I will be banned from here for this. : (

[Just Duke]

:kidding:

I know yuck!
But at least I'll be able to see to shoot again. :drinks: :Fire:


I'm going to have to put red dot scopes on my 1886's to be able to keep shooting. I have one on the way.


Not my gun but a real good likeness sans the rubber recoil pad.
http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/1886/DT292_Detail1.jpg


http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/1886/DT292_Detail3.jpg


http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/1886/DT292_Detail5.jpg



http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/1886/DT292_Detail6.jpg

[Hickory]

If you remove that nasty sight and send it to me and ask for forgivness
from all then I am sure you will recieve forgivness and not be banned
from this site.:kidding:

[rob45]

Put some "iron sight camo" on it; that will hide it.

[azrednek]

Its hell getting old!! My limit for iron sights is now about 30 yards and thats on a good day.

[Just Duke]

Heck, I can spray paint in brass colored and tell everyone one it's all original. lol
Or Steam Punk whatever that is.
http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/1886/Fastfire.jpg

[redneckdan]

doesn't look half bad. a lot better than a scout mount and a aimpoint would look.

[largom]

Welcome to getting old!

[kawalekm]

Next you can put the laser sight on your muzzleloader.

[rhead]

It is kinda like putting bras on the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. It may be necessary to maintain a functional unit but it never helps the aesthetics of the situation.

Getting old sucks but the alternative is rotten.

[2ndAmendmentNut]

I think that looks a heck of a lot better then a scope (even the old style scopes).

[Just Duke]

If this works out I'm going to put one on my Springfield Armory Loaded SS 1911 I bought 4 years ago for $1200.00 and shot 50 times because I can't see the sights.

[dragonrider]

I gotta say that looks as bad as wart on a super models ass, but what a gorgeous rifle that is.

[markinalpine]

It's completely reversible, so go ahead.

Mark :coffeecom

[Freightman]

Good Idea! I have a Shiloh with no rear sight and I can't see the front with my right eye through the tang and I am right eye,hand, foot dominate but have been learning to shoot left handed, it will bruise you up.
And you aint old until you admit it and I aint going to.

[sargenv]

If this works out I'm going to put one on my Springfield Armory Loaded SS 1911 I bought 4 years ago for $1200.00 and shot 50 times because I can't see the sights.

You may want to get a frame mounted red dot. The ones mounted on the slide get beat up a fair amount. At least if you put it on the frame it doesn't need go back and forth for every round fired and the dot kind of stays put. There is nothing wrong with a dot sight.. lots of people young and old use them..

[Dogg]

MAn you have to do what you have to do. It may not look aestethically pleasing but hey if it works and keep you out there shooting then it is worth it. LEt me know how it works out on the 1911.
Damned bifocals I have makes sights blurry or tilted depending on where I place my check. SO I will probably be investigating alternative sights soon also.
That is a beautiful rifle!
Dogg

[doubs43]

Duke, have you considered - or tried - the Merit suction cup optical sight? It sticks on your glasses and swivels into place for shooting or out of the way when not shooting. The built-in adjustable iris allows the shooter to vary the hole size to sharpen the image..... much like using a peep sight does. An elderly man I knew in England used one and it was rare that I beat him with a pistol... and I was a pretty fair pistol shot then.

FWIW, I'm seriously considering one myself. I'm 66 and my eyes aren't what they used to be. It's either a peep sight or scope or I might as well save my ammo!

[Just Duke]

Duke, have you considered - or tried - the Merit suction cup optical sight? It sticks on your glasses and swivels into place for shooting or out of the way when not shooting. The built-in adjustable iris allows the shooter to vary the hole size to sharpen the image..... much like using a peep sight does. An elderly man I knew in England used one and it was rare that I beat him with a pistol... and I was a pretty fair pistol shot then.

FWIW, I'm seriously considering one myself. I'm 66 and my eyes aren't what they used to be. It's either a peep sight or scope or I might as well save my ammo!

I tried the eye cup. It's not real user friendly of hunt with though.
Thanks though.

[Just Duke]

You may want to get a frame mounted red dot. The ones mounted on the slide get beat up a fair amount. At least if you put it on the frame it doesn't need go back and forth for every round fired and the dot kind of stays put. There is nothing wrong with a dot sight.. lots of people young and old use them..

Nice for a race or competition gun but not real good for carrying.

