Peep/Ghost Ring Sights for Puma 357?

November · Post by **November** » Sat May 17, 2008 9:53 pm

Anyone know of a manufacturer of peep or ghost ring rear sights for a Rossi/Puma .357? Thanks.

Jeff Quinn · Post by **Jeff Quinn** » Sat May 17, 2008 9:59 pm

I bought one from Taurus for their slide action rifle for one of my .357 Pumas. It worked perfectly. Copy of a marbles sight, but very affordable.

http://www.taurususa.com/products/tangsight.cfm

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sat May 17, 2008 10:06 pm

Which model fit the Puma? Did you have to D&T it?

Jeff Quinn · Post by **Jeff Quinn** » Sat May 17, 2008 10:23 pm

I used 5-6273, and had to drill one hole.

November · Post by **November** » Sat May 17, 2008 10:26 pm

Oops. I should have been more specific. I mean the kind that replaces the rear buckhorn leaf sight. That Marbles copy is nice, though.

Jeff Quinn · Post by **Jeff Quinn** » Sat May 17, 2008 10:36 pm

A peep sight out on the barrel will be too far from your eye to work properly.

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Sat May 17, 2008 11:46 pm

But what model tang sight fits the factory D&T tang sight holes of the newer LSI Octagon Barrel Pumas.

November · Post by **November** » Sun May 18, 2008 7:46 pm

I just remembered Steve Young had a picture of a ghost ring that he used to install on top of the Puma receiver, but I can't see the pic on his website now. That might be a way to go if he still does that work.

Slick · Post by **Slick** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:28 am

I'll heartily give a HUGE "thumbs up" on the Taurus tang sight. It's all metal and has positive adjustment "clicks". They can be "hard to find" (in stock) but, I got mine here for under $30->

http://www.ableammo.com/catalog/product ... a081a902e0

Slick · Post by **Slick** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:31 am

Jeff Quinn wrote:A peep sight out on the barrel will be too far from your eye to work properly.

Not trying to start an arguement - but I mounted a Williams WGRS peep in the forward pair of scope-mount holes on my Marlin 1894c - and it's works just fine. Maybe the peep hole is larger than most?

Anyways, I used the front pair of mount holes because using the rear pair caused the sight to overhang the hammer..

arjay · Post by **arjay** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:46 am

I know what you mean - here is one
That setup is the Ashley XS Ghost ring. Legacy/Rossi/Win 92 - w/o ramp *1 *5-LG-0001-5- But it only works with the earlier Rossiâ€™s that donâ€™t have the ugly bolt top safetyâ€™s.
Unfortunately USA has restrictions preventin export to New Zealand so I have a contact in Australia that may have one.

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:12 am

Ysabel Kid wrote:Which model fit the Puma? Did you have to D&T it?

I think they sell it for their rifle model 62. I have one on each one of my four Puma's. The long/octagonal Pumas are already drilled and tapped, and the round carbine ones weren't. Easy to do, just be sure you center the hole and punch before drilling.

I recall the threads were metric on the guns, and so I had to make a trip to Ace for some screws and re-shape the heads of a couple long metric Allen-heads since the tang screws need to be longer to go through the sight also (so need replaced).

I can post a pic later this week if you're interested.

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:13 am

Jaguarundi wrote:But what model tang sight fits the factory D&T tang sight holes of the newer LSI Octagon Barrel Pumas.

See my earlier post - I believe they call it model 62...

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:16 am

Slick wrote:
Jeff Quinn wrote:A peep sight out on the barrel will be too far from your eye to work properly.
Not trying to start an arguement - but I mounted a Williams WGRS peep in the forward pair of scope-mount holes on my Marlin 1894c - and it's works just fine. Maybe the peep hole is larger than most?

Anyways, I used the front pair of mount holes because using the rear pair caused the sight to overhang the hammer..

I did the same thing on my 1894 (front holes).

I also use a fold-down peep in the original rear sight dovetail as a 'backup' sight under my see-through scope rings, and find it is easy to use and accurate as a PRIMARY sight. At first I thought it shouldn't work, since it wasn't close enough to give the 'ghost' effect, but it DOES work for me (hitting 6" gongs at 100 yards becomes child's play). In a way, it makes sense, since the "notch" rear sight obviously can work when positioned there, and the "peep" in this case is just an easier to see and center "notch" - I do think perhaps the sight is being used differently by the eye, however, vs. a rearward aperture - but it DOES work for me!

November · Post by **November** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:34 pm

arjay wrote:I know what you mean - here is one
That setup is the Ashley XS Ghost ring. Legacy/Rossi/Win 92 - w/o ramp *1 *5-LG-0001-5- But it only works with the earlier Rossiâ€™s that donâ€™t have the ugly bolt top safetyâ€™s.
Unfortunately USA has restrictions preventin export to New Zealand so I have a contact in Australia that may have one.

arjay, that's what I was lookin' for. I emailed Steve Young to see if he still does this work. I have the older Puma w/o safety, so I think this is something I'd like to do.

arjay · Post by **arjay** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:24 am

Good luck mate - I have just made contact with some Aussies who can probably get me one - I will know by the end of the week.

oldgerboy · Post by **oldgerboy** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:35 pm

I've used a home made "peep" sight by soldering a plate to the open sight on a TC Renegade and drilling a large hole in it for about 30 years. I also have used the "One Ragged Hole" insert on a Winchester 94. They do work far, far better for me than the open sight I can't see. If you don't want a tang sight and don't want to d&t any holes, the Peep-on-the-barrel is a definite option that is very workable ... at least for me it was.