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Rohrbaugh Products and Accessories => Gunsmithing or Modifications for your Rohrbaugh => Topic started by: K-Man on February 27, 2011, 07:57:19 AM

Title: Front Sight
Post by: K-Man on February 27, 2011, 07:57:19 AM
Any suggestions on how to highlight the front sight?  
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: Z on February 27, 2011, 08:30:28 AM
Accurate Plating & Weaponry drills the front sight and then they will fill the hole with a color of your choice.
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: Prescottian on February 27, 2011, 10:21:57 AM
White paint works for me: simple, cheap, easily renewed.
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: Z on February 27, 2011, 07:38:38 PM
I tried the paint, didn't work for me. I shoot one mag a month through the gun once a month and clean it weekly. It did not hold up.
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: ccoorreeyy on February 27, 2011, 08:05:42 PM
That 3M Red reflector tape that they put on trailers seems to hold up better than paint.  It sticks pretty good (better if you rough up the site first) and is easy to remove or replace.
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: Z on February 28, 2011, 02:37:41 AM
Never thought about using tape. I may give it a try.
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: K-Man on February 28, 2011, 03:10:36 AM
Thanks for the suggestions.
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Post by: theirishguard on February 28, 2011, 11:27:57 AM
red finger nail polish   Tom
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Post by: Dino on February 28, 2011, 12:24:05 PM
Wolverine or anyone else can you tell me how much it cost to have Accurte Plating do the sight?

My eyes are getting weak....
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: ccoorreeyy on February 28, 2011, 12:34:57 PM
I'm not positive because im not looking at my invoice but it's not much.  I think it would be $40 (their mim. shop charge).
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: rodell on February 28, 2011, 09:15:48 PM
cwc, do you have a picture of the modified sight?
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: ccoorreeyy on February 28, 2011, 09:57:45 PM
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x275/ccaallaahhaann/custom%20II%20R9/DSC_1380.jpg)

(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x275/ccaallaahhaann/small3.jpg)
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: sdlsaginaw on March 01, 2011, 11:23:41 AM
Fingernail polish on the ramp works great.  Until a color change last weekend the same stuff had been on for most of last year and was still going strong.
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: RickP on March 01, 2011, 12:06:30 PM
Fingernail polish for me too. Easily removed with fingernail polish remover. Lasts very well.

Rick



Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: elde on March 05, 2011, 07:47:39 PM
Fingernail polish works well for me also....red polish followed up with a shot of clear. On my S&W 642 it's lasted well over a year with numerous cleanings.
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: SandMan on March 09, 2011, 05:24:26 PM
I have not tried fingernail polish - my wife doesn't wear it and when I go to the store myself, the color choices are just overwhelming to me... ;D ;D

Actually, one thing I have found w/paint is to put a thin coat of white on first, then red or orange over that after it has dried VERY well - it seems to be more durable and the red stands out a little better over the under-white than directly on gun metal.  Your mileage may vary.... :)
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: tracker on March 09, 2011, 06:03:03 PM

That technique is exactly the same as recommended by my gunsmith.
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: SandMan on March 09, 2011, 07:32:15 PM
.... the paint works 'well enough' for me, but I am curious if anybody has tried to have the sight post milled and then "attached" somehow a true gold bead [not paint - actual gold] in the dimple -- not sure how you would make that connection, but I have seen full-sized pistols w/gold beads that are very bright.
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: Dino on March 09, 2011, 09:06:30 PM
Thanks Sandman I will try that on my R9s.
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: flintsghost on March 18, 2011, 07:01:14 PM
At one time there was a kit that could be had which used a powder and resin mixture which you did yourself, very similar to acraglas, in various colors and was used to fill front sights in the S&W manner.   It was very good, quick and long lasting.  Much easier to do than cutting plastic inserts to replace those that came out during shooting.   I suspect that somebody still makes something like that since it hasn't been that long since I saw those kits for sale but don't recall where exactly.   Lots of colors were in the kit including green and yellow as well as orange and red etc.   A colored resin filled hole should last virtually forever.
Title: Re: Front Sight
Post by: rodell on March 18, 2011, 11:23:23 PM
Those kits are available from Brownells.  I use them to do revolver sights.  The polymer is tough.  If someone would drill my front sight, I'll try it.

If you have a milled hole, though, I'll bet that nail polish would last just as long (no abrasion).