I picked up an M1 Garand from the CMP recently, and while looking for info about rear sight dis-assembly I came across:
http://www.civilianmarksmanship.com/striphtml/detailstripsight3.html
and I really like the way the rear sight markings were much more readable on the rifle in those pictures because they were painted bright white.
Is there a technique for doing that successfully with such small details? I'm not interested in doing the serial number and other receiver stampings, just the elevation and windage scales.
I've found a bunch of youtube vids for filling in (much) larger details on pistol slides etc, but that didn't work so well with the tiny numbers on the Garand sights.
Should I use acrylic enamel paint, bright sight paint, or something else?
http://www.civilianmarksmanship.com/striphtml/detailstripsight3.html
and I really like the way the rear sight markings were much more readable on the rifle in those pictures because they were painted bright white.
Is there a technique for doing that successfully with such small details? I'm not interested in doing the serial number and other receiver stampings, just the elevation and windage scales.
I've found a bunch of youtube vids for filling in (much) larger details on pistol slides etc, but that didn't work so well with the tiny numbers on the Garand sights.
Should I use acrylic enamel paint, bright sight paint, or something else?