UPDATE: Rossi Ranch Hand Mares Leg

I know a few have mentioned the rear sight that replaces the safety on the bolt.

Has anyone tried one of these yet? How was POA to POI?
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I have one coming but it's not installed yet. It'll be getting a higher front sight as well.

however - as i mentioned earlier i did the math and took some measurements, and it should fix the problem nicely. The more distance between the sights, the less the problem is. Going that far back should reduce the issue very significantly even with the current front sight, and with a higher post i expect the problem will be gone. But - it'll be a little bit before mine's on and tested. And - i HATE drifting front sights, i suck at it.
 
Planes indains used to remove all the sights on there rifles and just look down the barrel and shoot!
naw a day's thay call it quik kill or quik skill shooting
 
carverk said:
Planes indains used to remove all the sights on there rifles and just look down the barrel and shoot!
naw a day's thay call it quik kill or quik skill shooting
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hmmmmm

i wonder if it might work if a guy vary carefully machined a very tiny "v" full length , across the top of the barrel and used the for sighting ?

there would definately not be any sights to hang up on anything .
 
2ndShotCanada said:
Hey driller,

Did you adjust the actual sight itself with the tiny screw to move the adjustable part of the sight lower? That fixed my issue. I basically bottomed it out and I'm happy with the result.
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I was not aware it went down, me and HWally talked about that actually at the range. I will try it now, but I think regardless I would like a new front sight, probably fiber optic. It is difficult to quickly locate the front sight bead in dim to dark conditions, and I think it would be way easier to quickly get the sights on target. Not that that matters much when it shoots so high haha. I guess its just down to experimenting until I find a solution.

boomer49 said:
Hi Driller,

I was going to PM this to you, but maybe it's a good idea to post it for others as well.

I was wondering if your not-too-good results with the Steve's low rear buckhorn occurred with the stock front sight, or with an aftermarket front sight.

Yesterday I mailed my Rossi Mare's Leg .44 back to Gary to have some tweaking done. I included the Steve's Gunz tune-up DVD and tune-up parts (just a softer spring and a metal follower), the Steve's Gunz low rear buckhorn that you have, the Steve's Gunz fiber-optic front sight, AND a Skinner's Sights rear peep for the Rossi dovetail.

I figured that they could experiment with the two rear sights to determine which worked better. Maybe Gary can use my firearm as kind of a test "mule" and tell us how things work-out.

By the way, I shipped the rifle in a great padded Skinner's Sights 25" green nylon scabbard, and it still fit inside the original Rossi cardboard carton. Highly recommended ... :)
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Thanks for that, it will be interesting to see what results you guys come up with, make sure to post them!

Can-down said:
As far as I can see the front sight needs to be about a half an inch higher! I got mine shooting to point of aim by removing the elevator so the rear sight sits on the barrel and then grinding down the center of the buckhorn by about 1/4".
The thing is while this setup works when you mount the gun and sight down the sights it feels way to low like you are sighting down a shotgun receiver using a bead sight with a poorly designed stock angle.
Lowering the rear sight can get you there but it puts the sight line too low.
What these guns really need is a new sight base that lifts the dovetail up about a half an inch...that way you won't need a crazy tall front sight which doesn't exist!

In this picture you can see how low it is in relation to the top of the receiver and in reality the bead would need to be a bit lower in the notch then this to hit point of aim at 25 yards.
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Yea, that would work, but like you said it would likely be a little awkward to shoot.

When I find a solution for mine I will definitely post it.
 
Steve's Gunz low buckhorn sight?

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Originally Posted by 2ndShotCanada
Hey Driller,

Did you adjust the actual sight itself with the tiny screw to move the adjustable part of the sight lower? That fixed my issue. I basically bottomed it out and I'm happy with the result.

Does the Steve's Gunz low rear buckhorn gunsight have a screw adjustment? I looked at it (very briefly) before I sent it along to the gunsmith, and didn't notice a screw-based height-adjustment feature.

But then, I don't notice a lot of things.
 
boomer49 said:
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Originally Posted by 2ndShotCanada
Hey Driller,

Did you adjust the actual sight itself with the tiny screw to move the adjustable part of the sight lower? That fixed my issue. I basically bottomed it out and I'm happy with the result.

Does the Steve's Gunz low rear buckhorn gunsight have a screw adjustment? I looked at it (very briefly) before I sent it along to the gunsmith, and didn't notice a screw-based height-adjustment feature.

But then, I don't notice a lot of things.
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Yup, the screw does adjust the height of the rear sight.... damn I wish I figured this out at the range...

Oh well, it looks like it may have dropped down just enough to get me close... I hope.
 
burnt_servo said:
hmmmmm

i wonder if it might work if a guy vary carefully machined a very tiny "v" full length , across the top of the barrel and used the for sighting ?

there would definately not be any sights to hang up on anything .
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google quike kill and quick skill shotting
thay remove the sights and start by shooting wood blocks out of the air and then smaller block soon paint balls .
this is the basic scout rifle with out the scout scope
Hopefully sum one on here will know more about it then I do it is sumthing I have bin thinking about giving it a shot haha
 
Here's a Rossi 92 Full stock ordered from Percision Gunworks...fits the Mares Leg real well.

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About 1 hr worth of fitting from what he told me...great job on the stain matching!!!

Gary
 
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What gets me is that Rossi must know how high these things shoot, and after a year and a half of production they still haven't corrected the problem!
 
Hungsolo said:
What gets me is that Rossi must know how high these things shoot, and after a year and a half of production they still haven't corrected the problem!
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The rear sights run out of adjustment and it still shoots high? Is this a problem with all of them?
 
Hungsolo said:
What gets me is that Rossi must know how high these things shoot, and after a year and a half of production they still haven't corrected the problem!
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well it costs money to do that! haha.

If people are still buyin em then why is there any reason to change it?
 
Hungsolo said:
What gets me is that Rossi must know how high these things shoot, and after a year and a half of production they still haven't corrected the problem!
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What get's me is I have a Rossi Trapper 16" that came with a taller front sight then the Ranchhand comes with....:confused:

Even that sight would be too low on the Ranchhand though.

What they need to do is supply a different barrel band that is a bit taller and thicker up top and then cut a dovetail and mount the front sight on top of the barrel band.
 
Foxer said:
well that's just stupid and begging for trouble (plus it's a horrible sight picture) but - just touching the stock to your cheek a little where it would normally rest if there was a full stock works great with the 22 version :) Torontogungal was saying she saw someone who used a bit of padding to do that with a ranch hand.

The 'cheek weld' method does allow for a steady sight picture, but i think you'd have to hold it 'just right' not to get some serious 'slap' from the recoil. The recoil isn't bad, but it's there for sure.
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Some guy had used a thick nylon fabric "boot" designed for a golf club as a pull over recoil pad. The golf club boot had a split in the middle that allowed the finger lever to bottom out on the stock and fully close the action when pulled over the "stump" of the Mare's Leg. The fit was so close you'd think the boot was designed for the Mare's Leg.
 
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