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I found the rear dots on the factory Novaks distracting, so I went to black them out. I didn't want to do anything permanent, so my first try was a black dry-erase marker. It was tough to cover every bit of white, and it didn't last very long. Black electrical or gaffers' tape wouldn't stick well to the curved part of the sights, and also would encroach on the notch. I wanted something like glazing compound or painter's putty, but nothing comes in black. Then I remembered making neutrally buoyant fishing lures with stuff called Sculpey. It's a polymer clay that forms and shapes well, and can then be baked solid. I thought this would provide a good, non-permanent mod and it worked like a charm. It pushes into the rear dots and sticks well. A few sweeps of a knife blade will take off any excess and you're done. The clay is a matte/dull finish by nature, so it blends well with the sight. If you don't bake it on, simply take a paper clip and dig it out of the dot dimples and you're back to a factory sight. I found it makes the novak rear much less distracting, allowing you to focus on the front sight. You could take the suggestion a step in-between. I bought black to eliminate the rear dots. If you like them, but wanted to tone them down a little, you could use red or other color that you can see at first, but could "look past". If you really like the rear dots, you could buy a fluorescent green, yellow, or orange.
Ok, so it's nowhere near genious, but for a couple bucks and a trip to the craft store, it was the best solution to my problem and the sight picture is greatly improved for me. FWIW...YMMV
Ok, so it's nowhere near genious, but for a couple bucks and a trip to the craft store, it was the best solution to my problem and the sight picture is greatly improved for me. FWIW...YMMV
