AccelR8 -Two front sights I can see pretty well primarily because of the orange color. On the right, a layer of florescent orange nail polish over a layer of white. On the left, one I did with files back in the early 1980's using a liquid sight insert kit from Brownells. The sight was originally a plain black serrated ramp. I filed the notch with a triangle file, scratched in the grooves with a thread gauge matching the spacing of the little grooves, then cut the grooves first with a knife-edge needle file and then finished them with a triangle needle file. I see in this pic, they've taken a little beating since then. Held up well though over the years.
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In terms of my eyes, I remember doing that insert with simply the issued eyeballs, no magnification. There is no way I could do that today. In my early 20's I tried scoping a revolver but found I could not shoot it any better than I could the iron sights. Might be time to revisit that. Today, I can sure shoot a red dot sighted 22 pistol way better than I can the same open sighted pistol.
OOpss... I forgot to mention....
Dave Schwarze used front sight inserts he cut from clear neon colored tooth brush handles.
Under certain conditions, these caught the light from the sides and top ramp; and fairly glowed. I had him put these on my adjustable sights "N"s. Often thought about trying blue or green, etc..... but stuck w/ red.
With regards,
357Mag