Skinner peeps on my Marlins

[Hanzerik]

I went with a Marble's Tang sight on my 20" Puma, and a Marble's Bullseye on my 16" Puma. Tang sight has been sighted in at 100yrds, I have not had the chance to sight in the 16" yet. If I had a Marlin, I might have gone with the Skinner sights, but since my receivers are not drilled&tapped, I went with the sights I did.

 

[76shuvlinoff]

Ok, got the Skinner a couple days ago, finally got it mounted on the 39A today and it looks great.

However here must be a learning curve. This is not a true range report as I was not shooting off a bench, just standing propped against a solid pole at 40 yards. In the same situation with same ammo I am better with the buckhorns. A helluva lot better with crosshairs

My grouping now is about 4" in diameter and right by another 3" Not really a fair assessment but basically it was real life type shooting albeit not long range.

I need to set up a bench and try it out but would a smaller aperture tend to tighten the group?

 

[salvo]

Yep, the smaller the aperture the tighter the group. At least for me it works that way. The smaller aperture makes for a finer sight picture.

 

[76shuvlinoff]

Thanks, I just sent a note off to Skinner asking for recommendations or maybe sell me a few to play with. This is the first time I've used a quality peep site, in actual use the .096 aperture it's shipped with seems large to me but I have no past experience to reference.

 

[salvo]

If you go to small you wont be able to see through it in low light conditions. It's nice to have a few to choose from, larger for hunting, smaller for target shooting.

 

[76shuvlinoff]

I'll try a smaller one but maybe my far from perfect eyes and the peep are just not compatible. My front site seems out of focus. Dr. Skinner suggested a .050 so I'll give it a shot. If that's too small for me I can open it up easy enough.

I keep a scope on my Model 60 but I don't want to put a scope back on the 39 lever. However there's a lot to be said for hitting what you're aiming at... or at least aiming where you're hitting.

 

[tubeshooter]

I also need to get some different sizes. Standard is good all-around, but I'd like to have more field of vision for the longer shots.


I am thinking about another front sight, too. The factory bead is kind of chunky when you start getting past 40 yards or so (at least for me).

 

[76shuvlinoff]

I sure like that tang site on Hanzerik's puma above but it seems that's right where my hand wraps around my grip. I do have fairly small hands and due to that I'm not real fond of double stack autos.

 

[Hanzerik]

I have no issue holding it normally. My thumb wraps around behind the upright.

 

[mgkdrgn]

Christmas is a coming, for me that usually means old bike parts but I have a 79 39A and 77 1894c in .357 I think qualify for peep sites ... and it's been bugging me for over a year.
I have only used peep sights on an extremely cheap pos 22 a long time ago, I wasn't happy but I think the issue was youth and an ultra cheap rifle. .... So I am looking for feedback on the two rifles I mention above.

1) Do they work with the factory front site?
2) Brass or Blue?

Thanks,
Mark

I bought a Skinner peep to use on my Rossi 454 Casull/45 Colt lever action.

It works -much- better than the rear stock notch sight that came with the rifle.

It -did- work with the stock front sight ... but I have had to file it down a bit. Your mileage may vary.

Bottom line, it was a -very- good accessory for my rifle. I got mine in blue as that matched.

 

[76shuvlinoff]

Yep two turns up and still shooting a touch low. The front sight on the Marlin has a little bead on top, not sure I want to file it off but I see Skinner offers post sights that can be filed. First I want to try a smaller aperture then go from there. Ordered it today.

 

[CZguy]

One thing I like about Skinner sights vs. Lyman/Williams is that the Skinners don't detract from the simple, sleek nature of the rifle.

The Lyman style sights have always struck me as eminently suitable for a range toy, but not so much for a field gun.

Wow, we're going to just have to agree to disagree on this one. I think receiver sights look good, and function great on a field gun. I use Lyman's on several of my rifles, and have them sighted in for 100 yards. There are adjustable scales on both windage and elevation so that I can rapidly change the range setting, and then back again. I find this feature really helpful with cartridges like .35 Remington, and .45-70. To my way of thinking these sights are compact, light weight and allow me to engage targets at multiple ranges, without the bulk and weight of a scope. The skinner sight looks good to me but appears to only be useful at one range, an then you would have to guess at holdover for longer range shots.

 

[salvo]

A post sight works great!
Remember you want to focus on the front sight, the peep will be very fuzzy but your brain will center the front sight automatically. The target will also be somewhat fuzzy, just remember, focus on the front sight!