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Offline Cookiemann

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Williams Ghost Ring & Twilight Peep Sights
« on: May 21, 2005, 03:08:26 AM »
Has anyone here tried the Williams ghost ring rear sight or the twilight series rear sight on a Handi...Thinking about one of those 2 sights for my 45-70.
http://www.williamsgunsight.com/PDF/2005catalog.pdf
They are on pages 13 & 14 of the Williams Catalog.  My 45-70 came with the WGOS on it and I think either one would work.  Any comments welcome.
I know some of you have the ORH(oneraggedhole) on your slug guns with the standard Tracker open sights.  How do you like them.
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Williams Ghost Ring & Twilight Peep Sig
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2005, 04:50:17 AM »
I use the twilight aperture if I use an aperture at all, the WGRS sight can be used as a ghost ring without an aperture mounted in the carrier.

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« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2005, 05:04:55 AM »
Sir,
I have the Williams WGRS rear and Fire Sight front on three of my barrels, one of which is a .45-70. Love them.  8) All I have to do is remove the aperture from the WGRS and I pretty much have a ghost ring, but I have the twilight aperture which I prefer.
 
One thing to consider if you use a Williams WGOS or WGRS rear sight is you will likely need to change the front sight too, to a taller sight. If you choose to use a Williams front sight and your handi is older, the front sight screw that comes with the Williams is a 6-48 and the older handi front sight is held on by a 3-48 screw. You'll either have to find a 3-48 screw with a bigger head or re-tap the hole to accept a 6-48 screw. I had mine re-tapped. I did this after calls to both H&R and Williams, both of whom gave me bad info on the size of the front sight screw. After my front sights arrived and I saw I had a problem, I made a second call to H&R, personnel told me they did go to a 6-48 front sight screw sometime around the middle of last year. I don't have a handi made after the middle of last year, so I don't know if that's an accurate statement or not. No sour grapes here, I know all I had to do was take off my old front sight and measure the screw, but I didn't. :oops:  

Didn't mean to be so long winded. :oops: