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Coloring blade front sight
Oct 13th, 2024 at 8:54am
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Anyone with experience/opinion on coloring a blade front sight? Improvement?
Best color etc? 

  
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Re: Coloring blade front sight
Reply #1 - Oct 13th, 2024 at 8:37pm
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Babydriver wrote on Oct 13th, 2024 at 8:54am:
Anyone with experience/opinion on coloring a blade front sight? Improvement?
Best color etc? 



I think it all depends on: (a) the target (or game/woods) and (b) the general lighting conditions you'll encounter.

For targets, I like flat black.  For deer in low light in dark green fir thickets, I find a white bead on a black post works well (or a low-power scope is even better).

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Reply #2 - Oct 13th, 2024 at 9:59pm
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I sometimes put a tiny dot of orange on the tip of my front sight. If I hunt the bottoms the light goes pretty quickly.



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Reply #3 - Oct 14th, 2024 at 6:58am
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Thanks for the replies.
Not hunting.
In one case .22 BPCR. Tiny black targets.
In the other 200 meter ram bash. Life sized painted white.
  
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Reply #4 - Oct 14th, 2024 at 7:29am
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White on post.
  
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Reply #5 - Oct 14th, 2024 at 12:05pm
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For tiny black targets adjust your aim to a 6 O'clock hold. You can easily do the same on Rams. Much more precise than a center hold.
  
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Re: Coloring blade front sight
Reply #6 - Oct 14th, 2024 at 1:48pm
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Competitive pistol shooter since 1968. 20 year's military service. Black absolutely. Nobody encounters the variety of target conditions the GI does. Black. 'Nuff said. Old Soldier is right about 6-o'clock holds, too.
  
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Reply #7 - Oct 14th, 2024 at 4:17pm
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Thanks. I do use a six o’clock hold. 
  
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