First day shooting the H006MR .357 Carbine.

[North Country Gal]

Nice shooting with those less than eye friendly buckhorns. I'm now at an age where it gets tougher with each passing year to go with iron sights, though I love shooting iron sights too much to ever completely stop using them. Ye, it's that rear sight that gets too fuzzy to use for a lot of us, because it is too close to our eyes. A peep is a great way to solve that problem. Even so, most of my carbines now wear a low power scope, just like Esquared's. In fact, I have the same scope on a couple of carbines. Those low powered Leupold Freedom scopes will spoil you.

Good for you on using your offhand to make the carbine a bit better behaved when shooting off the rest. I use that technique with all my light guns, now. It does help with consistency.

[Omegaspeedy]

Hi North Country Gal,

Yes totally agree that the buck horns are very difficult for not so young eyes and the more I read here, the more I think I'll enjoy this awesome carbine with a nice little low power scope on it. I've been playing around with a few scopes I have and my thinking is even to purchase a vintage scope so it fit with the style of the carbine. I have a Freedom range 4-12 x 40 which would be great out to +100m but I think it's over kill and not useful at closer ranges. Theres a Freedom at 2-7x33 and a similar from Weaver which look good and light weight. I've put an old Tasco on with vintage steel rings and it look pretty good but I'll still seek a smaller unit.

[JEBar]

nice looking combo .... what (if any) impact does adding the scope make in the carbine's balance

[BigAl52]

Dont know if you have thot about it but a red dot is another option. Nice shooting and your carbine has some nice looking wood on it. Al

[Omegaspeedy]

Hi JEBar, the balance is not affected in this case. It just adds a little weight and this scope ring combo is very lightweight.

BigAI52, yes was was really considering this and I really like red dots and have used them a heap on my rifles. My only issue is most red dots now look like a star due to stigmatism's with exception of the EXPS-2 with G33. I don't think my gun would suit this combo

[ESquared]

I put the Leo VX Freedom 2-7X33 on my Henry 30-30 and it's fantastic for even 100yds+! These are the Talley rings made for the Henry hole-spacing (Medium height).

[Omegaspeedy]

ESquared, yes thats the one I reckon! The glass is the clearest and brightest I've seen for any scope under 1K. I don't know how Leupold do it but I love this range of scopes.

[Redthies]

What do you reckon about the peep sights like a Skiiner? Is there an advantage for old eyes or will I have the same issue and just struggle out to distance?

Skinners are a game changer if you don’t want to stick to a scope. I have Andy’s sights on both my Henrys. He does a barrel mount, and receiver mount option, but I opted for receiver as with the shorter carbine it increases your sight length. Ranger Point Precision is another maker of peep sights, and offer some really cool options. I’m not sure if either of those companies can directly export to NZ. And how come you’re flying the Aussie flag if you’re from NZ?

[ESquared]

"And how come you’re flying the Aussie flag if you’re from NZ?"

Better double-check. They're very close in appearance...

[Rifletom]

ESquared, PM inbound.