What do you use to paint your front sight?

[Brian Ski]

Looking for something to make it stand out more. First thought is a Testor florescent paint maybe a bright red??

I see paint kits for sale. But for one splash of color, I hate to buy a whole kit of colors.

 

[Ziggidy]

Nail polish, white out, model paint…..

 

[Brian Ski]

Nail polish, white out, model paint…..

Other ideas... What color do you recommend?

 

[Gingerbeardman]

I got some glow in the dark paint once. I haven't checked lately to see if it still goes. It was green

 

[Ziggidy]

Other ideas... What color do you recommend?

It’s a personal preference on my part. Somepeople like green, white or bright orange. I have white out on one and orange nail polish on another. I can’t recommend any because it is so subjective. In side, outside, lighting conditions all make a difference. I am certainly no expert.

There are web sites that explain what colors may work better than others. This may give you an idea where to start. Don’t like it, use some nail polish remover and change it.

 

[NyleRN]

Testors paint. I use the orange. It's almost an exact match to the bright orange that ameriglo and trijicon use

 

[Lpherr]

Color is subjective. People see colors differently and a color that stands out to one person, may be subtle to another.
Find a color that you can see well in all/most light conditions.

 

[Brian Ski]

I am always outdoor. So bright orange or red might work best. A black front site sometimes gets mixed with the front sight protectors (If that is what you call them. The ears to the left and right of some sights) Especially on a quick sight picture.

I tried glow in the dark before on other things. Most of the time they work when charged up in bright light and them dim within a few minutes.

I love the fiber optics. But not much you can do with a post sight, besides paint.

 

[BigRed]

Char it or paint it...depends upon conditions.

It's yet another advantage of iron sights... you can change it quickly on the fly if it needs to be

 

[DadSmith]

I experimented with orange, red, green and neon yellow. My eye was able to pick up the neon yellow best out of those four colors. Nail polish. Make sure you use white base layer.

 

[92FSTech]

My wife and daughter's nail polish. Putting some clear over top of the colored base layer helps it "pop" a bit, and also protects it from cleaning solvent and grime for a little longer than just the base color alone.

 

[Jsomerset]

Had a family member that had his shotgun beads gold plated and swore by it.

 

[Jim5528]

I use Brite-Mark Paint Markers

 

[Ziggidy]

Make sure you use white base layer.

Yes, this is important….

 

[tomcat13]

Bright Orange Nail Polish

 

[Leo]

I generally like black sights for an indoor target pistol. White is good for outside.

Marble sight company (remember them) made a sight with a bright orange insert that I put on my revolver. It face was concave, almost like a lens., really easy to catch your eye. I liked that sight for bowling pin matches, metallic plates and other action pistol type events. Sadly I traded that handgun. I have repurchased a similar revolver, but Marble sight company discontinued that style of sight, probably 20 years ago. I still miss that bright orange front sight.

 

[KokomoDave]

I use the brightest fingernail polish I can find at Dollar Tree. Inexpensive and easy to apply after trimming the included brush bristles. If I get sick of that color, solvent and apply new eye catching color.

 

[marvin02]

Another vote for nail polish.

I put white on, then red over that. It seems to pop more that way.

Nail polish can be removed easily with acetone.

 

[Slow Hand]

I snagged some bright green fingernail paint from my wife To use on my Smith 442. I hit just the top angled part with some white first then the green. It does help it stand out some.

I generally prefer black for plinking and target shooting, but this is not a target gun!

 

[Lpherr]

If you are confident, you could drill the sight and put these in. They are available in several colors.