quick question with hunting iron sights

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yoippari

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I am going down to my grandpa's tonight and spending the night before leaving around 4-5 to go hunting. Question is: while sighting the vz24 in the front sight is hard to see in timber, should I paint (or otherwise color it) white or something? I have a lyman peep sight, not the original ladder sight, but the front "wedge" is original.
 
Too dark and you'll lose it on a dark background. Too light, and you'll lose it on a light background.

Maybe use some orange or other color least likely to be found in your sights? Orange should work... you shouldn't sight up anything in orange during your hunt!!! :D
 
You want something that will catch the light but not be highly reflective.

Try getting a brass rod (or something brass) and rubbing the back surface of the sight with it like it's a pencil. Cover the back surface of the sight as evenly as you can.
 
I have a brass rod laying around and used it. It shows up in the shadows in our dining room, with few lights on, at night, so I think it worked. I will probably try something more permanent after I get back though. Wish me luck.
 
Thought it would work.

Elmer Keith swore that a gold front sight was the best there was for all-around shooting with iron sights.

The brass rod was the only way I could think of to get sort of the same effect in a hurry.
 
I got the chance to point the gun today... at a tree. At a dark tree and at a light tree. The sight showed up fine.

Other than that we had fog on the way there, drove around from 7am to around 1pm trying to find the road my grandpa was shown to get to, essentially an elk highway between clear cuts. Then the low fuel light came on (turns out it was from the angle the car was sitting for a couple of minutes) so we left. I should have a couple of days to go back over the next week so I will go back there and I will probably have to tell everyone I know when I get my first elk.
 
Not a big fan of bead sights, but here are some options that might be a bit more permanent.

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/st...tle="GAME+GETTER"+BARREL+MOUNTED+FRONT+SIGHTS

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/st...title="GAME+GETTER"+RAMP+MOUNTED+FRONT+SIGHTS

These might work ok, but I think in bright light they're going to look a lot bigger than they are.

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=8831&title="GAME+GETTER"+GLOW+SIGHTS

If you've got a bit of do-it-yourself coursing through your veins, you might start with this:

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=341&title=MAUSER+FRONT+SIGHT+BLANK

and figure out how to inlay a gold stripe up the middle of the sight.
 
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