It's item #21110; and just to give you a heads up, this sight requires an extra tall front sight, approximately 1/2" above the barrel flat. You also need to pay attention to the screw on the barrel tang as the sight will fit right over the top of it.Old Ford said:Muzzleloader Building Supply ?
Great, I will try to find it.
That sight will fit well on a new rifle that I am working on.
Thank you for the pictures
Fred
Zonie said:The raising of hackles over the Historical Correctness of peep sights and the comment about the sights on original rifles brings up the question, why don't the modern reenactors and other modern historians complain about the sights used on almost all of the currently made rifles?
No, I'm not speaking of those ugly boxy adjustable sights on the factory made guns. No one likes those things.
I am speaking about the front sight blades that stick up more than 1/8 of an inch tall and the fixed rear sights that are often 3/16" to 1/4" (or more) ifolks really want to talk about being HC or PC, they should be making negative comments and stating that these tall sights were almost never seen back in the days. They are NOT historically correct or period correct.
Now, most of us will gladly overlook this little fauxpas , but someone who gets upset about the presence of a peep sight should (I would think) also be upset with i tall sights on almost everyone's rifles and pistols. :stir:
And why do all you complainers stay here? If you don't like the level of user knowledge, why not go someplace where you will feel more at home? Find an "historical experts" forum and join.tg said:"There are many serious reenactors that do pay attention to that feature...its just that very few frequent this website'
Good obsevation Capt...I wonder "why" it seems there used to be quite a few of that level (various levels not meant to be "better or worse" just different levels of historical interest)of folks here as I recall,...another mystery, I do not have a clue where or why they went. Maybe aliens and anal probes?
Many Klatch said:Zonie, those original rifles were not used for target shooting 15 or 20 shots in a 30 minute period. They were used for hunting and occasionally in warfare. I have read a first person account of a shooter at an over the log contest "laying his gun in the grass to get rid of the heat waves". That is a slow paced shoot with 15 shots in 3 or 4 hour period and yet he was having trouble seeing his sights.
If the folks of the time had enough powder and lead to just shoot round after round at targets, they would have had taller sights as well. So although we try to have our guns and gear as historically accurate as possible, the reality of trying to shoot accurately with the original sights after 4 or 5 shots leads us to raise the front and rear sights.
I also shoot with glasses that are better than were available 150 years ago and my Titanium knees are also not HC, but we do what we can do.
Many Klatch
Great looking sight!Number19 said:Here is my "traditional" peep sight, which is available from Muzzleloader Builder Supply. You will notice that I do not have the aperture screwed into the sight in these photos.Rifleman1776 said:There is a supplier with a nice looking rear peeper that is very traditional in appearance. I have tried to find but no success. Anybody know who this supplier is?
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