Hadley eyecup - Shaver versus MVA

[TexasMac]

If you have not purchased a Hadley eyecup yet, you may be interested in the following.
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The Lee Shaver is well made and looks like a close copy of the MVA. From the front they look almost identical, but looking closer there are a few differences. Both have a rubber ring around the outer edge to help protect the shooter eyes, glasses, stock comb, etc. The outside diameter of the sights are the same. Both have 9 choices of aperture hole sizes. The main differences are the layout of the holes and the size of the holes. The holes in the aperture wheel of the MVA are laid out in reverse order compared to the Shaver, which, unless I'm overlooking something, should make no difference to a shooter. In other words, rotating the MVA aperture wheel clockwise moves from large to smaller holes. Rotating the Shaver clockwise moves from small to larger holes. The holes are of slightly different diameter. The Shaver aperture offers hole diameters from approximately 0.029" to 0.086". The MVA from 0.021" to 0.078". Another difference is the Shaver is stamped L. SHAVER on the front of the sight. The MVA has no markings at all. The Shaver has a matt finish on the front and back. The MVA has a matt finish on the front and a gloss finish on the back. The inside cup surface is a little flatter (less concave) on the Shaver than on the MVA. I'd be hard pressed to pick one over the other. Buffalo Arms gets $65 to $77 for the Shaver depending on the sight thread required. MVA gets $74 to $84 for theirs depending on sight thread required. Maybe some of you with more shooting experience with a Hadley can offer some comments or possibly point out advantages of one over the other.

Wayne

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i dont see much difference in the two youve listed..  i use the mva as thier equipment has been flawless for me..   i used to shoot open sights with my 45-70 and did very well..  i dont believe the full appetrue sights are a whole lot better untill you figure  accurate changing of   elevation settings  and varying lighting conditions.. side lighting will sometimes make open sights impossible as the sun goes thru the trees...   it is quite a bit difference then.. the different type apetures in any sight is a huge help during full light, or evening.  for your eyes you may only use  two or three openings.. one for day , and one for evening.. imnot  real experienced in these but since you have no anweres, i thought id give it a shot..  id get one or the other, and  you should be happy. keep the old fixed one for hunting.. in fact you will probably find the size you need with the hadley type site. one for day, one for fading light, when hunting is best.  my opinion only... dave