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Offline deerhunter1981

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Front sight hight for Williams FP sight on a Winchester 94?
« on: October 13, 2009, 10:24:57 AM »
Recommendations anyone? .375? .430?

What about width?

Think I'll go for the large bead size.

I'm now talking about the standard Marble or Williams front sight gold beads one, if not anyone has any other suggestions?

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Re: Front sight hight for Williams FP sight on a Winchester 94?
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2009, 02:02:34 PM »
When talking about bead front sights, "width" and "bead size" don't refer to the same thing.

Bead-type front sight blades, whether Gold/Ivory/Fibre-Optic, are generally available in only two bead sizes, 1/16" (fine) or 3/32" (coarse), regardless of the sight blade height or sight blade base width.

Front sight blades of whatever height and/or bead size type/size are commonly available in three different base widths - a "wide" (W) base for mounting directly in barrels w/o a ramp, a "medium" (M) width for most ramp mounting, and a "narrow" for extremely narrow ramp mounting like in the Williams Shorty ramp.

Squared-off, Patridge-type front sight blades are the same except that they're usually a straight post as viewed for shooting, either plain/blued or with some sort of sighting aid like a vertical white stripe (XS) or square gold bead (Redfield/Marbles/NECG).

The type of front sight used in conjunction with a peep depends on the use intended for the rifle, also taking into consideration the shooter's eyesight and shooting conditions/terrain/climate.

I, personally, do best when/where I hunt (NOT target shoot) with a fiber-optic front - but YMMV, certainly.

I have found that Win 94's seem to require a front sight about 1/10" higher than the issue open sight front sight, for zeroing with a side-mounted receiver peep like the FP, and even higher if a higher peep like an XS is mounted.
If your Mod 94 is an AE/side-eject, the proper top-mount FP sits lower than the side-mount FP, allowing the use/zeroing with any front sight that's the same height as the issue front sight.

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