Anyone here replace the sights on their little badger? I know I can red do/scope it, have heard of putting ar rear on a full rail but too high for me. Does anyone know the best sight set to replace the front/rear as a system? Aperature/post combo is my ideal, just a better one than the factory provided!
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Nothing to add here either, but this is exactly why I got rid of mine. Everyone said to just put a scope on it or red dot, but I think that defeats the purpose of the rifle. I wish they could find something better than the craptastic plastic sights they put on.
I currently have a little reflex type sight like youd use on a handgun but that was more so to see if its worth it to come up with better irons. It is pretty accurate.
I filed the bottom of the handguard so it'll close fully and replaced the top plastic rail with a metal one. Grabbed a cheap metal adjustable picatinny rear sight.
The problem is i need a taller front sight. The current one ive heard being prone to breaking when shoved in a bag etc.
The only option would be to either dovetail the barrel, im unsure if it has enough thickness to do that. Or a metal one that goes around the barrel and is either soldered on or uses set screws.
It does have a similar barrel diameter to a ruger 10/22 but i didnt have any luck finding anything premade
I filed the bottom of the handguard so it'll close fully and replaced the top plastic rail with a metal one. Grabbed a cheap metal adjustable picatinny rear sight.
The problem is i need a taller front sight. The current one ive heard being prone to breaking when shoved in a bag etc.
The only option would be to either dovetail the barrel, im unsure if it has enough thickness to do that. Or a metal one that goes around the barrel and is either soldered on or uses set screws.
It does have a similar barrel diameter to a ruger 10/22 but i didnt have any luck finding anything premade
everybody seems to be on the same page, I cannot find a williams, firesight etc made for them. I am going to mount a ludicrisly large scope on it to see how accurate it is, but that is only temporary. Red dot or something may live on it but it needs a proper sight! I eyed up the tube of jb weld on my bench and shuddered, may be the only solution though!
The only thing I can find is a Skinner Rear Sight: https://www.chiappafirearms.com/accessory.php?id=208&l=7
My Little Badger just arrived in the mail today
These folks have nice upgrades, but only a front sight, not a rear: https://genuinelongshot.com/shop/ols/categories/chiappa?page=1
My Little Badger just arrived in the mail today
These folks have nice upgrades, but only a front sight, not a rear: https://genuinelongshot.com/shop/ols/categories/chiappa?page=1
I have a 1960's Weaver D4 mounted for now, on an aluminum rail I substituted for the plastic one (which had cracked around the middle bolt due to factory over-tightening) after drilling out and tapping the holes carefully for a pair of 8-32 bolts. The scope is a lot too long when folding the rifle, but I have a pair of trim little Weaver steel rings on it with thumbscrew QD so it's easy enough to pull the scope off for transport, and it seems to return to zero between mountings.
I'll use the same rings when the 'proper' scope gets here from an eBay seller. I know... buying a thing from China... but hey, I really tried to find a compact scope for it locally and nobody seems to sell anything appropriate for a Little Badger. So I ordered one of these things for about $80CAD with shipping:
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Ohhunt-4-5x...al-Sight-P4-Glass-Etched-Reticle/324018571782
At about 6.5" long (165mm) it's more appropriately sized for the tiny Badger, where the old Weaver scope is almost a foot long and kind of silly looking, while having too short eye relief at about 40mm. This little 4.33x scope pushes the eye back to about 66mm. Still not enough to make it ultra-compact when folded, it'll be hanging off the back, but maybe enough that I can just leave it in place comfortably. I've made a couple of other changes including dismantling and polishing things, greasing properly, shortening the LOP a little by carving out the body and shortening the two steel rods 1/2", odds and ends to make it 'mine.'
The biggest discovery I made was that the star washer they used in the main joint was basically eating the magnesium alloy of the body, loosening it with use, leaving tiny slivers of the metal in the hinge under the washer. Got rid of that. Put in a flat steel washer and used blue Loc-tite to secure the main bolt. Now it doesn't get looser as it's just pivoting on a well greased joint, not grinding itself to death. I'd recommend this change for all owners.
