights change your zero, depending on the angle of the light hitting it.

rc

 

[Giterboosted]

I don't know if anyone has said it yet but go to any auto parts store and get a small bottle of touch up paint for a car, a HUUUUGE assortment of colors, and they stay very well, also it comes with a brush already on it, I simply wipe off the brush and stem them dip it gently back into the paint

 

[skt239]

The only gun I own with really poor sites is a gun I don't need sites for.

 

[Lonerider357]

I took a broken Gold chain to the local jeweler and had him put a blob on front sight of my 1911 and a Winchester 1873 rifle. Works great and picks up any available light.

 

[dispatch]

Sharpie Felt Tip Pen. Available in many colors and easy to use.

 

[Bush Pilot]

I use typewriter correction fluid.

I spent an hour trying to get a Smith 10 in my typewriter, what's your secret?

 

[batmann]

I use 'Hot Pink' on my sights. It is the same paint I use on my lead jigs and it holds up really well. I also use a toothpick to apply.

 

[SabbathWolf]

I spent an hour trying to get a Smith 10 in my typewriter, what's your secret?

Yep. Lol....
And I'm still scraping old white-out of my computer monitor too from every time I misspell something on this forum.

 

[stanmo]

Nothing better than this stuff and durable too.

 

[SabbathWolf]

Nothing better than this stuff and durable too.

So you use that for spear "gun" sights or what?