I recently purchased a marlin 336y as a replacement deer rifle, i have been down too one rifle for the last while and dragging my dads model 94 through thicket and swamp to get scratched and dropped in muck doesnt feel right no matter how much he told me to use it.
I wanted a peep sight for this rifle, and i wanted it to be a set and forget affair, my hunting load hits about an inch high at 25 and my small game load about 3/4 low, a fixed sight is perfectly acceptable.
being on a bit of a budget i looked at the skinner lo pro, williams wgrs, and a few others, they are nice but i saw this;
I am no master craftsman but I can drill holes and bend flat bar, so why not give it a shot?
Started with a piece of 1/2" x1/8" flar bar from home hardware, bent, cut, filed, and ended up with this
Finish is not great, i honestly just got tired of trying to take every last file mark out (and a couple were pretty deep). All shaping work was done with an old hacksaw, an 8" mill file, and some 400grit sand paper,
Holes were done with a cordless drill and the rear screw hole was widened into a slot with a chainsaw file so it could accomodate some widage adjustment, that hole is a bit wonky but it shouldnt be visible with a screw in the slot.
Total time investment was roughly 2 hours, this was meant to be a trial sight and a finer replacement is too be made in the near future, but if she works she works.
The issue now is finding 8-40 screws, i may need too break down and spend the 9.99 on a scope base just for those.
Sight is not installed yet, i backed out the grub screws to double check the spacing.
Some pics of the adventure
I fully expect to need either a replacement front sight, or to file down the one i have, i have entertained the idea of making a washer type shim from popcan aluminum to go around the rear screw, should give me .005 adjustment per shim.
More pictures to follow once i get some screws and maybe a range trip in this coming week,
Thanks for looking!