just got my 39A

deadeyeky · Post by **deadeyeky** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:11 pm

yup, got all dialed in today at the range with 40 gr mini-mags, love this rifle, first match for me will be june 14th, in sunnyvale, gonna have lots of fun

Jason · Post by **Jason** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:31 pm

Congrats on the rifle. Smallbore cowboy is about as fun and cheap as silhouette shooting gets.

deadeyeky · Post by **deadeyeky** » Wed May 21, 2008 4:50 pm

thank you, so what would u guys suggest be a good apperature sight for the 39A, ive seen other shooters with apperature sights, and i figured i might as well join the club............

GTKF · Post by **GTKF** » Wed May 21, 2008 5:32 pm

I use William's FPTK and a Lyman 17A front sight n mine and all my lever silhouette guns.

Others prefer a Marbles Tang sight. Go to the first match and check what the other shooters are using. Most will let you try their rifle and see which yu like best

Ken

Jason · Post by **Jason** » Wed May 21, 2008 7:48 pm

Yep.. I use the Williams FPTK receiver sights and Lyman 17A front sights on all three of my cowboy rifles, too. I might try out a couple more tang sights on the smallbore rifle eventually but I don't want a tang sight close to my eye on my 30-30 when I'm shooting rams.

deadeyeky · Post by **deadeyeky** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:17 pm

hmmm, it seems like for smallbore, tang is the way 2 go?

Jason · Post by **Jason** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:49 pm

At our matches, we usually have about 2/3 receiver sights and 1/3 tang sights.. and an occasional factory open sight thrown in.

deadeyeky · Post by **deadeyeky** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:07 pm

hmmmm, okay, ill prolly go with the receiver sight, the longer sight radius would be the only advantage a tang has over a receiver sight, well the other night i hit 11 pigs in a row with the factory open sight, so u never kno

Jason · Post by **Jason** » Wed May 21, 2008 11:05 pm

I think it would be a better idea to try out a couple guns with both types on them before making the decision if that's possible. If you can hit that many pigs in a row, go to a match with your factory sights and ask about the sights you see on rifles there. I've never had any silhouette shooter not offer to let me hold (and shoot if I wanted) their rifle. Take advantage of that generosity to see which one you like better.

deadeyeky · Post by **deadeyeky** » Thu May 22, 2008 7:22 am

ok, will do

Ramslammer · Post by **Ramslammer** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:40 pm

G'Day All
I have been trying a Firesight and they are very good in low light. If you shoot 6o'clock hold these are worth a look. All my rifles have a williams Fool proof fitted, mainly TK models but my 32/20 has a standard with just a elevation knob.
Juddy

toad · Post by **toad** » Thu May 22, 2008 7:22 pm

hi ramslammer
do the fire sight's keep you hands warm on cold days
or what.??
toad

powding · Post by **powding** » Mon May 26, 2008 1:22 pm

deadeye,
Before you finalize a decision on rear sights take a look at the one Tim Skinner makes. I had a Williams before but tried one of Tim's and I love it. It is simple, elegant (mine is brass), easily adusted, he will drill any size aperture opening you want, and best of all -- only $45 for it. Great guy to do business with. Here is web site.

http://www.skinnersights.com/

Scroll down to the 39A. Mine looks exactly like the one pictured on the 1894.

powding

deadeyeky · Post by **deadeyeky** » Mon May 26, 2008 7:18 pm

wow, that looks like a very good quality peep, the only thing is is that the description says that the windage and elevation adjustments are locked down with a set screw, that would be sort of an inconvienience for silhouette shooting, need to adjust the sights every relay, other wise a very nice sight