Sun Shade for Shiny Sight

[Crawfish]

So I am at the range, sighting in my TC Hawken. The Sun is turning the front sight into a super nova for my eyes.
most of you all probably already know this, but it was a new idea to me.
I put a masking tape sun shade over the front sight-problem solved!

 

[Crawfish]

Masking tape worked well, front sight became a dark post!!

 

[Grenadier1758]

Take a toilet paper roll cardboard core. Slit the tube lengthwise and it will grip the side of the barrel and cover the sight. Works as a shader for the front sight too.

 

[Grimord]

I have made some sight shades from 1"plastic water pipe. I cut a slit in the bottom so I can spread the sides to fit over the sights dovetail base.

 

[EC121]

I also use the PVC pipe.

 

[TrapperPete]

why not just smoke the sight , you use a candle , a match , your bic lighter

a sooted sight is about a s flat of a black as you can get all, if you don't like it wipe it off with a patch

 

[rafterob]

I keep a black sharpy in my shooting bag

 

[hanshi]

I've used pvc and a few other things for sight covers on occasion. One thing that worked was a front sight cover off a .22LR. It was springy enough to grip the front sight base. Being metal it was durable as well.

 

[Crawfish]

Black Sharpie had no power over that sun angle. I don’t have a Bic to flick, so I made do. It worked well.

 

[.36Rooster]

I like these sun shades that some of our users build from copper and metal. I had never seen them before coming to this site. Very attractive.