94 Winchester Sight opinions

[Blackwater]

For a receiver (peep) sight, I'd strongly recommend that you look into the Merit Iris apertures to fit whatever sight you get. They work like a camera shutter, and by simply turning the outer ring, the hole adjusts from a virtual pinhole for bright light very precise shooting, to at least a 1/8" hole for dimmer lights and faster sight acquisition for a quick, snap shot. They're absolutely the most versatile and useful addition you can make to any receiver sight, and they're only about $50, which for such a tiny and finely fitted instrument, is pretty much a bargain, IMO. And they can and will likely improve your shooting, particularly if you have astigmatism, wear glasses, and are diabetic like I am. Don't know what happened. One day I saw fine, and then .... it all went south. Gradually, but not all THAT gradually! They help me, but there's no such thing as a panacea. It's definitely something to consider if you have trouble with irons like I do these days. FWIW?

[bbailey7821]

So, just a quick update on this subject. I took the new girl to the range over the weekend and was impressed that I was shooting around 4 inch groups at 100 yards on my first outing. More to follow.

[Scharfschuetze]

Good news BBailey and good shooting. What was the load you were shooting?

[bbailey7821]

I got 100 rounds of factory Winchester 150g Jword ammo with the gun, so that's what I'm now playing with. I've now determined that I need a taller front sight, due to running out of elevation adjustment. Just ordered a nice old Marbles Ivory bead to play with. I continue to be amazed at how accurate this gun/sight combination is. I guess them old timers were on to something. It's a shame you don't see more of these combos around.

On a humorous note, you would not believe how mad I made this young man at the gun club last night. I was shooting as good a groups as he was, with his Tacticool AR rig(with optics). When I started ringing his 8" steel gong at 200 yds, he got flustered and left. Hah!

[outdoorfan]

I like the Lyman 66. It makes it easy to make elevation changes and/or to shoot different loads. Going back to the base zero is a snap.

Also, the screw-in apertures don't seem to help me shoot any better than the standard ghost ring.

[bbailey7821]

Did some shooting this afternoon. Was really happy with the sight adjustments I made.

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