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[PeterF.]

I recently got me a Marlin Cowboy with the Marble's semi-buckhorn rear sight.  This type of sight is new to me.  What sort of alignment should I be looking at (that is, where should the front dot be sitting in relation to the rear opening, white diamond, etc.  ... besides "in front" )  Thanks in advance,  Peter F.

[Cheyenne Ranger]

Hey Peter

I have two Marlins and what works for me is having the front bead "sitting" on the top of the rear sight.  Now that's not the way I was taught but seems to be the way I use the Marlin sights "naturally."  Seems to hit pretty much where I point it, too.

ÇR

p.s. remember for CAS the white diamond needs to be blacked out--I used a magic marker to do the job on mine.

[Lazarus Longshot]

Yep, for SASS you need to black out the diamond. Or, you can reverse the insert in the rear sight so the diamond faces away from the shooter.