Fowler update

[Kamu]

Well I've build my Fowler almost a year ago and here in the next couple weeks I'm going to address some rookie build mistakes that I made. The first will be the sight.. I can hit a paper plate every time at 50 -60 yards or so but this little turtle sight drives me crazy... I had to file the sucker down to where it is a little hump. Looks like a short fat turtle and even though I can hit with it I want something with a little smoother transition on the barrel. One with a better sight picture. I want to use my tang bolt as my back sight but couldn't because the gun shot so low.. so I might go with an back sight of some sort.

 

[Kamu]

Any recommendations on what to do with that fat turtle sight.

 

[Eric Krewson]

You might bend the barrel up slightly and be able to use most of a normal sight.

 

[tenngun]

I find the pointing and trying to concentrate on tang bolt or a mark on the back or check placement all inconvenient. I did the same thing with a TFC gun. Finely I got a new front sight and put ina rear sight. Ten times easier for me to shoot.
I’m about to build a smooth rifle as soon as my parts get in, and you can bet it will have a rear sight.

 

[bigted]

I second the rear sight. I fashioned a rear peep post that screws into a drilled n tapped hole in the tang of my smoothy. I used a thumb screw and drilled it and shaped it into a sorta ghost ring. Works like a charm.

By the by ... i like your turtle front sight.

 

[hanshi]

I'm very glad I got a rear sight installed on mine; it makes it so easy to shoot well.