Black out

[jeep78]

Any easy clean up paint suggestions for rear night sights.

If the rear sights have white filled dimples, I use a black crayon.

Target shooters going back over 100 years would smoke sights with a candle. Soot just rubs off.

For something more rub resistant, black fingernail polish from the dollar store...1 buck. Nail polish remover takes it right off.

 

[331GT]

I just picked up a new revolver and it's blacked out on the front and rear. Is there any kind of tritium paint I can put on the front sight? (Asking for a cheap bastard friend)

 

[jpm2953]

Blacked out rear and FO front is THE way

 

[RiverBend]

Black sharpies are my fried and the first thing I do to non radiated night sights, or any factory sights, no U, dots, nada to distract at the rear.

 

[BDR1]

Dry erase marker.. if you don’t like it you can just wipe it off

 

[cmshoot]

I usually just buy an entire new sight that doesn’t have dots in it. If it’s just painted dots, I will remove the paint, and/or paint the rear of the sight flat black.

I like my rear sight to have a strong ledge or hook on the front edge, something that I can rack off of, plus I want the face of it to be serrated. This isn’t usually what most companies offer, so I just replace it with what I want.

Another option is from Trijicon. They make different colors and brightness of tritium, so you can order a set with a bright green front sight but dim yellow rear sight, for example.

 

[payneed]

You can also flip the sight around in some pistols.

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