Hartford front sight

[rdnck]

That is a fine looking sight Stephen.

What are you using for a rear sight?

I'm going to have to make one of those for my Hartford when I get my lathe doing again. if I ever will.
I use the Lawrence on my .44 hunting rifle but the front blade had to be filed down to just about the top of the rabbit ears to get a 130 yard setting with the ladder down and it is just to fine for me to see when the sun gets low.

I'm going to make the base so it's just above the flats that will give me a little more height for the blade so I can pick it up better.
This will go on my Hartford .44-77 with a Lawrence back sight and it will not be fitted with a tang.

I'm hoping this rifle will be done when I get to Big Timber in a couple days.
Leaving in the morning.

Kurt

Kurt I use a semi buckhorn rear! I could never get use to a lawerence sight for some reason but others swear by it! this sight has a total height of .298! This is third sight I have installed like this on my hunting guns! I have one on my 50 2.5, 45 2 4/10th and now my 44/77! It shoots dead on at a 100 yards with a six o clock hold and when I raise the ladder up on the rear sight with the slide all the way up I can aim using the bottom of the U of the rear sight and it's dead on at 200 yards using the 6 o clock hold! The only rifle I have that shoots a little flatter then that is my 50 2.5 it's dead on at 220 yards! This one I put a brass post in so it will be interesting to see how it fairs on the plains of Wyoming in the mid day sun in September on a antelope hunt!

Stephen

Stephen--In my experience a brass front sight will glare out and be harder to see than one out of bronze. Your eyes may like the brass better, but I think I would look check it out really good before I got it on the prairie chasing antelope. I would bet a cup of coffee and a piece of pie that you wind up using bronze. Shoot straight, rdnck.