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Sighting in a Single on a Sunday Afternoon
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 5:02 pm
by tractortad
We decided to upgrade the sight picture for our 44Mag Single and after trying out a couple of different rear and front sight setups, we finally settled on a Skinner Low-Pro on the rear and a .404" Lyman Globe 17A on the front.
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So, it was off to the hay field to sight it in:
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It took four shots/three adjustments to get close enough to the bull at 25 yds, then we shot four more for a 5 shot group.
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Results were good enough for our needs (big bore plinking). The rifle seems to like Federal 240g JHP, which is what we usually shoot in all our 44's. Everybody liked to shoot this rifle before we changed the sights, but now everybody really likes it because it is hard to miss at 25 yds with this sight setup - it always brings a smile when you bang those steel gongs with a 44.....
Re: Sighting in a Single on a Sunday Afternoon
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 5:08 pm
by ESquared
Tad, you're the Skinner/Lyman wizard around here, and this one looks great! Can't beat that group, huh? It's fun/interesting to swap in different inserts on the Lyman.
Thanks for sharing!
Re: Sighting in a Single on a Sunday Afternoon
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 5:12 pm
by Yornoc3
Good looking set-up. I like that minimalist rear sight; I've wondered about them. Obviously, you can make 'em work
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Re: Sighting in a Single on a Sunday Afternoon
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 5:20 pm
by Cofisher
Nice setup. Yeah, you are our resident peep combo guy. Good looking results.
Re: Sighting in a Single on a Sunday Afternoon
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 10:23 pm
by RanchRoper
Very well done. Cool rifle.
Re: Sighting in a Single on a Sunday Afternoon
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:51 am
by North Country Gal
Have always admired the simplicity of Skinner sights, too. Have used the Lo Pro on several guns.
Re: Sighting in a Single on a Sunday Afternoon
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 3:43 pm
by BigAl52
Tad has all the single shots and all the cool stuff. Nice Tad do you reload for the 44 at all or just use factory ammo
Re: Sighting in a Single on a Sunday Afternoon
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:46 pm
by tractortad
BigAl52 wrote:Tad has all the single shots and all the cool stuff. Nice Tad do you reload for the 44 at all or just use factory ammo
So far we have only used factory ammo, but we have everything we need to reload(bullets, cases, powder, primers, dies, press,powder measure,etc.) - just have to get started with all of it....
Re: Sighting in a Single on a Sunday Afternoon
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:30 am
by daytime dave
Nice shooting and nice rifle Tad.
Re: Sighting in a Single on a Sunday Afternoon
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:22 am
by markiver54
Nice set-up. Congrats! Looks like you have a nice place to shoot as well!