Tang sight for old eyes

[ruffbird]

I had to put a tang sight on my single shot 45-70 rifle to see if I can get better groups.
It is a Kelley mid range (silhouette) type, which should work better with a lyman globe on the front. I am excited to get out to try it out, & thought I would show it off & ask if any of you have one like it & how it works for you. I'm hoping for 300-400 yrs distance with 405 gr cast bullets....

 

[hickstick_10]

Does the globe have a level in it?

Georgeous rear sight, I'm an MVA man myself but the Kelly offset sight I've been eyeballing for awhile......

 

[ruffbird]

No level in the front sight. I may change out that lyman front for a better one at some point though if the longer ranges can be reached with this mid-range sight....

 

[Ol' Flinter]

Looks great but for long range shooting a spirit-level front sight is almost a necessity. Any inconsistency in leveling the rifle will throw off your windage and it will be very noticeable at 300 - 400 yds, in my experience.

 

[Can-down]

Nice looking setup. It should be pretty easy to stick a small adhesive bubble level on the rear sight to check your cant.

 

[cdnrokon]

Tap the rear barrel sight out and buy one from Lee Shaver or MVA they make a dovetail barrel level that slides in the slot.

 

[gunlaker]

I assume you were using the rear barrel sight previously? If so you should notice a really big difference, especially on round targets.

Chris.

 

[Ol' Flinter]

Tap the rear barrel sight out and buy one from Lee Shaver or MVA they make a dovetail barrel level that slides in the slot.

I had one on a previous rifle and it worked well: about $45 from The Gun Room in Kitchener ON, I believe.

 

[BCRider]

A level is sure nice to have but I'm not sure I'd consider it a full blown necessity. If you use a front sight insert that has supports which are either horizontal or vertical you can use these to line up with features out there and get it pretty darn close to vertical.

One of the few folks I ever saw get a full string of hits at the local SASS side match Buffalo shoots used an 1885 that didn't use a bubble level.