Sights on Lever Rifles ?

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I use a WWG Ghost ring site on my Guide guns and a Marbles Tang site on my 1895 Cowboy. And I have a model 92 Winchester with a Lyman peep.
For rapid target acquisition and ranges up to 150 yards open sights work well.
 

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I really like a simple aperture in the position of the rear irons with a sourdough post up front. That's the combination I've settled on with my Puma M92. I've tried all sorts of other things. The old style peeps are good for target rifles but I never had much use for them on a levergun. Too slow to line up.

The receiver apertures are good, but I've never gotten used to them. My eye naturally expects the rear sight where a tangent sight would be or a mojo.

Optics always seem to throw balance off. And frankly you really don't need them unless your eyes are really bad.
 
You have to be carefull with those pistol scopes.
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No, you have to use Leupold M-8's, not Burris, not Weaver., not Swift, not Tasco, not BSA, not Etc, Etc, Etc.



I think it should be a Federal Offense to install any sort of optics mount on a lever gun.
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I think you should come back when you are at least 65 years old, with cataracts and Bifocal glasses thicker then your Nike shoe soles, and give us your opinion then!

I was of the same opinion about molesting a slick-side lever-gun when I was young and could still see in the dark like a cat.

Now, I still love lever-guns, but the sights, they ain't as clear & bright as they once were!

Sometimes, a guys gotta do, what a guys gotta do!

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rcmodel
 
I think you should come back when you are at least 65 years old, with cataracts and Bifocal glasses thicker then your Nike shoe soles, and give us your opinion then!

I was of the same opinion about molesting a slick-side lever-gun when I was young and could still see in the dark like a cat.

Now, I still love lever-guns, but the sights, they ain't as clear & bright as they once were!

Sometimes, a guys gotta do, what a guys gotta do!
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HHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

no ofence RC Model. Im good for about 150 yards shooting steel. paper 75 yards. my son he can out shoot me any day. Its the eyesight.
 
I have 1/2 buckhorns, full buckhorns, and semi buckhorns on most of mine. On my Marlin 1895 CB, I've a Smith Enterprises Ladder rear and a Lyman front. Good combination out to 750 yards.
 
I think you should come back when you are at least 65 years old, with cataracts and Bifocal glasses thicker then your Nike shoe soles, and give us your opinion then!
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RC, I'm hearing ya... Now 'that' I can still do. I have pretty good hearing, but yeah, the Optical Illusionist has prescribed me BiFoculs fer two bloody years now, :neener: and I've still shunned the guy with a Tazer. :D (He'll get a clue yet!)

I can still put the Gold bead on the kill zone, and God help me, hopefully I can keep doing that for a few more years.

It's not that I don't like optics, I just can't bring myself to put a scope or Red Dot on a lever gun.

-Steve
 
My GPR has improved sights. Williams Model 5D Adjustable Receiver Sight with Williams Big Game Aperture (A Ghost Ring) installed on the rear.
Front Sight a Square Post Centered in a Sight Hood.
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Steve,

The first Ford trucks came with a 4-cylinder engine. Progress can come to the good old lever action in the same way. :cool: There are certain levers that I have which stay strictly traditional, but the 336CS isn't traditional looking anyway, so I figure why not customize it.
 
After spending an inordinate amount of time considering the decision, I just ordered a 25mm Ultradot to put on my 1894c. I don't much care whether anybody else likes the way it looks.
 
I have no problem with the stock sights that came on my M92's, and my Henry. And would just be blasphemous to evan consider putting a red dot on my Winchester.

Now that Marlin *thutty-thutty* I've been staring at at the gun shop has a scope on it, and its making me itch, little bit more every time I go in...
 
I have almost the exact set-up as Daniel Flory, on page 1, right down to the Montana sling. I'm very pleased with it for short range hunting purposes, and used it to harvest a nice PA whitetail this fall. I appreciate those who say you shouldn't put optics on a lever, but I need every advantage there is, especially as my eyes get older. I've considered a red dot, but the Leupold scout scope is perfect for the time being.
 
Due to my eye sight, sights on any gun are like tits on a boar hog (worthless). I own 5 lever guns and have a Weaver K4 on my 39A and Zeiss Conquest 3-9, Leupold VariX II 3-9, VX II 2-7, and a Burris 4x on my 336's.

I am one of the odd folks that actually think lever guns look good with scopes on them.
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Now That's Ugly!
(The Pig and the Rifle are not bad though!):D


Sorry - Could not resist - Bad Rebel! No Biscuit!

Nice Looking Gun... What Cal? And what Scope?
 
The rifle is a "customized" 336SS converted to straight grip in 30-30, and the scope is a Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40mm. The combo will shoot Hornady LeverEv ammo under an inch at 100 yards all day (off a bench).
 
I use a mixture of scopes and open sights on my leverguns. Ideally, I would not scope any of them, but my eyesight is not what it used to be so I can only shoot accurately up to 100yds with open sight. For open sights I prefer a Williams FP receiver sight and high visibility front sight like a Williams firesight of Lyman ivory bead. I prefer the smallest bead possible.

For scopes, I like Leupold 1-4x20, 1.5-5x20, 2-7x28 and 2.5X. These are all very light and compact and the optics are very good. The forgiving eye relief is very helpful too. I mount them as low as possible using Warne Maxima two peice bases and any low rings. This setup does not completely ruin the handling/carrying qualities of a levergun.
 
I got a Winchester 1895 a while ago and just couldn't get the open sights to work. Probably due to weird refraction of damp air here in western Washington -- or it could be I'm getting older.

Anyway, I had Williams install a receiver sight and a ramped front sight of the proper height, and this works quite well. OK, it isn't historically accurate, and neither was cutting the rifle to carbine length and adding a recoil pad...

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You should have to babysit Cher, Celine Dion and Britney Spears in the same apartment for a week.
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I'll kick 2 of them out, then "talk and watch TV" with the third for a while:):uhoh::evil:


For now I'll keep the 5D on my '94. But I would not object to a small red dot as I use one on my 1300 for slugs and love it.



Tony
 
I have a Tasco red dot sight mounted on my Marlin 1894 in .357. Works well for the type of shooting I do which is fairly close range, fairly fast "action" type comps. I did try a scope for a while but went back to the dot - I just find it quicker to aquire.

Here's a pic of it in action at Bisley ranges here in England.

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Phil
 
Browsing around Henry's sight i see they have 2 new big boys coming out in 30-30. pre drill for a scope, but damn if I'll pay the high price for them. Hell you can almost get 2 marlins for the price of just the blued steeled cheaper version.
 
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