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Re: skinner sights

Post by The Wiz » Fri Mar 09, 2018 6:11 pm

Skinner is going to send me a correct sight once I send back the incorrect one. In my email exchange with Andy, I suggested that the verbiage regarding fit with the LoPro ,on their site, was misleading. He agreed and said he will make changes to included Henry rifles needing the 8-40 size along with the Marlins. I will be out the postage and insurance on the return but, if this puts this to bed and helps other people order the correct size, I will have do some good. :)
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Re: skinner sights

Post by The Wiz » Tue Mar 13, 2018 4:39 pm

Question: Screws on Skinner Sights, metric or non metric?
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101st Airborne, Recon. ( Where in the heck are we?)
25th Inf. Div.2/22 Inf. Reg.(mech.)
Sgt., U.S. Army, Sniper

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Uberti 1851 Navy Conv.
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Re: skinner sights

Post by Conax » Sat Apr 21, 2018 3:35 pm

I had some fun with a Skinner Express receiver sight on my BBS .44.
I installed it (easy!) on the receiver, looked it over and decided I'd be needing a taller front post since the peep was way up high there.
Ordered the tallest skinner front patridge (at least .600") and fit it, went to range.
Shoot. The thing was shooting about 6" low. (Too tall!)
Ran some online calculator, put in all the data as accurately as I could, it worked out that I should need a .450" high front post. Skinner sells a patridge, .450,
Eureka!! This should be it. Ordered it and waited.
Fitted and drifted in the .450" and the thing was shooting 3" high at 20 yards (indoors).
Wait...WHAT? Too LOW.
Dang.
Calculator program says I now need one about .551" high. Since the oriinal was about .500, and since the calculator was full of beans the first time, I've re-installed the big ol bead original front sight. I haven't shot it yet but I'm fairly certain it won't work at all.. :)
Fun fun fun.
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Re: skinner sights

Post by Redstickboy » Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:04 pm

Have an H001T .22 in S/L/LR. It has the semi-buckhorn sight. I am thinking of switching to a Skinned peep but not sure which to use. I have the two drilled/tapped holes under the existing sight if I want to go that route but the one that fits into the dovetail is a lot cheaper since I wouldn't have to get the dovetail blank to fill the hole and a taller front sight. Any assistance with this problem would be greatly appreciated. I can afford the screwed sight but If the dovetail one works well why not go with it?
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Re: skinner sights

Post by Mistered » Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:46 pm

If the dovetail one works well why not go with it?
I have never looked through a dovetail mounted one but It appears to me a peep sight that far from the eye would not work well due to the shorter sighting plane.
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Re: skinner sights

Post by tractortad » Sun Apr 29, 2018 8:45 pm

If it were mine I'd put a Skinner Rimfire groove sight on the receiver and a Lyman .494" Globe on the front. We have a Henry 24" Frontier 22LR with this setup and it's almost like looking thru a low power scope for a sight picture - works really well.
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Re: skinner sights

Post by Steve51 » Tue May 01, 2018 10:26 am

I imagine the receiver mounted sights would be better but I fitted all my Henry rifles with the Skinner dovetail rear sight that replaces the buckhorn sight and I have been well pleased. I could buy two of those for the price of one receiver sight. For most, the front sight did not have to be changed, although I changed most of my front sights to a sight with a smaller gold bead (1/16').
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