When my 1894P was new, one of the first things I changed, was the sights. I bought a Williams peep/firesight combo, and have used that. I have put a scope on it for working up loads, but stay with iron for hunting. Recently I saw a full buckhorn sight from Marbles over on the Buffalo Arms website. It was only $17.00 for the long or short version, and $11.00 for the front bead sights. Have any of you used that type of sight, and if so what do you think of of it? I sure do like the look of the full buckhorn on a lever gun.
Don

Never used a full- or even a semi-buckhorn. The gun writers in the 1960's, O'Connor, Sell, Kohler, etc., all nixed them as the worst for hunting.

I have tried the Firesights but don't like the way they seem to be bigger in bright light & smaller in dim. I went back to gold bead front sights. My Win. 94 carbine wears a Wms. FoolProof rear with disk removed. My 336C/35 Rem. has a Wms. 5D rear because that's what was on it when I bought it used.

I have a 1952 Marlin 336A DL in 30-30 with the original factory open sights. I'll probably put a FoolProof on it this winter. Am also considering getting Sourdough front sights from Brownell's for all of my levers and the Ghost Ring apertures available from Williams to put on the rear peeps.

I just use the factory irons that came on all my Marlins. I am pretty accurate up to 150yds and don't see the need to change at this time. With the terrain that I hunt I rarely get shots over 50yds anyway. I think the factory sights are fine, I think it boils down to personal preference. I wear glasses and do fine as is!

I like iron, and use a pretty wide varitiety...tang peeps, reciver mounted apature sights, and open sights. People's eyes don't all see sisghts the same way (which is why a rifle perfectly sighted in for you may be well off the mark for anyone else who shoots it).

Took the time to play with various shapes/styles/colors. Idea is to not make permanet changes, just test changes to see what your sight responds best to. . Building sights up with expoxy putty, shaping them into square posts, ramps, beads, etc. ...gluing on different rear leaf configurations. All they have to do is last a few groups at the range to get some idea of how well you see them. IF you start with all metal sights (no plastic inserts or painted areas) won't damage them when experimenting...heat will remove the epoxy and you can try your next idea

Personally, a full buckhorn or a semi-buckhorn has been the least easy to use of the sight systems...is authentic, but that doesn't make it a good sight for everyone's eyes. The brighter the light, the better it works...not a style I find fast in dim light hunting. Looks "right".

Want to balance speed and precision. Ghost right with a BIG front bead has been the fastest for me but it is also demonstrably a less precise arrangement. Small apature tang sight or far rear mounted reciver sight with an fine tapered flat top post front has been the most accurate...but it's slow to use and nearly useless in dim light.

I switched back to the original rear semi-buckhorn sight, with the firesight front sight. It appears to be a decent combo, but I'll withold my opinion until I get a few shots off at the range. I have never shot a deer farther than 80 yards, the woods I hunt in are just to thick to see further. If I can keep my shots inside of 8" at 100 yards, I'll be happy with it. I don't think I could employ any scope as fast as I could an iron sight.
Don