peep sight on a marlin guide gun...

[ruger22]

I have never used one. Always been a scope guy.

But I am buying my 1st lever gun. It is for hunting, fun, and targets.

I wear glasses for driving only. But in the future will need them full time, getting older. IF this matters.


So advice on reviever or tang sight.
What make?
High vis front sight too?

thanks?

 

[sunray]

William's Gunsights makes several. Tang mounted sights can be awkward. Receiver mounted rear sights don't get in the way of your grip on the stock. Some are sets, front and rear. Some are just the rear.
I'm guessing you're near-sighted too. You'll need your glasses.

 

[Amphibious]

I use a williams FP-336 and red firesite set on mine, works great.

 

[Silverado]

I like the Williams FP, but instead of the firesite front, just paint a white dot on the stock front site. I find that the firesites glare out in bright light, making it harder to aim precisely.

 

[ben hunchak]

The williams 5-d series is the least exp. way to go and an orange firesight up front is the cats' as%! You may have to go with a higher than std. frt. sight.

 

[nrut]

Williams WGRS for rear site and a fire type site for the front site....

 

[Poguebilt]

Williams fp-336 with front red firesight and marlin skeletonized factory hood!

 

[savage17hmr]

I've got the XS ghost ring set up and works well on my marlin 444 GG. It took a little getting use to, but works well. Very quick to get the target in sight.

 

[Win94]

I am thinking of trying the front fire site with the regular open sights.

 

[John Spartan]

My experience has been with the XS ghost ring sights, Williams Foolproof and Lyman aperture sights. Once you get used to using them, target acquisition is very fast, as mentioned in previous posts.

The diameter of the front sight bead is a limiting factor - if you go with a thick one, you'll see that it obscures more of the target than one would like at distances further out. A thin one allows you to use the sight at greater distances. This is aside from the practical shooting distance of the cartridge one is using.

With fluorescent front sights like the Williams Fire Sight, it's really handy in dim light situations where the target is in the shade or one is in the last half hour before legal shooting time is done. I've noted that in certain situations - ie. sun is behind or close to behind target, that it is a bit difficult to visualize the front sight, so the fast target acquisition advantage is lost.

Having a combination of peep sight and quick detachable scout scope, I've found is handy.

Something unorthodox to consider is using an Eotech Holosight or a red dot sight mounted on the receiver. I haven't tried this myself, but have heard it being used successfully with lever guns.

Have fun deciding which way you want to go.

 

[Caboose]

I had a Holosight on my Marlin GG.....almost like cheating for CQB hunting action. I would have left it on there, but batteries and cold weather are not a friendly mix.

 

[josquin]

My experience has been with the XS ghost ring sights, Williams Foolproof and Lyman aperture sights. Once you get used to using them, target acquisition is very fast, as mentioned in previous posts.

The diameter of the front sight bead is a limiting factor - if you go with a thick one, you'll see that it obscures more of the target than one would like at distances further out. A thin one allows you to use the sight at greater distances. This is aside from the practical shooting distance of the cartridge one is using.

With fluorescent front sights like the Williams Fire Sight, it's really handy in dim light situations where the target is in the shade or one is in the last half hour before legal shooting time is done....

Something unorthodox to consider is using an Eotech Holosight or a red dot sight mounted on the receiver. I haven't tried this myself, but have heard it being used successfully with lever guns...

I have a Williams FP on my 1895 with a home-made XS-type front blade, made from a Brownell's generic "blank", with a thin white line cut from Scotchlite reflective tape which really stands out.

I tried one of the Marstar "Holosights" on it but although it was very easy to see through and appears well made, it sits far too high to be usable without a very high cheekpiece pad. There might be a way to modify the base to mount it on the barrel in "scout" position but it would be a lot of work.

Stuart

 

[Boxhead]

I fitted a Williams WGRS made for the BLR to mine (same screw pattern) when I bought it a number of years ago when they first came out. I filed the curvature out of the base and it sits nice and low, is quite compact and works well with my Emerson front blade. Amazingly accurate little bugger too.