Cosmoline
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I decided to turn a Winchester Canadian Centennial '94 with a long 26" barrel into a hunting rifle after finding a bunch of hidden rust on it. One problem is, the existing sight combination of bead front and buckhorn rear are quite possibly the worst iron sights ever designed. The bead front sight is extremely fragile and prone to getting busted off, and trying to balance the bead in the buckhorn is time consuming and difficult to do off hand.
I swapped the front sight for the "sourdough" style Elmer Keith always liked. Brownells carries some that fit standard WInchester dovetails and come in a variety of heights.
The rear sight is now a three-leaf express style instead of the buckhorn. It was harder to find and more $$, but I found one at Buffalo Arms and put it on today.
The sight profile is about ten times easier to manage than the old ones. Target acquisition is fast and though I haven't put it through the paces at the range I'm sure my accuracy will improve.
I swapped the front sight for the "sourdough" style Elmer Keith always liked. Brownells carries some that fit standard WInchester dovetails and come in a variety of heights.
The rear sight is now a three-leaf express style instead of the buckhorn. It was harder to find and more $$, but I found one at Buffalo Arms and put it on today.
The sight profile is about ten times easier to manage than the old ones. Target acquisition is fast and though I haven't put it through the paces at the range I'm sure my accuracy will improve.
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