One of my pocket guns is a
Smith & Wesson revolver (model 642.) It’s a great little gun that’s never
given me any problems, which is probably why Smith & Wesson has sold
millions of snub-nosed revolvers.
However, even though the gun
works flawlessly, one of the complaints I often hear about snubby revolvers,
and pocket guns in general, is that people have difficulty seeing the sights.
And the fact is, they’re right…
Because most snub-nosed
revolvers and other pocket guns have small sights or sights with colors that
poorly contrast against a target. And since being able to see your sights is
obviously critical if you ever have to use a gun to defend yourself, here are a
few ways you can improve your sights on your pocket guns.
The first and easiest way is
to simply put some paint or nail polish on your front sight. Use a color such
as red or neon green. Just remember not to overdue it when applying color to
the front sight… you only want to apply a small amount.
For instance, the Smith
& Wesson snubbies have a ramped front sight. You only want to put paint
towards the top of the ramp, and not on the entire ramp or else you could end
up shooting high. (Go to the range after you’ve painted your sight and you’ll
be able to quickly tell if you’ve made this mistake.)
Now, if you want to spend a little money to improve
your sights…
You can put a brand new
front sight on your gun. HiViz makes a green fiber optic front sight and XS
Sight Systems makes the Big Dot that is quite popular. Brownell’s also sells a
lot of sights.
If you first try putting
nail polish on your sight and that doesn’t work for you, then I would
definitely purchase a new sight from one of the companies above. Sights aren’t
that expensive and your life is certainly worth paying around $60 for a new
sight.
The bottom line is, settling
for sights that one can’t easily see is a foolish idea. So if you’re having
trouble seeing the sights on any of your guns, I would work on improving them
as soon as you get the chance.
No comments:
Post a Comment