Del Rio
08-12-2022, 10:40 PM
Greetings,
I have recently obtained an 1885 Browning in 45-70 (1994 manufacture date). I want to upgrade the factory buckhorn sights to something more useful.
The stock attached without an exposed metal tang so traditional tang sights won’t work.
It was tapped for a hunting scope. Does anyone know of a vintage style sight or scope that might work? Anything that could be mounted into the dovetail where the buckhorn sets?
I’d like to mount the sight myself. I plan to use the rifle mostly for recreational shooting (may be “Quigley” matches on the mainland some day).
Any suggestions and recommendations would be greatly appreciated. (I live in Hawaii so gunsmiths are hard to find.)
V/R
Del Rio
Hawaii
I have recently obtained an 1885 Browning in 45-70 (1994 manufacture date). I want to upgrade the factory buckhorn sights to something more useful.
The stock attached without an exposed metal tang so traditional tang sights won’t work.
It was tapped for a hunting scope. Does anyone know of a vintage style sight or scope that might work? Anything that could be mounted into the dovetail where the buckhorn sets?
I’d like to mount the sight myself. I plan to use the rifle mostly for recreational shooting (may be “Quigley” matches on the mainland some day).
Any suggestions and recommendations would be greatly appreciated. (I live in Hawaii so gunsmiths are hard to find.)
V/R
Del Rio
Hawaii