painting front site ,which works better?

Befor I had my eye surgery, I could see the ripples in the front sight "Yellow".

One eye got messed up so no 20/20 any more and I need glasses to shoot
and choose best 2 out of 3 in the rear sight,front sight or target match up.

Enjoy it while you are young !!
 
I wanted to add some pictures. I put glow on paint covered with clear nail polish on all of my smith revolver front sights. During the day I get white on black and a quick 3 second hit with a flashlight and I get night sights.




Day

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Night



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cool ,thanks for the tip
 
I painted my front sight with a Base Coat of flat white ...with a BIC White-Out Correction Pen lying on my wifes desk ... I was going to buy Day-Glo paints and try different colors ... went to several stores and couldn't find any ! Went shooting with flat white sight ... You Know what ... It works GREAT ! I said screw the Day-Glo colors and use white and if orange or green is any better... I Don't See It !!!
I like flat white and I like the BIC White- Out Correction Pen application .
It beats that wonky brush seven ways to Sunday and the Pen is Cheap and Easy to find ... I keep a couple in my shooting range bag .
Gary
 
Gun Sight Coatings

Try this Stuff.
Works Great.....
 

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I prefer a Hi-viz yellow on mine. Works great outdoors and seems to work the best for me in low light as well. If I don't want to paint up a sight for some reason, I'll cut a strip out of one of those Shoot-N-C targets with the yellow backing color and stick it to my front sight.
 
Uhhhhhhhhmmmm... Ok, Cleveland. I suppose I should be glad that I added some... "excitement" to your day? ;)

Lol. Not too exciting. Just agreeing with your blacked-out rear sight and bright front sight combination. Spot on.
 
Lol. Not too exciting. Just agreeing with your blacked-out rear sight and bright front sight combination. Spot on.
Once every so often I have a couple of brain cells to fire and out comes a reasonably good idea or concept... doesn't happen often, so don't expect too much from me. :D
 
My preference is model paint. A base coat of white, then the Green fluorescent paint, or bright safety orange. From a quick draw point, I find the orange is faster to pick up, but bor better sighting I prefer the green.
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I have had good luck with red or copper.

Why copper?
Because it is a color not commonly found in nature that contrasts decently with black and white paper targets, animal skin and fur, and does not glare in bright sunlight like brass often does.
Orange shows up very well, but sometimes appears fuzzy around the edges to my eyes. Yellow is a little better

Experiment to your heart's content in different light conditions. I costs almost nothing to change to another color.
 
I use high reflective tape. I was concerned that I might get a paint run if i didn't mask off properly.
 

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