Night sights for leverguns
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Night sights for leverguns
Ranger point precision is now offering night sights for leverguns. Just saying...
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Re: Night sights for leverguns
rjohns94 wrote:Ranger point precision is now offering night sights for leverguns. Just saying...
Well, sorta.
From the website;
I was hoping it was a tritium.Night sights option has glow in the dark paint that can be illuminated with a flashlight and stay glowing for 1-3 hours
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Re: Night sights for leverguns
Yeah I was too
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Re: Night sights for leverguns
Ive thought about ways to do it. A folding front night sight similar to the Valmets and Galils could be incorporated into a front ramp sight, or send a blade to a maker and have them make one, or,... use a pre-made pistol front dovetail sight and adapt it to a rifle front ramp. An AK or AR-16 front may be adaptable to a ramp somehow. Ive thought of taking cut off AR front sight bases and machining them to fit a Winchester barrel so it would be the correct height. Youd had some adjustment, and have ready made night sights available. Would have to shorten the insides with the spring and plunger, and bottom of the sight screw, but doesn't look insurmountable. I have several bases to start with if I can find someone to do the machine work. Want to do one or two on bolt guns also. They would require less shortening.
A rear could be a simple folding barrel sight with tritium capsules on the sides. May be ways to incorporate them into a peep aperture also, they do it for m-16s and others.
I plan to do some at some point.
A rear could be a simple folding barrel sight with tritium capsules on the sides. May be ways to incorporate them into a peep aperture also, they do it for m-16s and others.
I plan to do some at some point.
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Re: Night sights for leverguns
Night sights on a lever gun just ain't right.
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Re: Night sights for leverguns
I shot this group at 50 yards in pitch darkness....
With this 357 Mag Marlin setup.....
http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=23531
My second one - .45 Colt Rossi 1892 - is more compact but uses the same components:
http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=31062
The third one - .44 Mag (at first, but now a 45 Colt) Marlin 1894 - is a bigger levergun but pretty streamlined:
http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=40663
Not as compact as iron sights, and not 'mil-spec' (or even 'tactical' ), but very practical...!
With this 357 Mag Marlin setup.....
http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=23531
My second one - .45 Colt Rossi 1892 - is more compact but uses the same components:
http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=31062
The third one - .44 Mag (at first, but now a 45 Colt) Marlin 1894 - is a bigger levergun but pretty streamlined:
http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=40663
Not as compact as iron sights, and not 'mil-spec' (or even 'tactical' ), but very practical...!
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Re: Night sights for leverguns
XS makes tritium sights for leverguns.
The charge-with-flashlight stuff is common in Europe, tritium is more heavily restricted there. Either Benelli or Beretta I think calls their version "Superluminova" or something close to that.
The charge-with-flashlight stuff is common in Europe, tritium is more heavily restricted there. Either Benelli or Beretta I think calls their version "Superluminova" or something close to that.
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Re: Night sights for leverguns
MrMurphy wrote:XS makes tritium sights for leverguns.
The charge-with-flashlight stuff is common in Europe, tritium is more heavily restricted there. Either Benelli or Beretta I think calls their version "Superluminova" or something close to that.
I can't find those XS tritiums for leverguns. Do you have a link or part#?
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Lampasas, Texas 76550
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Email; steve@stevesgunz.com
Tel: 512-564-1015
Re: Night sights for leverguns
I solved two problems - old eyes that don't see well at any light level and darkness. I installed Bushnell scopes with electro dot reticles. 1-4X on my Marlin 44 mag and 1.5 - 6X on my Marlin 32 Special & 35 Remington. Now I'm good up close in dim light or far away in good light.
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Re: Night sights for leverguns
At the very least they've got the white stripe front sight. I know they offered a tritium version in the past, I worked with an ex XS guy.
Re: Night sights for leverguns
I painted the front sight of my Browning 92 bright orange, it helps quite a lot in poor light at dusk, vastly better than fiber optics that Ive seen.
It does have a light also, so I can shoot in dark if need be.
It does have a light also, so I can shoot in dark if need be.
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