Lyman Hunter Sights

[CoyoteJoe]

And you have such sights on your rifle do you?

 

[Rat Trapper]

NO !, I want accuracy and for me to get that I have to be able to see the sights. Everyones eyes are a little different. You will have to look at other shooters guns and then play with different combos to see what works for you. For range use, I really like the Lyman 57 with a globe front sight. For hunting I have used the TC sights, TC peep, and even a fiber optic front. What works for one guy, may not work for the next guy.

 

[tiger955]

I have very low sights on my target rifle and live in the high desert where it is often very hot and usually very bright sun. I don't have any trouble seeing the sights, though I probably would in the dim woods, especially at dawn and dusk.
I like the square outline pistol type rear sight and square front blade, easier for me to be accurate. My rear sight is robbed off a Colt 1911 pistol dovetailed in and my front is a generic steel blade filed down to .165. For hunting I prefer a peep but they are not allowed at the club shoots.

 

[Flinter987]

I'm sorry, I should have been a little more specific with my original post. I'm having a really hard time with my sights being fuzzy. They'll be clear for just a little and then I can hardly see my front sight anymore and everything is a blur. I've tried focusing on the front sight, moving my head around on the stock, tried shooting with and without my glasses, and even tried filing the notch in my rear sight a little wider. At 50 yards I'm not accurate because I can't see the sights well enough to aim at the same exact spot twice. That's why I was considering the Lyman sights. I really want to take my gun out on some pronghorn this fall, so I'm trying to find a setup that'll work for me. I like things to be as traditional as possible, so I do cringe a bit at the thought of putting the hunter sights on it, though at this point I'm looking for what'll be most accurrate for me while hunting. I would be willing to try a more traditional set of sights and have looked at some in Dixie's catalog. Would I be able to see through these better than the buckhorn/brass blade factory sights that I have on now? Any suggestions on traditional ones that'll fit my gun? Thanks for you patience on my reply. Life has been pretty busy of late Thanks for all your replies too! Hope you all have a great day!

 

[CoyoteJoe]

I doubt you'll find an open sight which improves your vision, it's just a limitation of all open sights and it sounds like you have already tried the usual "improvements". A rear peep, mounted close to the eye so that you look through it, not at it, is the only real solution. A peep aperture close to the eye sharpens the view of both front sight and target. You may not like it but it works.

 

[nkbj]

I'm sorry, I should have been a little more specific with my original post. I'm having a really hard time with my sights being fuzzy. They'll be clear for just a little and then I can hardly see my front sight anymore and everything is a blur. I've tried focusing on the front sight, moving my head around on the stock, tried shooting with and without my glasses, and even tried filing the notch in my rear sight a little wider. At 50 yards I'm not accurate because I can't see the sights well enough to aim at the same exact spot twice. That's why I was considering the Lyman sights. I really want to take my gun out on some pronghorn this fall, so I'm trying to find a setup that'll work for me. I like things to be as traditional as possible, so I do cringe a bit at the thought of putting the hunter sights on it, though at this point I'm looking for what'll be most accurrate for me while hunting. I would be willing to try a more traditional set of sights and have looked at some in Dixie's catalog. Would I be able to see through these better than the buckhorn/brass blade factory sights that I have on now? Any suggestions on traditional ones that'll fit my gun? Thanks for you patience on my reply. Life has been pretty busy of late Thanks for all your replies too! Hope you all have a great day!

Hey Flinter.
With my eyesight changing it makes me crazy.
I'm going with a tang peep on the New Englander to see (it's too early to be punny) how well it works.
Thinking about trying a rear with two drilled apertures on my Lymans GPR with the fast twist .40 barrel. A possible alternative could be an adjustable "long Hawken" type modified to have a peep on it instead of a semi-buckhorn. But, I do not yet know if these would be set close enough to provide as much ghost ring effect as I'm after.

 

[Zoar]

I empathize with the original poster. My eyesight has gone to hell in the past few years. Second thing that goes with growing old....

I have bitten the bullet, so to speak, not literally, but have installed a peep sight way back on the rear of the barrel, kept the old buckhorn style that was on the barrel about 12 inches from the breach, and am installing a globe sight on the muzzle to replace the old blade sight. It is much better, especially in low light.

Peep sights were used in the 1700-1800's but certainly the peep sight and globe I have installed are NOT traditional but at least now I can see to hit the target again although not as good as I could with old iron sights even 4 years ago. I would rather have non traditional sight setup on my flintlocks and keep shooting them over seeing them unused because I can no longer utilize the sights that are on them. Since I am using mine for target and hunting and NOT for traditional rendevous or educational purposes, then I am forced to resign myself to "peeps and globes". At least I did not put a scope on them!! :thumbsup:

 

[Jim Evans]

You could look at these SIGHTS

 

[nkbj]

You could look at these SIGHTS

Put a set of those on a Deerhunter after the factory sights self-destructed. Well, OK, I helped the destruction a little. But, the replacement sights are really a nice fit for the Deerhunter (affectionately referred to as "The Flintglock"), the most unattractive shooting iron I've ever owned and one of the most reliable. The sights work.

 

[Bob J]

Flinter987 - those Lyman Hunter Sights worked real well for me on my Great Plains Rifle. Decent for target work and great in the forest :thumbsup:

 

[Flinter987]

Thanks guys! I'll have to give one of them a try and let you guys know how it goes!