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Section 6: Rifles Subject: Savage M99 Msg# 1167556
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I ended up selling that rifle--not liking buckhorrns, either. I could hit with them, but it took me far too long to line them up.
That was good info you got from Dale about aiming with Buckhorns. The model 64 Winchester lever had terrible sights and was the most popular deer rifle in my area. We used to hunt in the Sierras along with way too many hunters. Working in the gun shop and selling a lot of Model 64 rifles with terrible sights and no good way to mount a scope. I started calling them Cowboy guns. So, if we were in camp and heard a string of shots one after another, I would tell my partner that they were probably using a cowboy gun. If we heard one shot, we knew someone probably got a deer. Two shots and it was a possible deer. Three shots or more and it was good-bye deer. When my Marine Corps Uncle came home from WW-2, He bought me a Remington tube fed bolt action 22 rifle. The gun had open sights and the first thing he did was buy me a Lyman Peep Sight. He taught me to shoot and that was the only iron sight I ever used after that. With that peep I could easily outshoot my friends hunting jack rabbits with slide action rifles. Frank |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: The 99 had a good buckhorn iron sight but I never liked any Buckhorn sight. I'm no expert as everyone knows but I just wanted to comment on buckhorn sights. I had a knowledgeable, experienced rifleman that used to be a member here (Dale Mullin) tell me how to use buckhorn sights. I had one rifle with buckhorns, and tried Dale's method, which was basically to bury the front bead deep into the buckhorn. I came away from my experience--I ended up selling that rifle--not liking buckhorrns, either. I could hit with them, but it took me far too long to line them up. It was bad enough on the range, I couldn't see myself hunting with them. |
