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Target sights on a H001TLB

Post by Matureshooter » Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:01 pm

Easy question this time. I'm mounting a Marbles tang sight on my Henry, now I need a front sight that will work well with it, to me the obvious choice is a Lyman globe 17. I need to know the correct size of the Dovetail. I would also appreciate any feedback from anyone with some experience in this or a similar setup. Getting really excited about this rifle.
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Re: Target sights on a H001TLB

Post by JEBar » Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:57 pm

really looking forward to your range reports .... your Henry should really be a sweet shooter .... please take a look at our How Many ? thread (link below) and add your Henry to our community total

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Re: Target sights on a H001TLB

Post by tractortad » Thu Sep 21, 2017 8:53 am

The front sight dovetail is 3/8" on a Henry H001. You have your choice of a .404", .494", or .584" tall Globe (base to center of globe) with the Lyman 17a series. You may want to shoot it with the rear tang sight/factory installed front and then calculate which globe to go with to get it to sight in at your desired range....
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Re: Target sights on a H001TLB

Post by Matureshooter » Sat Sep 30, 2017 2:03 pm

tractortad wrote:The front sight dovetail is 3/8" on a Henry H001. You have your choice of a .404", .494", or .584" tall Globe (base to center of globe) with the Lyman 17a series. You may want to shoot it with the rear tang sight/factory installed front and then calculate which globe to go with to get it to sight in at your desired range....
Thanks, I'll give it a few rounds before I change the front sight. I didn't think of that, it has been years since I've set up a rifle to do any shooting.
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Re: Target sights on a H001TLB

Post by Sir Henry » Sat Sep 30, 2017 7:25 pm

I have a Marbles tang and Lyman globe on several of my Henrys and the combination works great. Can't remember the correct height but I do know it took a higher sight than the stock one.
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