[Just Duke]

Here's my three family members. :bigsmyl2:


http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/EBRSOPMODS/LEVER%20ACTION%20SHOOTERS%20SOCIETY/L7.jpg


Here's the Solid Frame after I put new stocks on it.


http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/EBRSOPMODS/LEVER%20ACTION%20SHOOTERS%20SOCIETY/MVA18862.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/EBRSOPMODS/LEVER%20ACTION%20SHOOTERS%20SOCIETY/151-1.jpg



http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/EBRSOPMODS/LEVER%20ACTION%20SHOOTERS%20SOCIETY/152OR.jpg



http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/EBRSOPMODS/LEVER%20ACTION%20SHOOTERS%20SOCIETY/152-2.jpg

[doubs43]

Duke, you have some REALLY beautiful rifles!

[Dale53]

Duke Nukem;
I converted to Red Dot sights on my revolvers and autos a couple of years ago. I lost most of the vision in my right eye (I am right handed) so had to convert to the left eye right handed shooting. Actually, in a couple of range sessions, I was back up to speed. I am shooting like I was young again. VERY, VERY satisfying.

If anyone complains, tell them to STICK IT! You'll LOVE that red dot.

Good luck!
Dale53

[jlchucker]

Welcome to getting old!

Yup! And it will really sink in when some grade school kid comes around to ask you first hand info about the olden days for his school history report, and puts your name down as a footnote. Nice gun though. I've got to agree that it's most likely a lot better than some sort of scope or red-dot. Kind of reminds you of the old time sights they used to put on 32 specials around the turn of the 20th century--only a little bigger.

[jlchucker]

Duke, those are some fine looking 86's.

[TNsailorman]

Whatever keeps you shooting--that's the ticket. I am older than dirt, at least that is how one young fellow worker put it over fifteen years ago when I retired. I am on the verge of having to go in the same direction myself and as long as I can still shoot, the young purists won't factor into the equation. Sooner or later, they too will have to cross the same river. Who knows, I may have firing ports put into my coffin. Take care and enjoy your shooting.

[JSnover]

See, there really is such a thing as a tactical levergun!

[Bigjohn]

It's a better option than the 'Seeing Eye Dog' and 'White Cane' :shock: :kidding:

Whatever it takes to keep you shootin'

Very nice rifles you have there. And I like the 'TURNBULL'; wish I could afford one.

[OBXPilgrim]

Holy cr@p, Duke!!

Geez, you gonna put curb feelers on that rifle too? Maybe have a long, fuzzy shag sling with fuzzy dice hangin from it?

:kidding:

[Firebricker]

Duke, I'm glad you found something that works to keep you shooting ! FB

[wallenba]

Get some brass tubing, have a period style 'fake' scope built around the red dot site.

[Dogg]

Those are some beautifull rifles!

[fecmech]

Duke I feel your pain, I've had to go to the dark side with my handguns but luckily for now I can still use peep sights on the levers.

[Bert2368]

Lever porn!

[maxvauderk]

Beautiful rifles.

[Just Duke]

I just got delivery confirmation that one has shipped for T&E from a reliable vendor.

I swore I'd never buy one of there products again and their customer service bites the big one. There the red headed step child of the optics industry.

[TCLouis]

Hey they are your guns and whatever it takes to keep one in the shooting game is OK with me.

[Three44s]

It works for you ..... to $%@$%! with what somebody else thinks!

Three 44s

[Lloyd Smale]

thats it duke i used to think you were a pretty good guy but you willl emediatley pack up that beautiful gun and send it to me to live out its life with someone who apprectiates it. Its about like putting a pink sweater on my dog.

[jimkim]

Two things come to mind. Thank God for modern technology and when people do this to classic lever guns.......angels weep. I have mixed feelings as my eyesight is failing more and more by the minute, and using the Braille shooting method doesn't appeal to me. If they would only come up with one of these designed to complement the lines of a levergun all would be well. Maybe they could build one in a brass tube so it would look like a vintage telescopic sight.

[rob45]

Get some brass tubing, have a period style 'fake' scope built around the red dot site.

You may be onto something there. That certainly warrants further investigation.

[Just Duke]

thats it duke i used to think you were a pretty good guy but you willl emediatley pack up that beautiful gun and send it to me to live out its life with someone who apprectiates it. Its about like putting a pink sweater on my dog.

