Need help dentifying this TR front sight

[jimmyjazz]

This came with my rifle and I want to sell it, but can't find a makers name anywhere.
Any help on make or value would be greatly appreciated, need to off set the price of the new front sight

 

[blueoval56]

The makers name is right in the second picture: Gehmann
You can go to there website gehmann.com, they have all kinds of stuff.

 

[jimmyjazz]

Thanks but is Gehmann not just the maker of the insert?
I'm looking for the maker of the sight.

Thanks,
JJ

 

[tiriaq]

Gehman made the double adjustable insert.
Just out of curiosity, why don't you want to use this sight? If the square aperture doesn't suit you, a round one could be easily substituted. Looks like a good front sight unit.

 

[jimmyjazz]

It worked well for me last summer but my eyes aren't what they used to be so I purchased an 30mm front sight.

 

[tiriaq]

Ah ha. That makes sense. Have you gone to an adjustable diopter in your rear sight yet?

 

[jimmyjazz]

Yes went to Gehmann 530 and love it so far.

 

[maynard]

It's a 22 mm Porter ladder sight.

 

[blueoval56]

Thanks but is Gehmann not just the maker of the insert?
I'm looking for the maker of the sight.

Thanks,
JJ

Good call, I should've looked at the whole picture a little closer!

 

[jimmyjazz]

It's a 22 mm Porter ladder sight.

Thanks Tom.... couldn't remember the name for the life of me.

 

[maynard]

Did you go with the 30mm Rightsight? I did use the 4.0-6.0 iris but found I couldn't get enough white around the target at 500 yards using the .5 lens in the front. The lowest setting I could use at long range was 5.5. I bought a new iris last summer that goes from 5.5 -7.5, any bigger and I might as well not use the iris at all and just shoot the tunnel.

 

[jimmyjazz]

Did you go with the 30mm Rightsight? I did use the 4.0-6.0 iris but found I couldn't get enough white around the target at 500 yards using the .5 lens in the front. The lowest setting I could use at long range was 5.5. I bought a new iris last summer that goes from 5.5 -7.5, any bigger and I might as well not use the iris at all and just shoot the tunnel.

Yeah, that's exactly what I bought but havent had a chance to try it on the range yet ..... maybe i'll have to go to the 5.5 - 7.5 as well.
New to TR, this has been an ongoing learning exercise.

 

[maynard]

Everyones eyes are different, lots of guys use 4.0-6.0. I might have been able to get away with that if I went to a .3 lens in the front instead of the .5. Wayne the Rightsight guy can also set you up with a .3 and .5 lens that are really close to the same optical centers, but you need to tell him that when you order them. I know one shooter that tried to switch from .3 to .5 bought at different times and the shift was 2 MOA.