Kittery Trading Post has one in stock.
Adding receiver sights was a carefully measured cool project. Made up a fixture for the drill press. I cheated and used my old Sears 94 for an example of where to put them. Not a Joe Mcgee kind of project. You are correct in that the peep really helps. But I've wanted to try a tang sight just never have. A 24 inch hex barrel would look cool with one. Those M and R92s are long distance at 100 yds.
I finally managed a Mirochester '92, and like the shorter action much better for pistol length cartridges. The .45 Angle Ejects can't be common; perhaps should have held mine for that reason alone.
Not sure how 'cool' my Trapper looks with a tang, but certainly like how it works. It does help OFs use iron sights; think of a 19th Century red dot.
Ohh-wheee! That is a might pricey. Probably would look for 18.5"-20" barrel[round]. Nice looking '73 tho.Kittery Trading Post has one in stock.
Winchester 1873 Deluxe Sporting 45 Colt 24" 14-Round Rifle | Kittery Trading Post
The lever-action Model 1873 rifle has a classic color case-hardened finish, grade V/VI walnut stock and forearm, 24" blued half octagon / half round barrel…www.kitterytradingpost.com
M 92 came tapped for tang sight. Brave has nothing to do with it. They were just another machine that needed work. Lay out , center punch, high quality bits of proper size for the tap, drill with lube slow to get threw the hard surface , put tap the drill press and turn by hand . Debur blow out. Break cleaner wash out. File screws to proper length. Always use the click adjust version. Sight in at 25 and repeat.Not sure how 'cool' my Trapper looks with a tang, but certainly like how it works. It does help OFs use iron sights; think of a 19th Century red dot.
If you were brave enough to D/T a receiver, you shouldn't have any trouble doing a tang.
Moon
Oh, I know how to do it, and have done three or four. They're just tough to jig up in a press (used a machinist's vise, and something or other to support the rifle itself. Yes, follow all those steps, but it doesn't take much to, say, fracture a tap. Maybe careful would be a better word than brave? I'm an amateur, and self taught; I'll D/T for myself, but won't be responsible for other people's guns.
Depends on what you're measuring. Energy delta per length goes to lighter bullets, generally. *With factory loads.
IIRC, the Rossi rifle (24") models are factory tapped for a tang sight. The carbine (16"-20") models are not.
More like 400fps.
You mean octagon? Seen plain few hex barrels.
Energy doesn't amount to a hill of beans. These ain't 9mm's and the revolver cartridges do all their best work with heavier bullets. They are more effective and more efficient, particularly with slower powders and longer barrels.
Now that is interesting. Not sure that I ever handled one of the longer barreled versions.
I have two24's and my brothers 1, if I want them to be hex then they are hex. 16 inch Henry taught you to appreciate a 92. Seen hexagonal noted , better call the agon police. 16 is perfect for a little revolver cartridge. I think a 20 feels too much like a 30 30. Although there isn't a length police. 140 XTP and the lesser 140 FTX are effective deer killers at magnum max speed
Okay, long as you realize this is a '73, not a '94.
You can call them a pink tutu iffin ya want. Doesn’t change the fact that a hexagon has six sides and the rifle barrels in question have eight.
Thank you captian obvious. It's ok
That's OK. Even John Wayne had them mixed up
My PCC lever guns all wear 16” barrels, in .357. .44 and .45C. (9mm too, but that’s a semi-auto.)
I screwed up the quote reply, I think.
Apparently it's not so obvious. So you intentionally use the wrong term or is this just how you react to being corrected? Just curious.
