Shades

[web365ster]

Anyone use a Shade over their sights when shooting Targets.
I see a few, mostly they are takeoff, (spring tension holds them on) so you just grab them and pull em off.

A lot of them look real crappy ie. plastic pipe, painted black- tin hammered into a semi circle etc.
Id like some spring steel or something that worked but was a little better than some of the ones i see.

any ideas on what to use to make some?

[smylee grouch]

 BRASS engraving practice plates that I repurposed .

[Daryl]

Anyone use a Shade over their sights when shooting Targets.
I see a few, mostly they are takeoff, (spring tension holds them on) so you just grab them and pull em off.

A lot of them look real crappy ie. plastic pipe, painted black- tin hammered into a semi circle etc.
Id like some spring steel or something that worked but was a little better than some of the ones i see.

any ideas on what to use to make some?

12 or 10 bore plastic cases. Black plastic pipe, brass as Rich did. Steel tubing. Do "they" allow full length tube? Could be steel then - or brass.
Brass tubing can be found in generally model airplane hobby shops up to 1" in diameter.

What the look like when looking through them using the sights is what is important.

[smokinbuck]

I slot 1" thin wall copper to fit tightly on the sight base

[Daryl]

That's what I did with the plastic shotshell cases cut off above the base wad. A slit and they easily clamp down over both sights.

[Leatherbark]

If you want to make a nice permanently made shaders for you gun use Bronze plumbing drain tubing.  This bronze is "springy" and they can be painted inside with flat black paint.  Mine are taped inside with OD green flat colored duct tape.  I do need to paint mine.

Here is an example of one from Amazon for $7.99

[MuskratMike]

At my range in the summer if I don't get there before the sun hits a certain spot I am okay after that I need shaders. I made mine out of copper couplings. They seem to do the job. Not fancy but neither am I.

[bluenoser]

The thin walled plastic drop tube in an old electric water heater is the perfect diameter and springy.  Cut to length, split the side, paint flat black and Bob's your uncle.  Won't scratch the barrel.
Yes, I must admit to being a dedicated scrounger 

[Jerry]

Years ago when I shot competitive BP we would take the plastic 35 mm film cases and cut the bottom out and slit them down the side. They worked perfect. Jerry