Ever Used Glow-On Paint To Brighten Iron Sights?

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Ever Used Glow-On Paint To Brighten Iron Sights?

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My little Ruger LC9S isn't a bullseye shooter I realize, but the 3 dot white sights it came with are pitiful.

So, I'm considering preppy them with a little drilling out of what's in there, then q-tip them with alcohol afterwards, let dry and start in with painting on the glow-on.

Anyone here ever do that with gun sights that simply weren't up to par?

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That's one of those things that never made much sense to me.

A concealed pistol would not be exposed to much, if any, light. Even an openly carried pistol will probably have the front sight covered by the holster.

I would think white paint would be better for most situations.

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I've used nail polish on my front sight and it helps with faster target acquisition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... lMYzJpD4n8

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Tried it. Bought it off Amazon. Did not work for me.
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Pawpaw,

Supposedly, this stuff brightens up the sight, so if one does have to aim, target acquisition is quicker.

Does it work well?

I don't know, but my eyes can barely see the sights as they exist on my little Ruger.

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I have not tried it.
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I have used Bright Sights paint http://brightsights.com/ which helps in low light, but as mentioned, if you are talking about glow-in-the-dark paint, it would need to be exposed to light before it would illuminate.
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You might be better off putting some XS Big Dot sights on it.
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Pawpaw wrote:You might be better off putting some XS Big Dot sights on it.
That was my final solution. I could not be more satisfied.

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On a couple of my gun the tritium doesn't work anymore. So I have painted the old tritium circle red and the rest of the post white. I have tried other colors but that what just seems to make it real easy to pick up the front sight.

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Thanks for all the responses.
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My daughter has some bright orange nail polish. I put a dab of that on the front sight of something a year or so ago. It's not glow in the dark or anything, but it does help with sight acquisition when there's enough light.
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Several years ago right after Halloween I noticed some bright orange fingernail polish in the bargain bin of Halloweeen stuff at Wally World. I picked it up and have been putting it onto front Sights ever since. Works great for me!

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I've used the bright colored nail polish to brighten a front sight, and it helped me. White seems to my aging eyes to be the least effective, green is much better, and red the best. Just for me personally.
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