painting a front sight

[WJR]

Originally posted by t3chnoid:
I've tried the incredibly tiny and expensive bottles packaged as "sight" paint - save your money. Testors flourescent model paint - about a buck a bottle - works better. The water cleanup testors works great, and lasts quite well. With daily carry and occasional range use you might need to touch it up annually while cleaning the gun. Toothpick is the way to go as Headknocker describes.

I've tried a variety of colors and came up with a combination I've standardized all my guns to. I use flourescent orange front and flourescent yellow for rear. I think it's important to standardize all your defense/carry guns to prevent a fraction-of-second delay while sorting out what you're looking for while sighting in. I find the orange, get the yellow around it and finish the press. Serves me well at timed shooting.

As far as glow-paint, I never could envision the circumstance where there would have been enough light on the sights to charge them up just before I needed them in the dark.

That sounds really good. Could you post a picture in order to give a visual?

WJR

 

[t3chnoid]

Sorry for the delay, had to go out of town for my dad's funeral.

Here are a couple pictures. Sorry, they are not S&W'w but you get the idea.