Painted muy 637's front sight red. What do you guys do?

[ABPOS]

On my 442 I painted it white and that worked well. At least I think so. I think the contrast between the black rear and front white made the front sight way easier to see in lower light. Obviously outside during the day it's not a problem. But the stainless airweights seem like the sights are really hard to pick up in low light. Even the rear is kind of... well the lighter frame in low light blends in with a lot of surroundings. So I painted the front sight red and that seems to help.

What do you guys find works well for you? Particularly on stainless guns that don't have some kind of adjustable sights.

Actually it was a combined effort. I painted it white first and then my daughter used some of her nail polish for the red. She did a really good job I think.

 

[dr. mordo]

I use Testors model paint - layer of white, then safety orange.

 

[ABPOS]

Yeah, the orange might pick up better. Even this red seems a little dark. But I think the shinyness helps.

 

[Double-O-Dave]

I prefer the neon green colored paints/nail polish over the red and orange colors preferred by others. As you have found, a base coat of flat white, or silver colored paint makes your painted front sight appear brighter. Another thing I like to do with my J-frames is to take a black colored Sharpie pen and darken the rear sight recess. To me, this really helps to make the front sight easier to see.

Regards,

Dave

 

[bigggbbruce]

I use a brand of nail polish I find at Walmart.

Salon Perfect.. #506 Traffic Cone..

 

[holo]

Thanks for the traffic cone tip just pick some up what a game changer.

 

[bigggbbruce]

Thanks for the traffic cone tip just pick some up what a game changer.

It works great in low light too..

 

[jbtrucker]

I recently touched up the front sight on my 686 with Red Birchwood Casey pen bought few years ago , surprised thought it would it be dried up. I've read to use a base layer of white for brighter color.

 

[garddogg56]

I went with white nail polish topped off with nail hardener.

 

[old bear]

I've switched from nail polish to Kraft-Smart brand hobby paint. For stainless guns I use the Neon Orange and for blued guns I use the Neon "deep" green.

 

[Klagz13]

I used the bright green touch up paint from my Snap-On toolbox


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[haywood]

I've been using Appliance White Touchup Paint. I've tried all colors. Lately it's just White on Black/Blued Guns.

 

[kraynky]

Always lay down some white first. It may be all you need, but it positively makes the red, green, orange, yellow or whatever choice brighter with a white base coat. Doesn't have to be heavy.

 

[deputydon]

I use Testors white followed be red, green or orange florescent. Works good for me. YMMV

-don

 

[CH4]

I use a brand of nail polish I find at Walmart.

Salon Perfect.. #506 Traffic Cone..

Nice nails, Big Bruce

 

[ContinentalOp]

I experimented with a variety of different colors, using a white base coat, but I ended up settling on painting the front and rear sights of both my 642s black. I used Testor's enamel paint and then used a clear, hard-coat nail polish for extra durability.

However, since I've been carrying/using my Beretta PX4 Compact a lot more, with it's orange/tritium front sight and plain black rear sights, I've decided to go with that color scheme on all my carry guns so they're consistent, even if they don't have tritium.

So far I've painted my Beretta 92FS's front sight in Testor's fluorescent orange (with a white base coat). At some point, maybe this week, I'll do at least one of my 642s in the same scheme. I wasn't able to quite pull it off with the 92, but I'm going to try and leave a black border around the orange. What I've observed, through my eyes, is that the orange can sometimes "wash out" depending on the lighting conditions (FYI, this happened with pretty much every color I tried, and I think is more of an issue with the snubs' ramp front sights than the colors themselves), so if I can leave some black trim on the front sight that might mitigate those issues. An artist, I am not.

While I haven't tried it, I have heard of people using colored electrical tape rather than paint.

 

[george_lehr]

I use an orangy-red nail polish from Walmart. A nice lady at Walmart advised me to apply a white base coat first, which I do.
The nail polish should remove easily with acetone, but I'm pleased with the sights and have not tried removal as yet.

George

 

[AZretired]

Been using my wife's red nail polish on my front sights for 40 years. Works great.

 

[mike campbell]

All of my carry guns have both fiber optic fronts and laser grips. That's the only system that works well enough for me 24 hours /day.

The only stainless gun I carry is this 1976 Security Industries .357 mag ... 20 years older than the first S&W .357 J frame.

I bought a Ruger fiberoptic front which mounts the opposite of a S&W blade. The S&W blade has a tenon that fits into a mortise in the base. A Ruger blade has the mortise in its bottom and fits over the top of a tenon on the base. So...20 minutes with a file turned the fixed stainless blade into a tenon to accept the pinned Ruger sight.

 

[Ranger514]

I used Testor white, followed by a coat of red for the ramp on my 642.