How to Make Gun Sights Glow in the Dark
Aligning gun sights increases in difficulty in low-light conditions. This causes you to strain when attempting to aim the firearm in darkness or near-darkness. When using a firearm for hunting, every second counts to ensure your quarry does not get away. A glow-in-the-dark paint charges with light and provides an affordable option to make a firearm's sights visible in low-light conditions. Proper preparation and application ensures the sights of your firearm remain visible during low-light hunting.
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Things You'll Need
- Gun vise
- Cotton swab
- Isopropyl alcohol
- Glow-in-the-dark paint
- Wooden dowel, 1/8 inch diameter
- Small artist paintbrush
- Mineral spirits
Instructions
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Secure the firearm in a gun vise. Ensure the sights of the firearm sit above the vise.
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Dip a cotton swab in isopropyl alcohol. Rub the cotton swab over the top edge of the front sight and the flat, back face of the rear sight. Allow the cleaned areas to dry for 15 to 20 minutes.
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Shake a jar of glow-in-the-dark paint for the time recommended by the manufacturer. Remove the jar lid and stir the paint with the dowel for 30 seconds.
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Apply paint to the top face of the front sight with the paintbrush. Clean the paintbrush with mineral spirits.
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Loosen the gun vise and tilt the front of the firearm toward the table supporting the vise. Tighten the vise to hold the firearm in place.
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Pull the dowel from the paint. Hold the dowel over the open jar until no paint drips from the end of the dowel.
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Touch the end of the wooden dowel, which should still retain some paint, on the left side of the rear sight to place a 1/8-inch diameter dot of paint on the flat backside of the sight. Repeat the process to place a dot on the right side of the rear sight. Allow the paint to dry for 24 hours before using the firearm.
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References
- Photo Credit man with gun image by Igors Leonovs from Fotolia.com
