Last Mother’s Day, our Church gave out little gift sacks to all the Moms. In my wife’s bag was a bottle of the brightest, neon-ist, yellowishgreen fingernail polish ever seen. Without a word she passed it to me! So perceptive; that woman.
Last Mother’s Day, our Church gave out little gift sacks to all the Moms. In my wife’s bag was a bottle of the brightest, neon-ist, yellowishgreen fingernail polish ever seen. Without a word she passed it to me! So perceptive; that woman.
You married well, a woman with an eye for a bright sight.
I decided to go with yellow. I ordered a quality art paint in both yellow and white and went at it. I like it a lot. After I did the Bisley, I painted my Speed Six, and my Series 80 combat Commander sights also. On the Bisley and the Ruger, I only painted the top 1/3 of the ramps. That also made a big difference in contrast. Thanks for all the suggestions folks..
Dave.
I've found that orange, yellow, etc. glare in bright sunshine, and that for me flat black is by far the best all around color, especially for precision shooting. Problem is if you smoke a sight, it'll rub off in the holster. Flat black paint will develop a shine from repeatedly rubbing leather from holstering/unholstering. But I read about the perfect solution and tried it; a 40 LPI checkering file and cold blue. This makes for a dark sight with a crisp outline even in the brightest of light.
Another plus to sights so altered is that with a little ghetto silver nail polish one can paint lines for distance shooting. This one is one my Uberti 32-20 and is just right for shooting my 160 yd. gong.
35 W
The biggest waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who doesn't care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions.
There are people who, for all the evidence presented to them, do not have the ability to understand.
NRA Life Member
Nice job !
This was done "in the field" seeing what combinations I like best. Once I make my decision (s) I'll clean them up at home
Got the enamel color samples at Micheals art & craft store for spr $2 ea. toothpicks work great for changing the dot colors
Tried painting the front sight on a stainless Charter Arms Mag Pug yesterday. Nice, bright orange front sight did help with the first shot and made getting back on target easier for the second shot. Brought the gun back for a third shot and the sight was back to dull stainless steel. I forgot that the ported barrel vents right at the sight. It removed the paint very cleanly as one paint chip. I will probably try this again, but on a non-ported barrel.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |