Thompson Ctr #7194 Aperture Disk compatibilty

mehavey · January 15, 2014, 09:00 PM

I picked up (another growing collector's item) well-used T/C Hawken that had been originally
put togther as a kit in 1980 or so. (`have already put a Green Mtn replacement
45 cal patched-ball/slow-twist barrel on it.) One of the reasons I picked it out of the rack
was that it already had a T/C compact tang peep sight on it:

Out of curiosity form the experience of other T/C owners with this sight, is it compatible with
standard Williams aperture disks ?

Old No7 · January 15, 2014, 10:28 PM

It sure is!

For low-light conditions -- if you will hunt with it -- check out the Williams "Twilight" apertures. They have a small ring of brass inset; most times you don't see it/notice it, but in low-light early morning conditions when it's easy to loose the black "ring", that brass ring catches your eye and allows you perfect sight alignment.

Here's a Williams aperture mounted on my new-to-me T/C .50 Hawken; moved it over from the T/C .45 Cherokee, as I'll be selling that one to fund its "bigger brother" (who weighs in at 2.8 pounds more, due to the longer 32" round ball barrel!)...

I also plan to add a small brass bead to the Hawken front sight, so I can get the same "twilight" effect out in front.

Tight groups!

Old No7

mehavey · January 16, 2014, 07:47 AM

I've got Lyman 57s on my Great Plains 54 as well as my other T/C in 40 cal. This sight intriqued
me as it's built like the proverbial outhouse, very compact, and still has calibratable adjustment in
both elevation/windage.

`Glad to know that I can switch out disks as well

THANX !

January 15, 2014, 09:00 PM	#1
mehavey Senior Member Join Date: June 17, 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 6,896	Thompson Ctr #7194 Aperture Disk compatibilty I picked up (another growing collector's item) well-used T/C Hawken that had been originally put togther as a kit in 1980 or so. (`have already put a Green Mtn replacement 45 cal patched-ball/slow-twist barrel on it.) One of the reasons I picked it out of the rack was that it already had a T/C compact tang peep sight on it: Out of curiosity form the experience of other T/C owners with this sight, is it compatible with standard Williams aperture disks ?

January 15, 2014, 10:28 PM	#2
Old No7 Member Join Date: October 21, 2007 Posts: 60	It sure is! For low-light conditions -- if you will hunt with it -- check out the Williams "Twilight" apertures. They have a small ring of brass inset; most times you don't see it/notice it, but in low-light early morning conditions when it's easy to loose the black "ring", that brass ring catches your eye and allows you perfect sight alignment. Here's a Williams aperture mounted on my new-to-me T/C .50 Hawken; moved it over from the T/C .45 Cherokee, as I'll be selling that one to fund its "bigger brother" (who weighs in at 2.8 pounds more, due to the longer 32" round ball barrel!)... I also plan to add a small brass bead to the Hawken front sight, so I can get the same "twilight" effect out in front. Tight groups! Old No7 __________________ "Freedom and the Second Amendment... One cannot exist without the other." © 2000 DTH

January 16, 2014, 07:47 AM	#3
mehavey Senior Member Join Date: June 17, 2010 Location: Virginia Posts: 6,896	I've got Lyman 57s on my Great Plains 54 as well as my other T/C in 40 cal. This sight intriqued me as it's built like the proverbial outhouse, very compact, and still has calibratable adjustment in both elevation/windage. `Glad to know that I can switch out disks as well THANX !