« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: sights on 22 Hornet  (Read 571 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Mike in Virginia

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1551
sights on 22 Hornet
« on: December 30, 2009, 02:04:10 PM »
Opinions requested.  I inherited my older brother's Handi .22 Hornet.  It's an old one with a Simmons 4X scope.  I like peep sights better than scopes on Handi Rifles (yeah, that's weird), but I'm wondering if the combination I've installed will work. I'm hoping some veterans here will have tried this before.

My new Buffalo Classic came with a Williams sight; I've replaced that with a Foolproof model.  So, I put the factory BC sight on the .22 Hornet, and among my junk, I found an original H&R post front sight, and I installed it on the Hornet.  The sight picture is great but . . . 

Do you think that combination will work, or will I need a different height front sight?

Any suggestions are welcome.  Thanks.

This is the lazy way out of a problem, I know.  I looked at the FAQ and Brownells sight height calculation, but thought perhaps some of you might have tried this and would know the answer.  I never was good at math.   
Logged

Offline poncaguy

  • GBO Supporter
  • Trade Count: (2)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2751
  • Gender: Male
Re: sights on 22 Hornet
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2009, 02:12:07 PM »
Shoot it...........
Logged

Offline dieselten

  • Trade Count: (5)
  • Avid Poster
  • **
  • Posts: 117
  • Gender: Male
Re: sights on 22 Hornet
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2009, 04:19:32 AM »
I have a Handi 22 Hornet with the exact same rear sight.  My front sight is exactly .955" above the exact center of the rifle bore (not from the top of the barrel).  My Handi will zero at 100 yards now with the rear sight all the way down.  If you want a little room to maneuver the rear sight then use a front sight slightly taller.
Logged

Offline Mike in Virginia

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1551
Re: sights on 22 Hornet
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2009, 09:08:27 AM »
Dieselton, thanks.  That's what I was looking for.
Logged

Offline zoner

  • Trade Count: (53)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1322
Re: sights on 22 Hornet
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2010, 02:11:36 AM »
measure the diameter of the barrel at the breech,then divide that measurement in half....add the height of rear sight above barrel with the peep in the middle of it's elevation adjustment(about .480)....then measure muzzle diameter,divide it by half,and subtract that from the total of the two breech measurements and the result is the height of the front sight needed........
Logged

Offline dpe.ahoy

  • GBO Supporter
  • Trade Count: (7)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3363
  • Gender: Male
Re: sights on 22 Hornet
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2010, 06:20:33 AM »
Well, if I woulda known I could use it later, I woulda paid more attention in math class. :-[ :D  DP
Logged
RIP Oct 27, 2017

Handi's:22Shot, 22LR, 2-22Mag, 22Hornet, 5-223, 2-357Max, 44 mag, 2-45LC, 7-30 Waters, 7mm-08, 280, 25-06, 30-30, 30-30AI, 444Marlin, 45-70, AND 2-38-55s, 158 Topper 22 Hornet/20ga. combo;  Levers-Marlins:Two 357's, 44 mag, 4-30-30s, RC-Glenfields 36G-30A & XLR, 3-35 Rem, M-375, 2-444P's, 444SS, 308 MX, 338Marlin MXLR, 38-55 CB, 45-70 GS, XS7 22-250 and 7mm08;  BLR's:7mm08, 358Win;  Rossi: 3-357mag, 44mag, 2-454 Casull; Winchesters: 7-30 Waters, 45Colt Trapper; Bolt actions, too many;  22's, way too many.  Who says it's an addiction?

Offline blind ear

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4156
  • Gender: Male
    • eddiegjr
Re: sights on 22 Hornet
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2010, 06:27:45 AM »
dp, ain't it so! eddie
Logged
Oath Keepers: start local
-
“It is no coincidence that the century of total war coincided with the century of central banking.” – Ron Paul, End the Fed
-
An economic crash like the one of the 1920s is the only thing that will get the US off of the road to Socialism that we are on and give our children a chance at a future with freedom and possibility of economic success.
-
everyone hears but very few see. (I can't see either, I'm not on the corporate board making rules that sound exactly the opposite of what they mean, plus loopholes) ear
"I have seen the enemy and I think it's us." POGO
St Judes Childrens Research Hospital
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »