GPR sights question

[Smoke Rookie]

I bought a GPR 54 cal in the late summer, and of course love the hell out of it. One thing I would like to change however, are the sights. I really have trouble picking up my front sight, even though it's HUGE. I tried to put a dab of paint on the front of the wedge, but I still can't pick it up. I'm using the buckhorn that came on it for my rear sight right now. Would it help switching over to the other sight that came with it? Is the buckhorn sight the adjustable one (I believe) and the other one that came with the rifle the permanent one? It seems like other rifle brands will come with different (sometimes fiber optic) sights, and then have millions of aftermarket sights to choose between. Lyman I think has a set of sights for the GPR, but I don't know how good these are, or difficult to put on they would be. I do appreciate that they try to keep the GPR very authentic looking. But I would sacrifice a little in looks, if I could have sights that I enjoy shooting with more. Any thoughts for the Smoke Rookie here, would be greatly appreciated. I know I'm long winded as all get out. Should I just keep practicing with what I've got here or what?
Thanks in advance,
Brandon

 

One option is to file the wide front sight down to make it thinner which will provide a liddle light on each side of the blade when viewed thru the rear notch. Anuther option is to order a narrower front sight from TOTW stock no. FS-G-77-I.
A thinner front sight will improve yore "sight-pitcher" 200% if you have eyes like mine.

I've never liked the adjustable rear buckhorn sight provided by Lyman and have always used the non-adjustable primitive sight thet they include.

Fiber-optic sights belong on "Star War's guns"!! :imo: :m2c:

 

[Muleskinner]

I solved the problem on my GPR with a Tedd Cash front blade. Ding up the bottom of the base with a punch first so it slides in tight. I put som lock tite on mine too. The wide Tedd Cash is good even with my ol' whisky-soaked peepers. You have to file the sight down to the proper height, and I blued mine too.

 

[papellet]

I put a V peep on mine from[url] RMCsports.com[/url]. I had to sacrifice a bit of looks to be able to shoot and enjoy it. OK some people dont like fiber optics on a GPR but my enjoyment is shooting. I cant see the original sites well enough to shoot and be satisfied with my shooting.

 

[Smoke Rookie]

Thanks for the quick info. I see there are some insomniacs, or midnight shift workers like me out there. I'm glad I'm not the only one who was looking at somthing different for sights on the GPR. I really love the gun, but I think I will have more fun with it if I could actually see where I'm shooting at. Are putting on new sights hard, or should I wimp out and take it in somewhere? If your're reading this feel free to drop some more sights, or other options that will work on the GPR for me. I'm really happy to see more choices like these first couple of posts gave me. I was only able to come up with the ones I mentioned earlier. Thanks again all for the help.

brandon

 

[Rebel]

Changing the sights are easy. Get a brass drift and tap them out. If i remember right, which don't always happeen, they drift out from right to left. That is if you are looking down the gun to fire it. Then just tap the new ones in to the dovetail. Try to get them both as close to center as you can. I think you would be a lot happier with the non adjustable sight. The adjustable one has a tendancy to un-adjust on ya.

 

[Mark Walker]

Why not peep sights? I have a Narragansett with a Jim Carpenter barrel that has an old looking tang mounted peep and a small brass globe with a bead front. It works great for target work but is poor for hunting.I guess it depends on what you want to do with it. A peep with a bead that is without a globe would be far better than what I have on mine for hunting.
Flincher

 

By all means change the sights. For hunting, nothing can beat a small bead, 1/8" off the barrel with Express-type English sights. See Brownell's if interested in this type.
: For cheaper sights, try web page for a listing & pictures of sights, adjustable and not. An excellent type of sight for a hunting rifle, is the Jaeger rear sight with flip-up blade along with a blade or bead front sight. Any rear sight can be shallow "V" filed for an exceptionaly fast and accurate sight picture. This one works best with a bead front sight, however standard narrow "V" notch and blades also work well.

 

[Bob J]

Smoke Rookie-
If you haven't changed your sights yet, take a look at the Lyman "hunting sight combo" made for the GPR. It is an adjustable rear and WHITE bead front sight that shows up well in lower light conditions. All for about $20.00! Easy to install. :thumbsup:

 

[nvbirdman]

I have to disagree with Rebel. I think the sights should be tapped out from left to right. There is a slight difference, because there is a little bit of a taper so the sight will start easy, but once installed will stay in place. :m2c: Of course maybe Rebel is right and I'm wrong.
Anybody else want to jump in with both feet on this one?

 

[plinker]

Lyman's instructions for putting their kits together say that the sights are to be installed from right to left using a brass or nylon punch. They would be removed from left to right.

 

[ryoung14]

I'm in the same boat, Rookie, and will be going to a tang mounted peep combined with a fiber optic front sight (if I can find one that fits). The Lyman fixed buckhorn/blade front sight amazed me as being the last open sight I could still use effectively, but that was last year. Planning to use the Lyman 57GPR rear peep made specifically for the GPR. It's not cheap, but the Lyman 57 has a good reputation.

I did the tang peep thing to my T/C Hawken and my T/C Greyhawk. Also put a fiber optic front sight on the Hawken. Made both rifles a lot less frustrating to use. One of my System 1 T/C's is also set up with a peep. I've got a pile of unused open sights in a desk drawer that just keeps growing. Hate to think how much $$ is involved there.

BTW, don't worry about return to zero following barrel removal with the tang peep arrangement. I was concerned at first, but it hasn't been an issue.
Bob