Forty's peep sight

[Headhog]

With the weather being too hot and wanting to try something different I made-up 2 of Forty's peep sights blades. I didn't have any old hacksaw blades around, but did have some thin (0.030) sheet metal. I cut a few pieces and then fashioned them to size to fit in the buckhorn sight of both my Marlin and Henry. I drilled a 3/32" hole and used a black marker to color them. Just sighting out my workshop window they look good. I plan to take both rifles to the range next week and see how this works. Below is a picture of the insert on my Marlin 1894.

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If this works out, I'll clean off the marker and then spray them with black paint.

Paul

[Vaquero]

I believe you will like them, I did the same on my BBB 44 mag., and
my Marlin Cowboy 45 colt.
One of my first targets with the peep.

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RP

[BigAl52]

Yes sir. I like mine works good on the 41 mag.

[fortyshooter]

Nice work Paul! Yes just make them out of what you have around the shop. When I first had the idea a very well used hacksaw blade was laying around and the hole looked like it might be a good size to start with. The blade material being very tough wouldn't dent from the set screw.

Can't wait to see how it works for you.