Building a Competition grade rifle (SIGHTS)

Ervin · October 9, 2009, 10:17 PM

Would it be possible to mount one of these front sights to a rifle with a bull barrel.

The rifle I was thinking of was Savage 10FP
I understand the barrel has to have mounts such as dovetail in many cases, but how would you actually install them?
And is there anything wrong with using an aperture sight on a 308 rifle?
recoil wise or something?
Rear aperture sight
Would the Beeman sight ($60-80) be ok for this purpose, or sights from that price range?

And about these sights, do you screw the target disk onto the aperture piece?

Im probably gonna end up using this on a 17 HMR rifle but...I'd like to know the possibility of doing it with something bigger.

thx

Creeper · October 9, 2009, 11:19 PM

Never heard of Palma rifles huh? All .308 with aperture sights.

Savage actually makes a production Palma... and a RnR Design makes clamp-on front sights.

Cheers,
C

Ervin · October 10, 2009, 01:48 AM

Ouch...the prices for those go up into the 200s

thx for the info tough

sadsack · October 10, 2009, 03:45 AM

Ervin: The front sight can be fitted to your barrel with no problems, cutting the dovetail to get the right height for the sight can be tricky though.
The sights you've shown will work for informal target shooting, but repeatability of the adjustments would cause problems for serious competition.

Creeper · October 10, 2009, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Ouch...the prices for those go up into the 200s

Yep... repeatable micrometer precision don't come cheap I'm afraid.

C

Casimer · October 10, 2009, 08:48 PM

You might try to find a used set.

e.g. there's a buy/swap/sell forum on..

http://www.nationalmatch.us

In my experience, match rifle owners tend to take care of their gear. You could probably find a set in very good condition at a decent price.

Ervin · July 9, 2010, 03:36 AM

anyone else know of some cheaper clamp on front peep sights?

Ervin · August 25, 2010, 04:13 PM

does anyone know where to get a good...reasonably priced rear iris disk?

kinda like this one that will fit a Williams rear aperture sight

October 9, 2009, 10:17 PM	#1
Ervin Junior member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Posts: 125	Building a Competition grade rifle (SIGHTS) Would it be possible to mount one of these front sights to a rifle with a bull barrel. The rifle I was thinking of was Savage 10FP I understand the barrel has to have mounts such as dovetail in many cases, but how would you actually install them? And is there anything wrong with using an aperture sight on a 308 rifle? recoil wise or something? Rear aperture sight Would the Beeman sight ($60-80) be ok for this purpose, or sights from that price range? And about these sights, do you screw the target disk onto the aperture piece? Im probably gonna end up using this on a 17 HMR rifle but...I'd like to know the possibility of doing it with something bigger. thx

October 9, 2009, 11:19 PM	#2
Creeper Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2008 Location: Woooooshington Posts: 1,797	Never heard of Palma rifles huh? All .308 with aperture sights. Savage actually makes a production Palma... and a RnR Design makes clamp-on front sights. Cheers, C __________________ Shoulder Drive Nicholson Club

October 10, 2009, 01:48 AM	#3
Ervin Junior member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Posts: 125	Ouch...the prices for those go up into the 200s thx for the info tough

October 10, 2009, 03:45 AM	#4
sadsack Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2006 Posts: 206	Ervin: The front sight can be fitted to your barrel with no problems, cutting the dovetail to get the right height for the sight can be tricky though. The sights you've shown will work for informal target shooting, but repeatability of the adjustments would cause problems for serious competition.

October 10, 2009, 08:48 PM	#6
Casimer Senior Member Join Date: April 23, 2007 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,918	You might try to find a used set. e.g. there's a buy/swap/sell forum on.. http://www.nationalmatch.us In my experience, match rifle owners tend to take care of their gear. You could probably find a set in very good condition at a decent price.

July 9, 2010, 03:36 AM	#7
Ervin Junior member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Posts: 125	anyone else know of some cheaper clamp on front peep sights?

August 25, 2010, 04:13 PM	#8
Ervin Junior member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Posts: 125	does anyone know where to get a good...reasonably priced rear iris disk? kinda like this one that will fit a Williams rear aperture sight