who has fixed a front sight missing the orange piece?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - who has fixed a front sight missing the orange piece?

Posted: 4/29/2015 7:07:10 AM EDT

I watched the Brownells vid on youtube seeing he made a "fence" and poured in some acrylic with dye in it. Can I do the same with G-Flex epoxy with food coloring in it? Or should I melt in some plastic or what? JB weld and then paint with nail polish? What have you done?

Posted: 4/29/2015 3:47:05 PM EDT

[#1]

Brownells sells sheets of hard plastic to cut inserts from , you fit it to the existing slot.
If you happen to have any old colorful plastic ammo boxes you can make an insert from them.

You can also "pour" and insert / mold it to your cut out.
I prefer to cut and fit one.

Posted: 4/29/2015 5:17:28 PM EDT

[#2]

alrighty, I will try cutting one out of plastic and shaping it with files to fit in there, I assume you epoxy it in place?

Posted: 4/29/2015 8:37:15 PM EDT

[#3]

Fit it tight.
It will not move or come out.
You can make a small void on the back side and use a dab of epoxy if you want to.

If you have a sharp exacto knife and a MTM ammo box you can cut one out pretty darn close with a little practice.

Posted: 4/30/2015 10:05:36 PM EDT

[#4]

I pulled the red insert from my S&W model 19 because I was having trouble focusing on it and I prefer plain, black sights.

I did the "fence method" with Brownells Acra-Glass Gel colored with powdered graphite to make it black.

A little file and crocus-cloth work finished it off.

Turned out nice. that was years ago and it's still hanging in there.

Posted: 5/4/2015 9:59:55 PM EDT

[#5]

made one tonite out of a piece of yellow plastic from an old table saw I had once. Turned out great IMHO. Finish sanded it once in place with some 600 grit. Nice.

Posted: 5/5/2015 6:28:41 PM EDT

[#6]

When you get bored you can change the color......

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - who has fixed a front sight missing the orange piece?

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