Poor man night sights

[bch1988]

Hey all

So I picked up a ruger mk 2 last night and took it to the indoor range. I absolutely love it, except for the black on black sights.

I imagine it won't be an issue outdoors, but in the low light I was having trouble seeing.

Has anyone tried a poor mans night sight route (nail polish or modeling paint), or have any suggestions?

My model is the standard mk2 so no adjustable sights.

Thanks,

Ben

 

[Sniper977]

a neon yellow/orange/green nail polish works well if you want to try it. I also use a plain old White Out pen on my MKII sights to give it the white "U" notch at the rear and a white vertical stripe on the front. Works well for me and doesnt seem to rub off very easily. Other options are a Hi-Viz fiber optic front sight for about $20-30 online. There are paint kits at MidwayUSA too or this glow int he dark kit from cabelas:
Cabela's: Glow-In-The-Dark Sight Paint Kit
Good luck.

 

[Boris]

I don't know what "night sights" are and if they suppose to glow in the dark or what. I used whiteout to get my sights white again on CZ82. It's white, how can you go wrong?

 

[Mike-Mike]

TruGlo Ghost Glow Paint Kit TG985B TG985B. TruGlo Tritium & Fiber Optic Night Sights.

 

[RB101]

Nitesiters Handgun Night Sights

I have used these before. They are what they are at these prices. Work well if you don't mind recharging them under a light for a bit. Glow for a couple hours.

 

[bch1988]

Well I think I'll try the cheap route first (nail polish with clear glow coat) and for doesn't work ill drop some acetone one it and try for a nicer route. I'll post some pics when I fix it up.

 

[mclina]

I've painted the front sight post on a bunch of my rifles with yellow model enamel. It helps a lot when shooting against a dark backdrop.

If you don't like it, you can always wipe it off.

 

[RoterTeufel]

Well I think I'll try the cheap route first (nail polish with clear glow coat) and for doesn't work ill drop some acetone one it and try for a nicer route. I'll post some pics when I fix it up.

Careful ACETONE eats most plastics!

I used a gold fine tip sharpie on the front sight. It's okay. The package came with one silver & one gold. I also bought a bottle (4oz) of glow in the dark paint from the craft store (Michael's or Tuesday moring, Jo-anne fabrics) & put a couple layers over it. The glow in the dark stuff doesn't seem to do much, but it also doesn't see the light of day much either.

 

[bch1988]

Here is the 3913. I think it came out pretty good. Need to put some more coats on and a glow coat as well.

 

[RoterTeufel]

nice job.

I'd definitely go with something brighter next time like green/orange. Thought the gold would be like a throwback to a bead sight.

 

[bch1988]

Haha unfortunately the picture does it ZERO justice. It actually is bright green on the back and Halloween orange on the front. The old mans .357 shows the colors a bit better

 

[miniion]

I have tried the Glo paint from ebay, over the factory white filled sights. Then a dab of nail polish. The nice thing is that at the range those are reflective, bright white. Don't have any pics from range right now....