Optics for a Mare's Leg

[Sir Henry]

I feel the same way RS. But try a Skinner receiver peep as it will increase the sight radius making it a lot more accurate.

Sir Henry, have you ever tried a tang sight on a mares leg?

Yes I have. It worked okay but no better than a receiver peep.

[Sir Henry]

I have four M'sLegs and two are scoped and two have peeps. I moved the peeps to the receiver to give a longer sight radius. The radius is now about where it would be on the Classic.
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Out of the four of them I very seldom shoot the scoped ones.
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just curious .... based on the fact that all I know about a M'sLegs comes from watching episodes of Wanted Dead or Alive, Josh fires from the hip and does so rapidly ..... I can't help but wonder how you would sight a scope on one of them ..

Lucas McCain was the one that shot rapidly from the hip. Josh very seldom ever shot the Mare's Leg but he always got the girl.

[SingleAction357]

I feel the same way RS. But try a Skinner receiver peep as it will increase the sight radius making it a lot more accurate.

Sir Henry, have you ever tried a tang sight on a mares leg?

Yes I have. It worked okay but no better than a receiver peep.

My thought is with a tang sight on the .22 mag I still have my 3/8" groove and I can remove my rear sight and put a rail for additional goodies. Idk if I can find a tang sight for this though, there's only one screw hole in the top of the tang.

[stevec]

I purchased a Mares Leg in 44mag, fun to shoot and play with , but had issues holding it steady enough to hit targets 2, 3 times in a row, problem solved. I mounted a Crimson Site CMR-206 on it, dialed it in and what a difference, can hit targets shooting from the hip or anywhere I want to hold it. Hitting bowling pins at 75 to 100 yards now. I know it is not an optic, but sure is fun.

[SGC]

I put the Hi-Vis front site on my .22 ML and it really improved the quickness of getting on target. May still get a skinner as they really work well on my SGC in .22 and .22m