Sight question.

[Crow#21957]

I am going to put something on my front sight that is probably frowned on by most. It will only be on this gun which is basically my fun shooter and possibly coyote gun. The front sight is silver and to thin. I put a brass shim on each side and shaped it. I left the top a little proud cause it shoots a little high.
This leaves a gap between the brass shims. The gap is the width of the silver blade. I'm going to glue a green fiber optic piece into the gap. Should make easy aiming for my old eyes. With my 32 cal flintlock I don't have much of a sight issue due to longer barrel and rear sight a good ways farther out on the barrel..

 

[stikshooter]

And mine is old Ivory (pre 1940 ) piano salvage

 

[Crow#21957]

Ivory is Good and pc. I'm sure my fiber is nono. I can't see the white ivory. Sucks getting the old eye thing.

 

[chorizo]

Sounds like a real good plan to me. Who the hell you want to make happy other than yourself (and maybe the spousal unit if you have one)? The rest can go urinate up a rope if they don't like it.

I can state with relative certainty that if fiber optic was available in 1830, they would have used it. People were concerned about hitting things, not whether some fellow trapper you bumped into approved of how your gun looked.

 

[Crow#21957]

There ya go. I hate doing it but it will really help. Only thing I won't do is a scope on a traditional muzzeloader. That just looks wrong. Lol

 

[chorizo]

There ya go. I hate doing it but it will really help. Only thing I won't do is a scope on a traditional muzzeloader. That just looks wrong. Lol

That I concur with. That would make me unhappy with myself if I did that.