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Question on LR Metallic Silhouette Handgun front sight
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<blockquote data-quote="GNERGY" data-source="post: 423699"><p>Chad,</p><p>I was hoping you would answer my question. If anybody could help me come up with a solution or confirm what I want to try it would be you.</p><p>Back when I got into handgun silhouette the other shooters tried a lot of different front sight combos. The front post was too big to be able to be accurate on chickens at 200 meters for shoot off's. They ended up with crosshairs for the front sight. I tried different diameters of wires and .006 to .008 seemed to work the best for me as well as the other shooters. It would not cover the small silhouette ( chickens ) at 200 meters. </p><p>We shot out in the open so the front sight ( crosshair ) was always visible against the black steel targets. But when I tried shooting under a covered firing line I had a hard time seeing the crosshair against the black target, it would just dissappear. I would have to move off target and realign the crosshair in the rear peep and then back on target, then it would still blend in. If I could just get a little light to keep the crosshair a little brighter then the target I could hit them. I usually shot 35 to 37 out of 40.</p><p>I was even looking into the tru glo sights that bow hunters use, but I don't think you could use them sideways and not head on beacuse the light doesn't come out thru the sides.</p><p>That is why I was thinking of milling a slot where the first untaped area is on the globe ( so light can shine on the front part of the crosshair ) to make it more visible. Sorry for the long explanation.</p><p>Anybody else done anything with tru glo ( fiber optic ) sights on a gun. Has to be a small OD .006 to .010 Dia.</p><p>Thanks</p><p>Tarey</p><p>That's a really nice pistol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GNERGY, post: 423699"] Chad, I was hoping you would answer my question. If anybody could help me come up with a solution or confirm what I want to try it would be you. Back when I got into handgun silhouette the other shooters tried a lot of different front sight combos. The front post was too big to be able to be accurate on chickens at 200 meters for shoot off's. They ended up with crosshairs for the front sight. I tried different diameters of wires and .006 to .008 seemed to work the best for me as well as the other shooters. It would not cover the small silhouette ( chickens ) at 200 meters. We shot out in the open so the front sight ( crosshair ) was always visible against the black steel targets. But when I tried shooting under a covered firing line I had a hard time seeing the crosshair against the black target, it would just dissappear. I would have to move off target and realign the crosshair in the rear peep and then back on target, then it would still blend in. If I could just get a little light to keep the crosshair a little brighter then the target I could hit them. I usually shot 35 to 37 out of 40. I was even looking into the tru glo sights that bow hunters use, but I don't think you could use them sideways and not head on beacuse the light doesn't come out thru the sides. That is why I was thinking of milling a slot where the first untaped area is on the globe ( so light can shine on the front part of the crosshair ) to make it more visible. Sorry for the long explanation. Anybody else done anything with tru glo ( fiber optic ) sights on a gun. Has to be a small OD .006 to .010 Dia. Thanks Tarey That's a really nice pistol. [/QUOTE]
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