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12-10-2016, 05:46 PM
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Painting My Model 60 Front Sight
Taking suggestions from forum members, I painted the front sight of my Model 60 3". As suggested, I painted an "undercoat" of white followed by a coat of neon green. Here are the rsults (forgive the photography and paint job):
The white undercoat:
The neon green coat:
Here is the original sight, sight with white undercoat, and the final result. The white was pretty good but the neon grenn is tremendous!
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12-10-2016, 07:48 PM
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That looks good! Another coat of green will really make it pop! Other than my 66-2 all the other revolvers sport the same color scheme! Another tip is to cover the color with clear nail polish. Keeps the paint from wearing off.
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12-10-2016, 08:26 PM
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Another tip is to cover the color with clear nail polish. Keeps the paint from wearing off.
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Txs! I will do that!
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12-10-2016, 08:44 PM
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I used Testers model paint on one of my hunting revolvers as a temporary fix many years back and it is still going strong. (Used red)
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12-10-2016, 11:35 PM
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Picture 3 & 4 look like what my 58 year old eyes see when sighting a target. Kidding. Looks good . I may have to give that a try.
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12-11-2016, 11:47 AM
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Done that for years and it really makes picking up the front sight easy. The white undercoat is really necessary to make it pop.
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12-11-2016, 12:07 PM
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I like a bright red or orange... I have an aversion to so-called "Zombie Green" for anything in the shooting sports. I find the current fascination with Zombies childish and just a little disturbing. Just me, sorry.
No knock on the OP, however, he did a great job of painting that hard to see stainless front sight.
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12-11-2016, 12:34 PM
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I painted mine so when sighted in the division of green and white is in line with the bottom of the rear sight. It's easy to pick up and puts me right on target. I see just a small tip of green.
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12-11-2016, 12:51 PM
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I stay away from red or orange when I'm painting on a front sight . Many of the paper targets have a red / orange center bullseye . I don't want my front sight to blend in so I have used the lime / fluorescent green for yrs , undercoated with white first .
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