Mounting a peep sight on an old singleshot 22

[aulrich]

Yesterday I picked up a 22 for my boys its a Winchester Cooey Model 39. It is a smaller single shot bolt action.  The Cooey name is a common Canadian gun maker from the 50's and 60' winchester bought them in 61 and continue production till 79.

Now it came with a standard v-notch rear sight, but at the shop I seen another cooey single (standard size so it was too big) it had what looked like a williams peep rear and a hooded lyman front sight.  That struck me as a real good idea to get a little more accuracy out of the gun.  I looked at the williams site but oddly enough the guns no listed (not that I had expected it to be).

What I was wondering is there a generic sight that could be mounted. Or one that goes on a round receiver on the side. At this point I am not sure where to continue my search. The gun itself is not really worth much but it has at least 6 years of use in my house before the boys out grow it. So I think the expense could be worth it.

At this point I am not sure where to continue the search.

[jh45gun]

I would take the gun and check it out at a gun shop  or gun smith that has Williams sights on hand. I would guess any of the peep sights made for rounded recievers like the Mausers would work maybe depending on which side it had to be mounted on. My peep for my Mauser is on the right hand side. I am sure other models were made for on the left side also depending on the rifle. Another idea is cut out a pattern of the curve of the reciever and the width of the reciever and send it to Williams and ask if they have anything to fit it if your local gun shops or local gun smiths do not have any in stock.