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How to Make a Light-Activated Sight

Looking down a gun sight after a few hours can cause eye fatigue and even headaches. You can make the gun sight react to light so that you are warned when there is movement occurring in front of you. The procedure requires a physical alteration of the gun sight, although no disassembly will be taking place. You will need supplies acquired from a gun shop and hobby shop.

Things You'll Need

Gun cleaning fluid
Cotton swabs
Soft cloth
Gun slight fluorescent light fluid
Model applicator stick

Instructions

- 1
  Stand the unloaded gun on a work surface with the barrel facing away from you. Ensure that the gun lock is constricting the trigger and that the hammer of the gun isn't pulled back.
- 2
  Apply gun cleaner fluid to the end of a cotton swab. Rub the moistened end of the swab against the top and sides of the front sight nub near the end of the barrel. Rub the moistened end of the swab along both sides and the top of the two notches on the sight closest to the hammer. Repeat this procedure with the indented area on the sight closest to the hammer that is between the two notches.
- 3
  Repeat this entire procedure on both the front and rear sights with a cotton swab that has been moistened in gun machine oil. Wipe the front and rear sights with a soft cloth to remove excess oil.
- 4
  Apply the gun sight fluorescent light fluid to the tip of a model applicator stick. Brush the top of the front sight to form a dot. Make a dot on the left side of the left notch on the rear sight that is up against the indentation. Repeat this with the notch on the other side of the sight. Repeat this procedure on both sights to increase the size of the dots.
- 5
  Place the gun in a location where it can't be accessed by anyone else: for example, in a locked drawer or safe. Don't remove the gun for use for at least two days.

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