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A little help for us old guys
A little help for us old guys
Ive been doing this with some of my pistols. I have trouble at times picking up the sights as my eyes just arent as good as they once was just like the rest of me. Ive practiced a little bit and I think this looks pretty good. Also have gotten some comments from people I shoot with. I use testors paint white and Flou Green. When painting an area green I always use the white as a base coat as the green will show up better that way. Pic shows the rear mostly and you can seen the green its just a little blurry. I can get another pic of the green if anyone wants a better shot. To do the rear sight like that I use a toothpick with a very small amount. It works pretty good
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Re: A little help for us old guys
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Re: A little help for us old guys
I use White Out on my front sights. The little brush is perfect for painting the sights.
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Re: A little help for us old guys
I use oil based enamels to paint my front sights for the sake of durability. The hobbyist paints I've used tend to chip off with only a little use. After painting with oil based enamels, you have to wait 24 hours for the paint to dry, but the paint stays on even with a lot of holster use and shooting.
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Re: A little help for us old guys
Looks nice! Seems like a 40 in the making.
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Re: A little help for us old guys
The sight paint pens they sell at Skinner seem to hold up reasonably well on a serrated sight. Like BigAl52 mentioned, the people that make the sight paint (I wanna say that it's marketed by Birchwood-Casey?) suggest putting a coat of white down first, then your flourescent orange or green. It seems to work best if you give the white base coat at least 4-5 hours to dry before ya put the color coat on. I usually let the white dry overnight, if I can, and then the same for the color.
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Re: A little help for us old guys
I had a red insert front and a white outline rear site put on my Ruger Blackhawk .45 before I ever shot it. For old eyes every little bit helps.
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