morehops52
50 Cal.
Ever since I was a kid I've never had a front sight I would call great Most Of my ML's came with a bead front and while not bad they were too wide. I took a file or dremel to every one of them to give me a more discerning sight picture. My GPR post is like a tree trunk so I filed a notch in the center and have tried various white, day glow, neon paints in various colors. All of these work fine in day light but as the day grows long trying to pick out my target, front sight and against a field/woods background is not going well for my old eyes. The best I've seen for my problem is fiber optics but the ones I have seen are too wide just like factory sights.
I was reading a post and some folks here knew their stuff on fiber optics and it gots me to thinking. After taking some measurements and looking at various diameters I went on line and ordered what I hoped would be my answer. After altering my front sight I took it to the range and lo and behold It works for me,. My personal answer is to epoxy a 1.5mm green fiber optic rod to my standard Lyman front sight. The post has enough flat on the top and the blade curves toward the muzzle. I cut the rod to the full length of the blade as one of the knowledgeable gents mentioned the longer the optic, the more light it gathers for brightness, something I hadn't considered before.
Our range has a roof over the tables and I was there on an overcast day. When I pulled the rifle back under the roof, the sight wasn't very bright but still better. What it did do was give me a finer sight picture as that 1.5mm is much smaller than the post and the "hump" of the optic showed off nicely above the flat top of the post. I pushed the muzzle forward a foot and the green lit up just like it should. Note that with gluing it on the I have no bulky hardware. I don't bust the brush with the GPR so I don't expect it to get torn off but if it does, I've got 4 more inches to cut up and glue back on. I haven't tried it in the field yet but I expect that for me this is the best I'm going to do with open sights and it's a great improvement both in visibility and finer sighting. The target agreed with me. These rods are available at various sites like ebay in your choice of colors and diameters. I thought that going down to 1.0mm was too small for me but it may work for someone else.
I was reading a post and some folks here knew their stuff on fiber optics and it gots me to thinking. After taking some measurements and looking at various diameters I went on line and ordered what I hoped would be my answer. After altering my front sight I took it to the range and lo and behold It works for me,. My personal answer is to epoxy a 1.5mm green fiber optic rod to my standard Lyman front sight. The post has enough flat on the top and the blade curves toward the muzzle. I cut the rod to the full length of the blade as one of the knowledgeable gents mentioned the longer the optic, the more light it gathers for brightness, something I hadn't considered before.
Our range has a roof over the tables and I was there on an overcast day. When I pulled the rifle back under the roof, the sight wasn't very bright but still better. What it did do was give me a finer sight picture as that 1.5mm is much smaller than the post and the "hump" of the optic showed off nicely above the flat top of the post. I pushed the muzzle forward a foot and the green lit up just like it should. Note that with gluing it on the I have no bulky hardware. I don't bust the brush with the GPR so I don't expect it to get torn off but if it does, I've got 4 more inches to cut up and glue back on. I haven't tried it in the field yet but I expect that for me this is the best I'm going to do with open sights and it's a great improvement both in visibility and finer sighting. The target agreed with me. These rods are available at various sites like ebay in your choice of colors and diameters. I thought that going down to 1.0mm was too small for me but it may work for someone else.
