dpeters8445 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I shot a low light stage today and could not see the front sight at all. I like using a fiber optic sight since I rarely have to shoot a low light stage. Does anybody know of any glow in the dark paint or Marker that could be applied to my front sight for when I have to shoot a low light stage. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Perez Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Brownels Bright Gunsight coating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Does it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEPAKevin Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 FWIW, we had a guy almost get himself DQed trying to light up his "poor man's" night sites. The florescent paint does glow but I don't feel that it's a reliable substitute for tritium. Our club does a good bit of low light shooting and I think having ammo with a low flash signature that doesn't blind you is the important thing or it doesn't much matter what kind of sites you have after the first shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 If you have the chance, do some low light practice with the gun. Try to use the muzzle flash to locate the next target. It's weird at first but isn't hard once you get the hang of it. As mentioned once you light one off you can't see tritium or glow paint very well. They only help for the first shot. Same thing with using a flashlight if it is too bright or you shine it on something too close then your vision is toast again. To be honest a bit of "white out" on the front post should do as good a job as anything else. Doing Brian's index drill helps too. Also close your eyes as soon as you have made ready so you can get your eyes adjusted as much as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Oh yeah, on the bright sight paint, I wasn't very happy with it. It just didn't hold up very well. If you give it a try be sure to degrease the sight(s) thoroughly before putting on the paint. Good prep is key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdmoore Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 I don't work for the company, and I haven't had any experience with this first hand but I'm going to post this anyway. Truglo has now mixed tritium in their sights. Fellow shooter showed me his last Sat, in the daylight. They were as bright as normal. He said that they were brighter at night than any of his other sights (and he has many guns/many with night sights) He mentioned Mep's and trijicons by name. http://www.truglo.com/content/products/fir...s/tfo_facts.asp Said they were $80 as set. That seemed too good to be true. I'll likely dress up several of mine with these! But most of my gun $$ will be purchasing stuff that used to be banned, on or after Sept 14th (I hope), so my "plain" night sights will have to suffice till then. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 The Army issue M9 pistol (Beretta 92) does not have any type of night sight. During night quals, someone from my unit took a lime green chem light - broke it, shook it, cut it open, and put some of the now glowing fluid on his M9 sights. This actually worked well if you showed some "tactical patience" and put a very small amount of the chemlight fluid on the sights. It was good for 8 - 12 hours. Hopefully, the Army will start installing night sights on the issue M9. Actually, it would be really nice if they would issue a 1911 based sidearm with nightsights but that is a different story altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganShootist Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Here's pretty neat trick that works and is very inexpensive. Go to a larger sporting goods store that sells materials for fishermen to make and repair fishing lures. Many stock day glow paint in a multitude of colors in 1 oz. bottles for well under $3.00 each. I've found Hot Pink and Day Glow Orange work best for my old eyes... while one of my friends likes bright Lime Green. Talk about inexpensive--- I'm guessing one little bottle will do at least 500 sights. This paint is very tough and resistant to cleaning chemicals... (Duh--- it's made to be used underwater)....and some of it is even photo active. . . meaning you either "charge it" with a quick blink from a flash light--- or at a night match as soon as your flashlight beam crosses the sight it "lights up". I clean my front sights with alcohol... apply a couple coats of flat white primer... then all it takes is one drop of the lure paint and your are all set. I'm sure there are many brands but the company name and phone number on the bottles in my closet is Component Systems Co. (715) 845-3009 Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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