Night sights - Glow in The Dark Acrylic Paint

[Squib_Load]

I've always painted my front blade on my revolvers with white nail polish. It is BOLD and grabs my eye.

Now, I'm thinking of trying Glow in The Dark Acrylic Paint.

Has anyone tried it?

 

[colt_saa]

Welcome to the Forum

HK's uses photoluminesinct dots on some of their auto loaders.

Two things about photoluminesinct paints is that their white is not actually white, it is probably more like a really pale light green

Also photoluminesinct paints must be exposed to a light source to glow

There is a brand of photoluminesinct paints aimed at the firearms enthusiast called Bright Eyes. There are about 8 or 9 colors available

The product intended for firearms has a greater concentration of photoluminesinct powder in the paint than say a paint intended for a T-shirt or other hobby types of use

 

[BlackTalonJHP]

The only one to use is Glow On

 

[Racer X]

20/20 Concepts PatchWorm

 

[hkcavalier]

I used to have a glow-paint arrow on a shotgun.

It was white paint with glow paint on top; glow paint didn't work directly on black paint. It worked OK as a low-tech aiming aid, but in the end I went with a flashlight (and some green Duracoat). The heat shield + arrow was superfluous with a flashlight.

 

[wolfmanjack]

The only one to use is Glow On

I'll second this recommendation. Get it on Amazon.

 

[THEmodelof1989]

As an alternative. I can confidently suggest meprolight for tritium night sights for S&W revolvers. Yes, they do cost $100, but you certainly get what you pay for as opposed to nail polish. You can buy front sight only for around $30 if your not interested in rear night sights.

 

[hardluk1]

I hope you own and practice with a good carry flash light too. With out a light you may draw on some that's really NOT a concern .

I'm old enought the Night Sights and glow paint or gun lights were not around so you learn to shoot holding a light in your weak hand for defensive needs and you also learn that plane jane black sights work well too at night when you have a good carry flash light . Any night time sights still needs a light to be sure your not shooting a nice person .

We carry the Fenix PD-35 and 32 years later still practice with a weak hand light ..Some guys like a gun mounted light but you still need a handheld for normal light needs like in a parking garage late at night and I can set my light to a mild 200 lumen for normal dark needs but with a push of a button change to 1000 lumen strobe and that's a good deterrent all on its own but sure does give you that moment you my need to draw if needed .

For day time shooting I prefer a small gold bead or testers 1144 met. gold paint to replace any white dot . Rear sights for me are good in basic black .

So before getting excited over a glow paint and night sights own a good hand held carry light then each person can try what they think the need after some dark night testing . Only my p320c has night sights only because than what my dealer could get me 5 years ago and when those NS's stop doing there thing the front will become gold and rears black . That was my EDC for 4.5 years but today I'm back the m&p 4.25 with thumb safety , apex trigger upgrade and gold front sight and black out rears or a lw commander with a gold bead front sight .

Good that we have choices !!

 

[double-dipper]

Squib load, I.ve been down that road of white paint and glow paint on front sights. IMO you just cannot beat laser sights on home defense handguns.

 

[Alk8944]

Welcome to the Forum

HK's uses photoluminesinct dots on some of their auto loaders.

Two things about photoluminesinct paints is that their white is not actually white, it is probably more like a really pale light green

Also photoluminesinct paints must be exposed to a light source to glow

There is a brand of photoluminesinct paints aimed at the firearms enthusiast called Bright Eyes. There are about 8 or 9 colors available

The product intended for firearms has a greater concentration of photoluminesinct powder in the paint than say a paint intended for a T-shirt or other hobby types of use

It is Brite Sights

 

[BB57]

As an alternative. I can confidently suggest meprolight for tritium night sights for S&W revolvers. Yes, they do cost $100, but you certainly get what you pay for as opposed to nail polish. You can buy front sight only for around $30 if your not interested in rear night sights.

I agree. As noted above glow in the dark paint requires exposure to a bright light source and if the pistol or revolver is in a holster the paint on the front sight isn't going to be active.

My 686 carry gun got a set of tritium night sights, and it's near perfect for a K or L frame .357 Magnum concealed carry handgun:

Here's a Model 66 along side the 686 before the swap. The older Model 66 has a fixed front sight with an insert. You can get a tritium front sight that fits in the slot for the insert, but it won't have the same smooth sight ramp profile, it'll stand straight up in the dove tail.

The pinned front sight on the 686 let's you replace the whole front sight.

 

[Old TexMex]

I prefer to put a flashlight beam on my target so I know who/ what I’m aiming to shoot. The gold disc front sight picks up the ambient light real well. I guess that’s okay.