Paints for Front Site

[Rob10ring]

I got a bright sight kit from Midway, it cost about 15 dollars if I remember correctly, come on over, I can paint about a couple thousand sights with this kit...

I looked that up and saw that they have a Bright Sights kit that glows too. That was a great tip! Did you need the application set also, or did you just use regular model paint brushes.

[John McCreery]

I wouldn't have thought of white out. I was thinking of something with more permanence, but that is pretty innovative and reversible. Are they making white out in colors now?

Not sure if they make it in colors.  Many times when I'm teaching, people bring a small gun with small sights and have trouble picking up the front.  So, I keep some in my bag and a white crayon.  If that doesn't work, point shooting!

[pioneer]

I've been using florescent colored model paint on pistols without night sights, with good results for years.  Any high visability paint that will help you find the front sight quickly. 

I'm curious about the Nite Sighters though.  From what I understand on the web site, before you can effectively use them, you must take the time to activate them with a light source?  Is that correct?  I'm not sure how a delayed response and compromising your location would give you a tactical advantage.  Tell me where I'm wrong on this.  I'd rather spend the money for tritium sights. 

[WymoreWrangler]

I looked that up and saw that they have a Bright Sights kit that glows too. That was a great tip! Did you need the application set also, or did you just use regular model paint brushes.

I just used the brushes that came with it...

[DesertMarine]

I'm a big fan of these... http://www.nitesiters.com/

I ordered a set of nitesiters and one of the daysiters.  Put the daysiters on a friends Beretta .22 target pistol.  Looks good and they are bright.  He was able to get used to them pretty quick, me not as well or as quick.  The nitesiters look like they will be good, except for having to recharge.  We'll see.

I could not find any bright sights for the Beretta.  Not that common of a pistol, nice though.

[Sponsor]

[Rob10ring]

I've been using florescent colored model paint on pistols without night sights, with good results for years.  Any high visability paint that will help you find the front sight quickly. 

I'm curious about the Nite Sighters though.  From what I understand on the web site, before you can effectively use them, you must take the time to activate them with a light source?  Is that correct?  I'm not sure how a delayed response and compromising your location would give you a tactical advantage.  Tell me where I'm wrong on this.  I'd rather spend the money for tritium sights. 

Before my wife goes to sleep, she uses a flashlight to charge up the glowing dashes on an analog watch. She is able to see them throughout the night. I wonder if the nitesiters will hold a charge that way. I could make it ritual to light up a couple of house guns every night.

[Galeth005]

i do not like the idea of those glow in the dark pain kits... it jsut doesnt sound feasable to me... i would rather spend the money to get a night sight put on my pistol than just paint some glow in the dark goo on the sights... this is for several reasons... 1 professional night sights are alot more reliable, 2 they increase the value of the firearm, 3 u dont have to bother about charging them, in the chance that one night u are to lazy to charge them and its the one night that u really need them. 4, they dont stay charged nearly as long as they should

[tombogan03884]

i do not like the idea of those glow in the dark pain kits... it jsut doesnt sound feasable to me... i would rather spend the money to get a night sight put on my pistol than just paint some glow in the dark goo on the sights... this is for several reasons... 1 professional night sights are alot more reliable, 2 they increase the value of the firearm, 3 u dont have to bother about charging them, in the chance that one night u are to lazy to charge them and its the one night that u really need them. 4, they dont stay charged nearly as long as they should

What are you going to do with something like an SP 101 that has the front sight machined into the barrel ?

[DesertMarine]

I've been using florescent colored model paint on pistols without night sights, with good results for years.  Any high visability paint that will help you find the front sight quickly. 

I'm curious about the Nite Sighters though.  From what I understand on the web site, before you can effectively use them, you must take the time to activate them with a light source?  Is that correct?  I'm not sure how a delayed response and compromising your location would give you a tactical advantage.  Tell me where I'm wrong on this.  I'd rather spend the money for tritium sights. 

As I understood the description on the website, you charge the NiteSite beforehand and have them ready for night time.  The glow is supposed to last around 18 hours.  He also sells two lights to charge the dots.  I'll charge up the dots with flashlight and let you know tomorrow how that works.   

[DesertMarine]

I charged up the NiteSites last night with a 3 cell Maglight for about 45 min.  This was about 9 PM, the dots were very bright.  This morning, the dots still glowed but not too bright.  Looks like you have to recharge every day.

This a a quote from the NiteSiter web page.  "The good news is,  10 minutes of sunlight, 20 minutes of close lamp light, or 5 minutes of Ultraviolet light is all it takes to provide many hours of luminosity".  I'll probably figure out which handgun I want to put them on and try them out. 

So far, looks pretty good but time will tell.