As for properly answering the question, sorry, I can't see any after-market open sights which might work as a simple add-on. Most things will require some drilling and thread tapping to make them work. My own rear sight arrived twisted at a funny angle, and when I dismantled the thing to find out why, it was obvious the two tiny plastic pins which were moulded into it just sheared off at some point during transit. The remaining bolt in the middle just let it spin. Not much use as a sight that way! Some things about this thing are incredibly awful, but overall it's a wonderful platform for expression of one's amateur gunsmithing. Polishing out the chamber with some 400grit paper wrapped around a dowel and chucked in a drill let spent cases be pulled out without pliers too, like it was as supplied. After half a minute of running the sandpaper covered dowel in and out with the drill it was then easy to withdraw brass between thumb and finger.
I'll use the same rings when the 'proper' scope gets here from an eBay seller. I know... buying a thing from China... but hey, I really tried to find a compact scope for it locally and nobody seems to sell anything appropriate for a Little Badger. So I ordered one of these things for about $80CAD with shipping:
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Ohhunt-4-5x...al-Sight-P4-Glass-Etched-Reticle/324018571782
At about 6.5" long (165mm) it's more appropriately sized for the tiny Badger, where the old Weaver scope is almost a foot long and kind of silly looking, while having too short eye relief at about 40mm. This little 4.33x scope pushes the eye back to about 66mm. Still not enough to make it ultra-compact when folded, it'll be hanging off the back, but maybe enough that I can just leave it in place comfortably. I've made a couple of other changes including dismantling and polishing things, greasing properly, shortening the LOP a little by carving out the body and shortening the two steel rods 1/2", odds and ends to make it 'mine.'
The biggest discovery I made was that the star washer they used in the main joint was basically eating the magnesium alloy of the body, loosening it with use, leaving tiny slivers of the metal in the hinge under the washer. Got rid of that. Put in a flat steel washer and used blue Loc-tite to secure the main bolt. Now it doesn't get looser as it's just pivoting on a well greased joint, not grinding itself to death. I'd recommend this change for all owners.
As for properly answering the question, sorry, I can't see any after-market open sights which might work as a simple add-on. Most things will require some drilling and thread tapping to make them work. My own rear sight arrived twisted at a funny angle, and when I dismantled the thing to find out why, it was obvious the two tiny plastic pins which were moulded into it just sheared off at some point during transit. The remaining bolt in the middle just let it spin. Not much use as a sight that way! Some things about this thing are incredibly awful, but overall it's a wonderful platform for expression of one's amateur gunsmithing. Polishing out the chamber with some 400grit paper wrapped around a dowel and chucked in a drill let spent cases be pulled out without pliers too, like it was as supplied. After half a minute of running the sandpaper covered dowel in and out with the drill it was then easy to withdraw brass between thumb and finger.
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Not cheap...
Longshot Manufacturing has an extended front sight post but, you’ll need to buy the full length top rail and source a AR type rear sight. Great set-up... expensive.
Longshot Manufacturing has an extended front sight post but, you’ll need to buy the full length top rail and source a AR type rear sight. Great set-up... expensive.
I haven't looked anywhere recently, but I agree that the gun is useless with it's factory sights. Literally anything else would be better than the malformed clunky plastic crap. I've been contemplating just buying an old screw on v-sight and just drilling it out to match the holes. Maybe braze a pin on to line up with one of the non threaded holes. I haven't figured out what to do about the front yet.
With the popularity of these guns I'm still surprised there's no aftermarket sights as it's literally the only thing wrong with them and absolutely everyone hates the factory ones.
With the popularity of these guns I'm still surprised there's no aftermarket sights as it's literally the only thing wrong with them and absolutely everyone hates the factory ones.
