I painted the front sight of my LCR with neon colored nail polish. It has helped me sight in better. And easy to remove with some nail polish remover as well. I put a base coat of white nail polish on first as a base coat.. then a neon color. Hope this helps

 

Same for my LCP too. I have red on front and yellow on rear divot.

 

I did it years ago on my .22 Standard. Worked out well!

 

I also did the nail polish trick on my Crossman BB gun first and then on my 1911 Officers Model...

 

I just painted the front sights of my Single Sixes and Vaguero last Saturday. I used blaze orange. I can see the sight blades now.

 

Have done this with nail polish many times. Don't see a big need for special paint. Just be sure to remove all oil and grease before painting and use as many coats as needed. Only time paint doesn't work is with some holsters rubbing the paint off. Best cure for that is a more permanent hi viz front sight.

You can paint the rear sight if you want, but it's the front sight that counts. Much more important.

 

One old trick was to put a brass or gold bar in the front sight or sometimes a bead. This would be polished bright and would reflect abient light. I know in the early 80s when I ordered a smith 27 from the factory the brass bead was still available.

 

Do you just paint the highest point on the top or all of the top of the sight?

 

Just the top of the ramp I would see, or the surfaces facing me.

 

Really your call, but I wouldn't get sloppy on top of the sight with paint. Even a couple layers of paint on top of a blade can effectively change the working height of your front sight and change the point of impact.

 

same problem with the GSR, some liquid paper on the front sight was the easy solution.

 

same problem with the gsr, some liquid paper on the front sight was the easy solution.

yes the white out pen works great!

 

Yes. Clean front sight with isopropyl alcohol (not rubbing alcohol). Then paint part of blade you see (not top of blade) with white nail polish. Then a couple coats of the nail polish of the color of your choice. Then a coat of clear nail polish. Try that and go shooting, doubt you will feel the need to pain the rear sight. Good Luck.

 

nail polish I found some Fluorescent orange and yellow for $3 or $4 bucks . Put it on a couple guns last year and it's still on and looks good. Took a toothpick and just dipped the end and touched it on the dot on the sight. But clean it first ...

 

Thanks guys. This is a great site!

 

If you cannot find the answer on this site, I dont think you will find it!!

 

Nail polish cheap and very effective way to bring your sights into veiw,used it for years.

 

Sears clumsy delivery guy gave me a small bottle of appliance paint to touch up some scratches on my new refridge. It's pretty tough stuff and works great to brighten up my sights.

 

I used some acrylic paint on mine and it looks great I think.

 

Nail polish (temporary, but works), front bead sight...or tritium night sight (white during the day)...will all work much better against the black background of most targets! Most of my Ruger Revolvers (SP101, GP100) have tritium front night sights...so shooting indoors is not an issue!

 

I put Nitesiters dots on my 1911 and just one the front sight of my S&W 22A and they work pretty good. They are photolumenescent and work pretty good for a few hours after they are exposed to bright light. Not as good as tritium of course but they are inexpensive and have a more professional look than paint, IMO. I've heard reports that they are not resistant to cleaning solvents but I've had them for about a year now with no problems.

 

I did this on a couple of pistols. Very white nail polish and when dry apply flourescent orange paint. Works well.

 

I did the same with my LCR before installing the XS Dot.

One word of caution, after a while, the paint starting wearing off the top of my sight, so I started getting off target because I was lining the rear sight with the top of the paint rather than the top of the sight. Not a big deal as long as you maintain the paint job.

On a side note, I love the XS Dot for the LCR. Slightly different sight picture, but far superior for me.

 

I did the same with my LCR before installing the XS Dot.
On a side note, I love the XS Dot for the LCR. Slightly different sight picture, but far superior for me.

Andy, was this sight hard to install. I've seen videos that look straightforward, but was curious. I think I will ultimately do this.

 

Did the paint on the LCP. I think it really helps.

 

They use to make SUPER BLACK INSTANT TOUCH-UP PEN - Brownells in white and red. So I did a white base, then red over it.

So go buy a white magic marker and a red one.

 

Next few days i will put a fluorescent (daylight) orange or yellow on my Schmidt/Rubin K31.
Mix with clear varnish and put a little bit on front sight.
Ha-ha Next Friday the shooting seasons begin on our military area!

 

I have done something like that before too only i was using florescent orange spray paint an a Qtip on the front sight of my winchester 1300 slug gun

 

Just finished using appliance epoxy paint that I found at Menards on my GP, thanks to some of the posts, here. It was white, so I just mixed in a little bit of red enamel. Stuff works great. Stuff is very durable, much more so than nail polish.

 

I've only done this on an Airsoft M9 I have but it definetly makes a huge difference. Was able to get it sighted in better by adding height to the front sight also since it was shooting high. Might be a good idea for my SP101