traditions Kentucky rifle tang sight

[CHAD LEJEUNE]

Has anyone added an adjustable tang sight to a traditions Kentucky rifle. I want to put one calibrated for several distances.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

I once put a T/C ladder/vernier tang sight on a T/C Hawken and she'd shoot one ragged hole 5-shot groups at 50-yards. It certainly can be done ... but knowing your load and accuracy works otherwise too, with a fixed sight.

 

[CHAD LEJEUNE]

The muzzleloader will be used to shoot a 4 distances. It will be best to have an adjustable rear sight with those distances marked. I have not found a sight made for that rifle. But I'm thinking that another can be made to work.

 

[rafterob]

Or you just learn through practice the various sight pictures needed to hit on target at those distances.

 

[Rifleman1776]

You can do it if you are going to concentrate on serious competition. But, the best way is to know your gun and where it prints. Shoot, shoot, shoot.

 

[CHAD LEJEUNE]

It's for competition purposes

 

[bpd303]

Many matches will not allow tang/adjustable sights. Best to check the rules before making any changes.

 

[coloradoclyde]

I had the same idea decades ago... I abandoned the idea.....to many problems to fix. The angle of tang drop didn't match any of the sights I could find so some custom milling would have had to be done, as well as finding or making a metric tang screw so that hole could be utilized.
And they weren't allowed at most of the shoots.