front sight trouble

[bowkill]

Ok guys need some pictures of front sights that would be good for hunting but still serviceable for target style shooting. What i have now is a silver looking thing that is hard for me to see. will post pick in a little.

 

[Don Steele]

I've put a steel "patridge" front blade on mine and like it just fine for deer, hogs, silhouettes, and paper punching.
Any of the parts suppliers will have pics for you to take a look at.

 

[MJMarkey]

It says age 42 on your stats.

It happens to all of us and it doesn't get any better with age. My suggestion is if your front sights are getting hard to see you need a visit to the eye doctor. LOL :v

 

[galamb]

I put a fiber optic front sight on my 50 (that would be more at home on a Winchester or Marlin lever gun).

But only use it when the HCPC police force is not around.

 

[Patocazador]

I use one like this: http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/874/1/FS-D37-I?PageSize=100

I paint the backside edge of it with white or yellow paint and touch it up as needed.

Here's a bunch to choose from: http://www.trackofthewolf.com/List/Item.aspx/874/1?PageSize=100

 

[nchawkeye]

Here is how I do mine...By putting an angle on the rear, it catches light in the woods...When target shooting you can either make a hood, smoke it or use a marker to paint it black...

 

[bowkill]

here is mine not much different than most. maybe i just need glasses... :idunno:

 

[Pete G]

That sight needs replacing anyway. Get one that fits snug to the top of the barrel.

 

[bowkill]

Hey your right, never really paid attention. That does kind of suck..

 

[nhmoose]

I am 62 my front sight I can see the back sight on my favorite rifle has been moved 3 times down the barrel. Front sight blurred has been my sighting all along.

In handguns front sight is it, Front sight squeeze, Front sight squeeze, Front sight squeeze, Front sight squeeze, Rifles are however different.

 

[crockett]

Have you tried just blackening what you have? At sundown you can rub off the black and have a sight that shows up better.

 

[Rifleman1776]

My fine longrifle has silver sights, front and rear. And, I agree, they do glare in sunlight. I blacken the rear with a felt tip. The front I learned to live with. Changing would destroy part of the beauty of this rifle. But, for practical shooting I prefer the standard patridge sights. The front black (for me) provides enough contrast under all shootable light conditions. Depends on you and what you are willing to do to your rifle.

 

[Billnpatti]

One excellent way to sharpen up your sight picture is by using a Merit device. It is an adjustable aperture device with a suction cup. It can be stuck on your eye glasses and adjusted to give the clearest sight picture. A cheaper way of doing the same thing is by putting a pin hole in a piece of electrical tape and sticking it to your glasses so that as you look at your sights you are looking through the pin hole. Other than this, you can try using different colors of fingernail polish on your front sight. White or bright red seem to be the most common choices.

 

[Ft. Jefferson]

It's all really quite very simple. Dark sight in the open, light site in the shadows. Either, or! As i have spent most all of my time in the woods, i tend toward dark sights, as my ole eyes seem to prefer them. Go figure. Yours will differ! A Silver front sight seems to make me shoot low. Maybe, if i used a silver rear sight, this would change. I'm sure, if i live long enough, this'll get better. My advice would be to follow your own discovories. In the end, if ya can't find the answer, just think outside the box!!!

 

[Pierre du Plessis]

My rifle has an ivory front-sight - sort of 18th century "fiber-optics", if you know what I mean :wink: . Absolutely no glare, easy to use in the day, and extremely useful for hunting in low-light conditions - it shows up very distinctly. If I ever build guns, as I hope to do someday, I'll be putting ivory sights on most if not all if them...

I'll post a picture asap

 

[bowkill]

post that picture...

 

[Pierre du Plessis]

I'm still trying to figure out how to post pics :grin:...

Just to follow up on my previous post: the gun was made 'bout 38 years ago - I researched it some more, and don't think that ivory for sights is available anymore. I've heard of people using bone though...

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Actually, my rifle building friend says he checks with piano restoration companies, and looks for broken ivory keys.. from very old pianos...not good for much else, but a few broken keys will yield a bunch of front sight blades. They are more fragile than thin silver when used alone.

LD

 

[necchi]

I use one like this: http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/874/1/FS-D37-I?PageSize=100

Yup, that's the one.
A little "White out" for dark,, then a black magic marker for light.

 

[Pierre du Plessis]

For some reason Photobucket isn't working for me... I'm going to try a link to an Imageshack file:

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