Sights for a Traditions Hawken

Forget about the lyman peep.

On all 3 of the st louis hawken kits ive done, I cut my own dovetail ( very easy to do ) and then installed the traditional lyman great plains rifle rear sight. Front sight I went with a factory german silver cva bobcat sight.






For my eyes, I took it out to 100 yards before doing any cutting and mounted the gun on a rest and then put the new rear sight on the factory location, found it blurry, so I slid it up the barrel until everything came into focus perfectly. Marked it, took it back to the shop and went to work. This sight now sits 2" forward of the factory mounting location.

If you like/want a peep sight, check out Skinner Sights. They may have something you like that does not require a gun smith to install.

See if you can find a T/C hunter peep.

The T/C Hunter peeps are as scarce as hens teeth, and if you are lucky enough to find one you will pay dearly. The last one i saw for sale, they were asking almost 3 times what the sight went for new.

Track of the Wolf has a large selection of sights, not sure about peeps.

Nice rifle btw.
I like the tacks.