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Offline kevin.303

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which receiver sight for a 1895 Winchester
« on: January 10, 2010, 04:00:15 PM »
which of the williams peeps will fit my 1895 Winchester? it list the FP 71 for the 1886 as fitting reproduction '95's but says nothing about originals.
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Re: which receiver sight for a 1895 Winchester
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2010, 02:46:15 PM »
Have you considered a tang sight?  There are a number of makers out there.
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Re: which receiver sight for a 1895 Winchester
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2010, 04:51:32 PM »
The makers of the new peabody martini single shot rifle have a reproduction of the climbing lyman sight that was offered with the origional 1895 winchesters. Don't remember the site address but try google. Frank
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Re: which receiver sight for a 1895 Winchester
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2010, 05:21:15 AM »
I've got the lyman peep for the 1886 on my '95, so my guess would be the '86 in the Williams would be the one you want. Give Brownells a call, they will help you out with it.
                      http://www.peabodyrifles.com/
 They have the repro of the model 21 Lyman, another option. If I had do do it all over again, an Ashley ghost ring would be it. While I still like the lyman and Williams, I've mounted Ashley ghost rings on a couple of other levers and am finding myself prefering those. Although if your looking for the "period look", the ashley wouldn't be the one. CRASH87
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Re: which receiver sight for a 1895 Winchester
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2010, 08:22:59 AM »
I had a similar question while back, ended up getting an older used steel Lyman 66 peep sight online which used the two receiver side holes.

The receiver peep sight is a good option if one's W95 has one of those new tang-safeties.  Townsend Whelen advised against tang sights for W1895s chambered in higher power, velocity or intensity cartridges.

http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,178137.0.html
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