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Receiver peep vs tang sight

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I'm hoping I can get some opinions on installing a receiver peep sight such as a Lyman or Williams on a lever gun (.45 Colt Rossi 92) vs a tang mounted sight.

My main considerations are ease of installation, durability, and versatility.

99% use would be range time @ 100 yds or less with both standard and Ruger-level loads. There is a chance I might one day hunt or shoot at ranges more than 100 yds, but currently I don't do much of either.
 
I like receiver peeps. Durable and fast to pick up a target. This little coyote I picked off when she was on a dead ass run at about 150 yards.

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The receiver mounted versions are all of the things noted above. And as you can see from pps' picture it makes for a neat and trim solution.

Sadly receiver mounted sights are specifically prohibited from use on SASS event firearms. If you plan on going in that sort of direction then you must use the tang style options.
 
I have a Soule type on the back of this rifle:

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I don't like tang sights, they are too close to the eye, under recoil my glasses bumb them, they are not as rigid as receiver sights, they are not necessarily vertical, I have to take this one off to case the rifle, and the ones with windage adjustment are very expensive.

Tang sights died out before receiver sights and for very good reasons.
 
I have a Williams tang sight on my Marlin 1894C 357 and love it, it makes for a very nice gun and is very quick handling.

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If you go with a tang sight, make sure the bolt does not hit it when you cycle the action. I prefer the receiver sight on lever guns for that reason.

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I have the receiver type on three of my lever guns the only one I don't is my Henry .22. I don't care for the tang type due to not being able to wrap my thumb around the rifle for a more secure grip. With my 45/70 I feel that a tang type would hit my in the forehead and getting hit doesn't make me very happy.
 
Well it sounds like the receiver sight might be the way to go for me.

Any input on whether a Lyman or Williams would be the better way to go? Looks like they both make a few variations.
 
I got the williams because my gun is 1940's vintage and only has holes on the side of the receiver threadded for mounting. I had to get a taller front sight (went with a firesight and love it...it really pops)
 
Any input on whether a Lyman or Williams would be the better way to go?
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They're both fine sights. I prefer the Williams but mostly because it's the receiver sight I've used for the past fifty years and I've become very familiar with using them on several different rifles. I'd say get the brand that's the cheapest you can find that's made for your rifle.
 
well IMHO the tang sights have a old west cool factor,that can't be beat.
I had a lyman post on a marlin 39 ,looked sweet on there and shot better than I could hold. I have a reciever sight on both of my muzzleloaders. the williams ghost ring on my omega works well with my aging eyes. and I pull the aperture
from my hawkens for hunting,and the smaller disc for target shooting.
the filp up vernier sight on my enfield mk1 no5 is marked out to 800 yards, I dont have a reason to shoot that far ,but again has a cool factor.
With practice either type will shoot well.
the fold down lyman type does seem to change my grip on the wrist,which may be something to consider.

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I have three rifles with a Williams receiver peep and like them all for ease of use, reliability, durability, and the micrometer adjustment feature. I have not used and do not own a Lyman so I cannot knowledgably comment on them.
 
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I prefer the Williams FP sight. For range use I like the target turrets for both windage and elevation. That way I can easily adjust point-of-impact for range, weather conditions, and ammo characteristics (I handload and I'm constantly trying out new powders and bullets).

For field use I like just an elevation turret. Brownells sells the turrets separately so you can install them on any plain FP sight. Or, you can buy the FP with the turrets already installed.

Not sure if the a new Rossi M92 is pre-drilled for the FP. Marlins and Winchesters, for the past 30 years or so, are. If not, I'd look into a Stevesgunz.com Rossi peep that replaces that godawful top-mounted bolt safety.
 
I have eight leverguns. Two have receiver sights, one has a scope, five have Marble's tang sights. The tang sight is by far my favorite on leverguns. It looks right, is extremely fast, and capable of top notch accuracy. The first thing I do now when I get a new (or old) levergun is tap of the rear sight and mount a tang.

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To those of you using tang sights on lever guns, does the tang sight get hit when you lever the action?
 
I am pretty sure Steve gets them from Skinner. For the price plus the dovetail blank I just assume go for the barrel mounted peep. As soon as I have a bit of cash that is the way I am going to go.

You have 4 options for the Rossi 92

1) Skinner barrel mounted peep sight $48.00
2) Steve's Gunz Safety Mounted sight $59.95+$9.95 (dove tail blank)=$69.90
3) Marbles Tang sight $126.99 + $7.99(screws)=$134.98
4) Williams peep sight $80.00 + $??.??(gunsmith charge for drilling and tapping holes)

*with option 3# you can either remove the barrel sight and fill with a blank, or replace original with a fold down buck horn.
**with option #4 blank to fill in barrel dovetail.
***remember with all four of these options there is a possibility that your front sight may or may not work. So you could be in for a few more pennies whichever way you go.
 
I am pretty sure Steve gets them from Skinner.
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Nope. Skinner's sight does not replace the safety. For the M92 Skinner only offers a barrel dovetail mounted sight with the peep aperture about half a mile from your eye. No better than the existing sight IMHO. Lots of shooters seem to like barrel mounted peeps, but I could never see any advantage. Since a barrel peep obscures more of the target, than the issued sights, it would appear to be a disadvantage.
 
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