Hey all, I hope your holidays have gone well so far.
I was lucky enough to find a Marlin 1894C under the Christmas tree which I had been wanting for ages, and in typical gun nut fashion, I'd already like to tinker with it.
I'd like to add a rear aperture sight to it, but I"m not sure whether to go the Williams receiver sight path or Marble's tang sight path. This particular one does not have the serial number on the tang, so it would be a candidate for drilling. Is one more durable than the other? I kind of like that the tang sight allows for a longer sight radius and can be flipped down to allow for using the open sight should you want to. I'm kind of afraid it could easily get damaged standing up back there though, and when laid down, I'm afraid it would be in the way of my strong-hand thumb. Any users have any advice for me?
I was lucky enough to find a Marlin 1894C under the Christmas tree which I had been wanting for ages, and in typical gun nut fashion, I'd already like to tinker with it.
I'd like to add a rear aperture sight to it, but I"m not sure whether to go the Williams receiver sight path or Marble's tang sight path. This particular one does not have the serial number on the tang, so it would be a candidate for drilling. Is one more durable than the other? I kind of like that the tang sight allows for a longer sight radius and can be flipped down to allow for using the open sight should you want to. I'm kind of afraid it could easily get damaged standing up back there though, and when laid down, I'm afraid it would be in the way of my strong-hand thumb. Any users have any advice for me?