Better sight visiblity....how?

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Eric Larsen

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I am thinking about improving my sight visibility for all of right reasons and probably some of the wrong ones. At an indoor
range yesterday...my front sight literally dissapeared. I could see the top of it...making it able to shoot accurately. But it was a pain in the *ss and hard on my eyes. Therefore, I want to be able to see my front dot. I want to know what others have done and the results of your endevours. All kinds of improvements would be appreciated...glow in the park paint...to night sights.
Thanks alot...shoot well
 
I've had the same nagging situation with all of mine on indoor ranges. Outdoors, no problems. The one gun I am most likely to use in low-light is my 640-1 five-shooter, and I found the solution for it, the Ashley Outdoors front dot. It rides the muzzle like a golf ball, and is the fastest sight picture I know of. The normal sight picture is easy to obtain, also. I've seen pics of a J Frame with the rear sight channel routed out with a burr, but I don't feel this is neccesary, and I'm as "bi-focaled" as anyone out there.
 
When I first started competition shooting, I tended to loose the sights. I put a white dot on either side of the rear sight's notch and a green dot on the front sight. It really worked for me!
 
Testors model paint (white on the rear and fluorescent orange to the front) and sealed with clear fingernail polish has worked well on a couple of my guns for years...
 
I have the same problem at indoor ranges. First thing I bought some very week 1.0 strength glasses which blurred the target a little but helped a lot for seeing the sights. On my Walther P99 I put the green Hi Vis front sight. All my other pistols have night sights which really don't help in poorly lit indoor ranges but the Hi Vis does especially with the reading glasses.
 
I forgot to add...I have the front sight painted DAY GLOW screaming orange and white out on the rear dots. It is like night
and day outdoors..But indoors they go away..even with my glasses on shoot well.
 
My wheels (all but 7.5" Redhawk) wear Millett orange-ramp front blade; really bright.

My 1911 has a small optic-fiber green rod front sight from Caspian; really bright.

My Witnesses (normally) wear BrightSights yellow sight paint; almost really bright.

All tested in low-light shooting environment (thank you, S&W Academy); best by far optic-fiber rod, but it REQUIRES some ambient light.
The Millett orange is super-bright, too, and available for many guns.
 
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