Your right Lloyd. Just PM me your shipping addy again. ;)

[Just Duke]

Two things come to mind. Thank God for modern technology and when people do this to classic lever guns.......angels weep. I have mixed feelings as my eyesight is failing more and more by the minute, and using the Braille shooting method doesn't appeal to me. If they would only come up with one of these designed to complement the lines of a levergun all would be well. Maybe they could build one in a brass tube so it would look like a vintage telescopic sight.

Ther're not vintage yet. Winchester/Miroku's made in Japan 2007. :bigsmyl2:

[Four Fingers of Death]

I only ever fired one clip through a 1911 with an aimpoint, didn't like the concept, but I'm sure if I persisted (or had to) I'd grow to like it.

With precision target pistol work I use a pair of cheap readers which focus sharpy on the front sight. This leaves the rar and target a bit blurry, but gets me personal bests score wise.

As for hunting, the set up above would be hard to beat and reversible. I'll have to try one one day and see what the fuss is all about. They would allow me to use my 92s in 25/20 and 32/20 for small game I suppose, which is borderline at the moment. I am very fortunate, I don't wear glasses and can read most things when the light is good. It on;y gets worse from here. :(

[blaster]

You ought to duracoat them if you are going tactical.:kidding:

I don't think it looks bad. It'll probably be twice as fast as irons. I guarantee every lawman and outlaw in the old west would have had one if they could have.

[Southern Son]

You ought to duracoat them if you are going tactical.

I nearly fainted when I read that.:mrgreen:

[mastercast.com]

WOW! That is a lovely rifle!

Old age robs us of our ability to rapidly focus between the sights and the target...thank GOD for technology!

[Just Duke]

WOW! That is a lovely rifle!

Old age robs us of our ability to rapidly focus between the sights and the target...thank GOD for technology!

Yes sir. Thanks to technology I'll still be able to shoot.
I put tang sights on all my rifle 6 months ago and could clearly make out the front sight. Now even with the small aperture, the front sight is just a blur.

Thanks all for the compliments on my rifles.

[schutzen]

Guns were built to be shot and shot accurately. The true sacrileges are safe queens and spray & pray shooters. Do what ever you have to do to stay in the game.

[Newtire]

I was having the same thing going on but thanks to Lasik, have a new lease, I tell ya! If you can get it done and hold off on buying a few nice rifles, it's worth every penny.

[EOD3]

:kidding:

I know yuck!
But at least I'll be able to see to shoot again. :drinks: :Fire:


I'm going to have to put red dot scopes on my 1886's to be able to keep shooting. I have one on the way.


Not my gun but a real good likeness sans the rubber recoil pad.
http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/1886/DT292_Detail1.jpg


http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/1886/DT292_Detail3.jpg


http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/1886/DT292_Detail5.jpg



http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/1886/DT292_Detail6.jpg

Your assessment is 100% correct... It is OOOGGGLLLYYYY from 5 out of 6 sides, and you can't see the 6th.

I feel your pain! I've put scopes of one kind or another on all my rifles with the exception of my lever guns. Their day is coming soon too. I can see the rear sight or the front sight or the target, not more than one at a time. :(

[PatMarlin]

How much are they Duke?

What they should do is offer one case hardened. Now THAT would look cool.

That one 86 of yours with the tiger looking grain is interesting. I don't think I've ever seen grain like that on a rifle. It looks like the blank was flat sawn. It would be interesting to see how the grain runs under the but pad.

[Ben]

Kinda like driving a " T- Model " and having a GPS unit on the dash of the vehicle.

A blend of old technology and new.............

Ben

[Just Duke]

Kinda like driving a " T- Model " and having a GPS unit on the dash of the vehicle.

A blend of old technology and new.............

Ben

BACK TO THE FUTURE MARTY! :bigsmyl2:

[Just Duke]

How much are they Duke?

What they should do is offer one case hardened. Now THAT would look cool.

That one 86 of yours with the tiger looking grain is interesting. I don't think I've ever seen grain like that on a rifle. It looks like the blank was flat sawn. It would be interesting to see how the grain runs under the but pad.

Just under $200.00 some places. I can get them for $179.00 though Pat.

[jimkim]

Ther're not vintage yet. Winchester/Miroku's made in Japan 2007. :bigsmyl2:

No offense meant. You wouldn't believe the ribbing I got when I put a laser on my 336. It made it a lot handier for shooting coyotes sneaking into the calf's pen at night. I called it the Verminator. Too bad it's illegal for deer.

