I recently purchased an FNX 45. Still have yet to shoot the damn thing but work makes it difficult to get the time. It's a sin to leave it there I know. It will have its day( days). 

 

To give some background before the question:

I have been practicing some dry fire drills to check my stance, grip, trigger pull and sight alignment. I was taught that I should have both eyes open, focus on the front sight and obviously line up the dots. Now my issue is that the stock sights are white up front and white in back. I noticed that I at times will mistake which is the front sight when I practice pressing the gun out from my chest ( half practicing a draw from holster maneuver).

 

Finally for the question:

Has anyone tried to color the front sight a different color to make it easier to distinguish from the rear sight? And if so, details of paint, color etc would be appreciated. Oh, and it you thought it was a waste of time or ruined your sight picture. Thanks.

 

 

 

KCCO

Im actually in the process of putting the new Trijicon HD night sights on my FNX45 which give you the option of having different color front and rear sights (yellow, green and orange)..as for the sight picture I think with enough practice and making sure you pick up and focus on that front sight , youll start getting proper sight picture real soon..just remember that front dot will look like its on a skinny post while the rear dots will be surrounded by more black post

I would suggest getting some range time in first before going out and changing anything drastic.  If you really want to change the color for now, you can use model paint and a toothpick.  I used it on my 1911 and its going strong for a while now.  

I would suggest getting some range time in first before going out and changing anything drastic. If you really want to change the color for now, you can use model paint and a toothpick. I used it on my 1911 and its going strong for a while now.

+1 on the model paint...Testors enamel model paint is GTG

Jrfly3006, where did you find the trijicon sights at? I was waiting for them to come out for the fnx 45

John I believe if you google FN101Y or FN101O youll get a bunch of them for sale online...below is a post from FN forum where someone spoke direct with Trijicon about ordering..I also believe ameriglo makes some for Fn but I havent confirmed it

 

"Just got off the phone with a nice lady who is an Ordering Specialist at Trijicon. She told me we can order the Trijicon HD sights for the FNX pistol! I got part numbers and instructions from her in an email. Basically we send our shipping and billing information (no card numbers or payment information) to them in an email with the part number we want. It is a 12 week turnaround time she said. Here is the bread and butter portion of the email below....

 

"It was a pleasure speaking with you. Below is the information you will need. Please send us your billing/shipping address and which color you would like to order to [email protected]. Have a wonderful day.

 

600676 FN HD™ Night Sight Set – Yellow $154.00 +10.50 shipping

600678 FN HD™ Night Sight Set – Orange $154.00+10.50 shipping"

 

Unfortunately the prices are at MSRP. I checked with my normal sight install guy to see if he can get them and install them for me. I'll let you know what his response is."