Between williams and lyman , which sight would provide easiest ajustments , i muck around lots with target loads , so quicker to adjust point of aim to point of impact would be a big selling feature.
We are talking receiver sights. thanks for the replies.

Lyman sights have knobs, but most Williams need three screwdrivers for adjustment. On the other hand, little fingers can't twiddle a Williams.

Bye
Jack

hi jack ; are knobs still on the new lymans made out of ughhh
aluminimum.

hi jack ; are knobs still on the new lymans made out of ughhh
aluminimum.

Believe the modern Lymans' knobs are still alloy....old ones ae all steel. Still use the puch-button slide release, which is only useful if you've got alternate sighting equipment,,,otherwise, it's just eye-candy.

(Never know though...had one guy who absolutly had to have see through mounts...even though his rifle had no iron sights.)

At least use to be able to get Willimans with knobs.

Can contemplate the Williams "5D" while you fill your tank with $1.70 gasoiline and drink a $.75 Coke...originally sold for 5 dollars (where they got the "5D" name).

Looks like they've still got knobs.
http://www.lymanproducts.com/lymanproducts/sights.htm

Later: Sorry, misread your question. I don't know what the knobs are made of. Dang head cold.

Bye
Jack

You can definitely get a Williams FP with target knobs. While the Williams is aluminum and the Lyman is steel/alloy (not aluminum), both are available with target knobs and should be practically identical when comes to ease of adjustment.

I prefer the looks of the Lyman, though I have an FP on my 1895. Depending on your loads, you may need a new (taller) front sight.

Still pine for the old Redfield "48".

Recently installed the Williams FP model on my Marlin 1895. Works pretty good.

You can definitely get a Williams FP with target knobs. While the Williams is aluminum and the Lyman is steel/alloy (not aluminum), both are available with target knobs and should be practically identical when comes to ease of adjustment.

I prefer the looks of the Lyman, though I have an FP on my 1895. Depending on your loads, you may need a new (taller) front sight.

Ordered a new Lyman for a '94 about 5 years ago...looks right, but the only steel parts on it are the screws, springs, and the graduated plate on the slide.

Unless they changed back between then and now, it's an alloy sight.

How do these aperture sights accomodate older eyes?

SS

Sidespin -

They work better than the regular open buckhorn or similar sights, in that the aprature is back closer to our tired old eyes. The human eye has a natural tendency to want to center whatever it looks through anyway, so mostly you just concentrate on alignment of the front sight.

You can also get different sized apratures to screw into the sight mount. Some folks even take the aprature unit out of the mount and use the screw hole as a "ghost ring" sight. Always found that a little too large for my purposes, but did buy a replacement aprature that has a white ring around it for low light conditions.

I have the Williams FP for my 1894P. Its a top mounted sight, for newer Marlins, not available from Lyman's. You can buy other apitures from Brownell's. I bought the lower than standard( comes with the sight) and the larger one, both in the twighlight version. It has a brass ring around the opening for easier aquisition of target, at about $9 ea.
Jim