brady holderread
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Am building a 40cal ,32 inch barrel in the hawkin style for squirrel and small game. What would be a good all round sight. Am an old guy with old guy sight
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choosing style of sights
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I have a bunch of ML rifles, and for me the easiest to see is the notched buck horn that comes on Lyman's Great Plains Rifle. That said the rifle I shoot best is an 1861 Springfield with military issue sights. Go figure. My 61 year old eyes don't see any of them very well anymore.
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Jumpy,
You might try putting a small aperture on a dovetail base for the rear and then use a post and bead, with a hood, for the front. If it doesn't work you can easily change it to a more conventional rear with no damage done.
Mark
You might try putting a small aperture on a dovetail base for the rear and then use a post and bead, with a hood, for the front. If it doesn't work you can easily change it to a more conventional rear with no damage done.
Mark
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I agree with ihuntsnook. I put the Leman primitive rear sight on my .54 GPR flinter. The sights are bold and easy for my eyes to pick up. The thick Lyman front sight matches it perfectly. It's easy to keep focused when hunting in the woods. Sometimes the thinner front sight blades tend to fade away in the branches. You can still get good accuracy with these sights. My smallest group was 3/4" at 100 yards with that .54 GPR flinter, but that was a GOOD day.
brady holderread
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Many thanks Ihooksnook. sounds like good advice.
I have a Pedersoli that came with a front blade and rear buckhorn sights. Like you, my old eyes didn't cooperate anymore and after about 4 years, I switched out to fiber optic. It just about killed me to put fiber on that rifle :shake: , but at age 61 the eyes just weren't what they used to be. I also changed out the fiber color on the front sight from red to green. Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do I guess.
There is a nice looking, old style appearing, rear peep sight on the market. I thought I had it bookmarked but can't find.
Can somebody else help with that?
Can somebody else help with that?
Dixie Gunworks used to sell this sight but they quit carrying it several years ago.
It would look pretty strange on a longrifle but it suits my Schuetzen just fine. :grin:
It would look pretty strange on a longrifle but it suits my Schuetzen just fine. :grin:
