$10 DIY Night Sights???

http://www.glonation.com/pigmented-glow-paint.html

Saw this recommended on another board. Thinking about giving it a tryout.

According to the web site they only glow from 15 minutes to a few hours.

I used some similar paint for the sights on an old airgun; It'll glow brightly for about 10-15 minutes after exposure to light and then fade quickly. It's like those old glow-in-the-dark toys, or the hands on a watch. It has to be recharged with light.

Doesn't sound as grand as it did in the post I read. Not sure 10-15 minutes is worthwhile. I guess there's a good reason good night sights are $100.

im wondering if u could charge it with a flash light for shootin critters at night

ree_countrygirl wrote:im wondering if u could charge it with a flash light for shootin critters at night

That's what I did; ever so often, I'd shine my light right on it and it'd be good to go for a little while longer.

RKpianoman wrote:

ree_countrygirl wrote:im wondering if u could charge it with a flash light for shootin critters at night

That's what I did; ever so often, I'd shine my light right on it and it'd be good to go for a little while longer.

how hard is it to see past after dark?

For those 10 or 15 minutes, you could see it pretty easily; nothing like tritium or anything, but you can see it well enough to line your sights up. For the first couple minutes, it's very bright; but, after that it gets fairly dim...you can't get your sights lined up super quick like you can with the tritium, but if you have two or three seconds to line up that front sight, it'll do the trick.

i might have to try it. beats the crap outta 35 dollars for just a front hiviz sight