Shiney revolvers

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ZVP

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I have spent considerable time behind both Stainless ( Ruger Vaquero) and (Cnief Special Nickled) sights and have found the shiney front post a true benefit in low light especially, and bright light conditions! Contray to popular Opnions, the rest of the shiney gun disappears and all you see is a post they have helped these old eyes!!!
My Model 10 sight (Blued) is hard to see and I find it inferior.
I really like the new 340 big dot sights!
hat's your opinion?
ZVP
 
some people prefer the dark colored guns because they like the "tactical" look or think it reduces visibility from the bad guy.

I like s.s. because its easier to maintain. by the time a bad guy sees my s.s. gun it wont matter at that point because the muzzle flash is brighter.

the better of the s.s guns have grooves cut on the top strap which reduce light glare or eliminates it all together when looking down your sights.

regarding sights, a dab or international orange paint from testers on the front has worked well for many a folks.
 
My limited shooting of a polished stainless Ruger Vaquero, is that a polished shiny front sight may be hard to see, if the sun is over to one side of the gun.

The sun can make glare on the front sight that is on one side, making it hard to see the full width of the sight. That, in turn, makes me think the sight is not centered and then I compensate, and am putting holes to the side of my desired aiming point.

But I don't have the best vision so others may not have this trouble.

Bart Noir
 
I've never done any significant shooting with nickel or stainless steel revolvers. But I have had some bad experience with the red insert on Smith & Wesson revolvers. These inserts are supposed to let the shooter see a little black line above the red, but seldom do. And they do pick up a glare from overhead lighting. This glare makes it difficult to hold elevation for me. I ended up having the red insert removed and a black insert added, serrated to match the front sight blade. This made it much easier for me to hold elevation.

Bob Wright
 
Under the brightest conditions a shiney sight does glare but it still gives a vertical line up front to get quick aim with at closer ranges. I do like black sights on target guns. You can get more precise aim with sights other than silver but I still like em.
Guess it's a subjective thing eh?
On my little Chief, if I get any light reflected on the front, it really shows up but it's serrated too.
 
Howdy

When I first started shooting CAS I was shooting a pair of shiny Stainless Vaqueros. I usually blacked the rear of the front sight with a sharpie to reduce the glare off the sight. These days I shoot mostly blued guns, have not trouble lining the front sight up on the targets, even though the targets are often black. When I shoot my antiques with bright nickle finishes these days I just leave the front sight alone.
 
Contray to popular Opnions, the rest of the shiney gun disappears and all you see is a post they have helped these old eyes!!!
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ZVP maybe it's an old eyes thing because mine sure have some age on them.

What I do on my revolvers with blued or black front sight blades is to high polish about the top forth of the blade.

It's like looking at a front sight with a bright silver bead especially when the sun is to my back.

Best Regards
Bob Hunter
www.huntercustoms.com
 
Any of my stainless revolvers that had a high polish I would keep the top strap and sights matte/brushed to reduce glare.
 
Matte black works for me. Fill the well in back with black, and then paint the leading edge of the front sight black (One of the guys I occasionally shoot with as a can of black spray that reminds you of soot. Wipes right off, but works good while it on the front sight). Otherwise the sights are worthless in sunlight (for me) as you can't properly center that front sight blade. Sure on a tin can at 10 yards no problem, but bulls-eye type shooting at 20-25Y... Well, lets just say it makes me look like I am having a very bad frustrating day!
 
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