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I ran arcross this somewhat interesting workaround, by a fella with a ca.1948 Winchester 94 he wanted to mount a peep sight on, w/o drilling/tapping the rifle.
The owner's evidently a machinist, because he made replicas of some of the actions screws, but made them longer, so he could attach a brass plate to the LH side of the action, and the receiver peep sight to the plate. (he "aged" the plate synthetically - but cold blue turns brass a black color)
My 1963 M1100 shotgun has used the same approach for ages in mounting a scope sight for use with a slug barrel.
My prefered peep sight mount is the one used on a couple of my M94 'Big Bores'. They came factory drilled and tapped for a Williams 'Foolproof' receiver sight. The 4 holes are on top of the sidewalls of the action, two on each side. It is a very neat approach and with the sight removed four screws fill the holes so they are very inconspicuous.
If I could find a gunsmith that could do my other lever actions, including M92 clones, the same way I would have them done. The fully adjustable sight is very useful and I like the fact that it accepts the Merit adjustable iris aperture. For those whose don't want the bulk and weight of a scope but whose eyesight needs some help the combination is outstanding.
Does anyone here know a gunsmith who can be trusted to do such a drill and tap and get it right the first time?
earlmck wrote:Now that is interesting. But my money would have gone for a straight d&t for a clean and neat mounting of the sight. But, different strokes...
Yes. A D&T of a 1948 gun is acceptable as that's close enough as to when the factory decided to do it anyway. But the idea does open up thoughts as a 1/8" plate doing the same thing along with a Williams side mount would allow one to mount a scope on a real collectable.
That is a job most anyone can do who has a bit of 1/16", 3/32", or 1/8" plate laying around as the screws are easily available.
Idle time is the devils workshop and I have idle time today. I'm gonna go down to the dungeon and mount a 36X Nightforce on the Uzi.
Thanks Pete, the horns have come out! --------------Sixgun
I like that, gives contrast to the peep so you can see the details of it. I like "old school" work like this. There were handy guys like this everywhere it seemed; in the early 70's.
30/30 Winchester: Not accurate enough fer varmints, barely adequate for small deer; BUT In a 10" to 14" barrelled pistol; is good for moose/elk to 200 yards; ground squirrels to 300 metres
250 Savage... its what the 223 wishes it could be...!
