Dealing with sunny days and sight glare

[KDubs]

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 Not the greatest picture but it get the point across.
 Yesterday's shooting session was in a nice sunny sandpit and I really had some issues with glare and heat vapors .
 I've tried sooting the sights, paper towel tube shaders etc
 Nothing worked any better than the other
 So after some Internet reading I came across several accounts of folks use a flat black spray paint on the top flat and sights.
So I thought I'll give it a try.
 As you can see the front sights shines quite nicely and the side flat still reflect light but the top flat is dull
 Our club has a shoot tomorrow so we'll see then how it works .
 Thoughts and comments welcome.
 Kevin

[Nessmuk]

Brilliant!!

[No Powder]

Certainly no authority on sights, but sure seems like it would help to me. Looking forward to find out if it does. While we're on this subject, you know a lot of guys put paint on their sights. Mostly front, but sometimes rear. I read an article one time that recommended put blue paint on the front, and yellow on rear (I think). I tried to find the article to take a photo of this info, but can't find it. Still looking. Has anyone else ever heard of this before? Kevin, I hope your paint works so good you ace the course tomorrow.

[KDubs]

Well thank you,  as long as I beat a guy named Archie I'll be good
  I know some clubs, TMA postal shoot and others forbid painting the front sight, like a bead I suppose.
 Nothing I've found about painting the flats though.
 I'll give a report tomorrow after the shoot.
Kevin

[No Powder]

Is Archie bigger than you. Be careful. 🤕  Here is the statement about the blue and yellow paint. What do you think? [ Invalid Attachment ]

[KDubs]

Seems like that approach would help get equal height equal light
As the saying goes .
  Another thing I did to reduce glare that I read about is cutting a horizontal line across the face of the front sight , halfway from the flat to the tip with a file
  Can't say really it helped , supposed to scatter the reflection I believe
  I think this black paint will do the trick.
 We shall see.
 Kevin

[KDubs]

 Well I am back from the shoot and I am happy to report I took 1st place in rifle and 1st over all in aggregate. 
 hit 14 of 17 targets . not bad for me.
 My only complaint is that my friend Archie wasn't there,  he usually aces the course so I have some improvement to do but I am happy.
 it was overcast most of the shoot with short periods of sun and rain. No glare whatsoever, I could bring ginger to shoulder and boom good sight picture. no heat waves, no reflection off the flat.  awesome.
 I'm very pleased so far, the paint stayed on for the cleaning too, didn't rub off.  it's only a very light dusting of black.
  So the heavy rains are starting again but I'll head to the range this w/e for some fun and report back.. hoping for full sun to see how that is.
kevin
 

[No Powder]

Good on ya. Are you the same guy who told me about two days ago, that you can't shoot? Now you know why I said I didn't believe it for a minute.