Hello from Scotland~
My .444 Marlin is the first centre fire rifle ive ever used with open sights, and im extremly impressed with the performance of Ashley gost ring set i fitted. I can put 5 rounds loaded with the lee 310 bullet and 41-45 gn of N133 into 2.5"-3" at 100 yards and at 200 yards even with the larger gost ring accuracy is good enough for heart/lung shot on deer sized targets.
Recently i puirchased a Marlin 1894 CL in .218 Bee and have stuck a 3-9x40 on it to test bullets and loads..... If possible i would like to use it "scope free" if i can shoot well enough with some sort of open sight ?? Im wondering if a tang sight would be better than a Lyman/williams. But thats a way off yet ive much load testing to do and bullet supply and choice is proving problematic.
As soon as my licence is back from the police following a variation for .30-30 i will be picking up a marlin L.T.S 16 1/4" barrel.......This little handy rifle will certinally not be getting a scope on to ruin it handling. Im pondering putting the Ashley gost ring set from my .444 on it. I believe this type of sight will be ideal for a shorter range gun such as this .30-30.
Given the longer range capability of my .444 what other sight type could i fit to maximize its long range( 200 yard) accuracy ??
As i said before im very new to "non-scope" sights so any experince with tang sights ,williams etc would be most intersting
Englander
My .444 Marlin is the first centre fire rifle ive ever used with open sights, and im extremly impressed with the performance of Ashley gost ring set i fitted. I can put 5 rounds loaded with the lee 310 bullet and 41-45 gn of N133 into 2.5"-3" at 100 yards and at 200 yards even with the larger gost ring accuracy is good enough for heart/lung shot on deer sized targets.
Recently i puirchased a Marlin 1894 CL in .218 Bee and have stuck a 3-9x40 on it to test bullets and loads..... If possible i would like to use it "scope free" if i can shoot well enough with some sort of open sight ?? Im wondering if a tang sight would be better than a Lyman/williams. But thats a way off yet ive much load testing to do and bullet supply and choice is proving problematic.
As soon as my licence is back from the police following a variation for .30-30 i will be picking up a marlin L.T.S 16 1/4" barrel.......This little handy rifle will certinally not be getting a scope on to ruin it handling. Im pondering putting the Ashley gost ring set from my .444 on it. I believe this type of sight will be ideal for a shorter range gun such as this .30-30.
Given the longer range capability of my .444 what other sight type could i fit to maximize its long range( 200 yard) accuracy ??
As i said before im very new to "non-scope" sights so any experince with tang sights ,williams etc would be most intersting
Englander