By the way, I have now replaced my beloved Williams "peepsight" with a fixed power scope, so I understand KAINTSEENOMORE disease.

[Just Duke]

The red dot scope arrived yesterday. Not bad. Not a real well defined dot though. Kinda like an Aimpoint red dot. Little grape clusters.

[Dale53]

You'll sometimes find that the Red Dot has better definition if your glasses are correct (for distant vision). On my good vision days, my Red Dot is sharply defined. When I have a bad vision day, my Red Dot looks a bit like a comma. However, even tho' it is blurred I seem to shoot about as well as when it is sharply defined.

As they say, "Go figure"...

FWIW
Dale53

[PatMarlin]

You know you could whack that rifle and sight with a ball peen hammer with some steel wool and make it look more authentic Duke.

Didcha here jimkim put a lazer sight on his 336? ...:mrgreen:

[WyrTwister]

:kidding:

I know yuck!
But at least I'll be able to see to shoot again. :drinks: :Fire:


I'm going to have to put red dot scopes on my 1886's to be able to keep shooting. I have one on the way.


Not my gun but a real good likeness sans the rubber recoil pad.



I have been thinking of getting a pair of single vision glasses made to the perscription of the middle lens of my tri-focals . For iron sight shooting .

God bless
Wyr

[Four Fingers of Death]

Some of the cowboy shooters have one lend set at sight distance and one set at target distance. Brain seems to be able to work around it and get a reasonable outcome.

[PatMarlin]

I'm telling ya, the first company that puts one of those sights in a case hardened frame will win.

[John Taylor]

Old eyes, finally figured out what to do. Shoot first then name the target.

[Newtire]

Some of the cowboy shooters have one lend set at sight distance and one set at target distance. Brain seems to be able to work around it and get a reasonable outcome.

I had the Doc fix one eye for closeup and my master eye for distance. took some getting used to but liking it. I can see now to shoot thru iron sights again and next month will be hittin the 60 mark.

[Southern Son]

Old eyes, finally figured out what to do. Shoot first then name the target.

That might have to be my plan.

[Just Duke]

So I'm sending one of the 1886's off next week to have the mounting base and red dot scope mounted.
Blake Stephenson came by a day ago and said he liked the red dot scope.

[45r]

The best red dot I've used is the 2 ring Aimpoints.With anti-glare coating glasses with single lense the fuzzys are not a problem.I'm getting a 2 power one next.

[Just Duke]

Here's a pic of the red dot scope sitting next to a 500 grain 500 S&W.

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/LEVERACTIONSHOOTERS/1886/DEC2.jpg

[pls1911]

Duke, you know how to hurt a guy the day after christmas.

The stocks in the photos are nearly too pretty to take out side.

I have a 1904 Winny rifle, 30-30, factory stock, and very nearly as pretty.
Not likely to take it out except on sunny days....

[dsmjon]

The wood on that gun is lustfully delicious. The reddot is not terribly obtrusive, if you're open to some constructive criticism, I would suggest taking a Sharpie to the white lettering on the optic. Not so bad from a few feet off, but the white seems to stand out to my eye. I'm not saying it looks terrible, I just think toning down the white letters would help it to blend in a little more...

[Just Duke]

Duke, you know how to hurt a guy the day after christmas.

The stocks in the photos are nearly too pretty to take out side.

I have a 1904 Winny rifle, 30-30, factory stock, and very nearly as pretty.
Not likely to take it out except on sunny days....

Yea I know what you mean. The are way to pretty a gals for me to dance with.

[graydog]

Duke
What is the brand name of that sight and where can a fellow buy one like it?
Thanks Al

[silverbuzzard]

MY GOD MAN,WHATS NEXT ? A LASER AND FLASHLIGHT?
Take it eaassssyyyyyyy ,thats it ,just hand over the reddot , and while your at it, give me the gun too!

[Just Duke]

Duke
What is the brand name of that sight and where can a fellow buy one like it?
Thanks Al

PM sent

[jlchucker]

MY GOD MAN,WHATS NEXT ? A LASER AND FLASHLIGHT?
Take it eaassssyyyyyyy ,thats it ,just hand over the reddot , and while your at it, give me the gun too!

The flashlight part would traditionally be a deer-jacker's standby. Only recently has that been adopted by paramilitary wannabees. :p