With my .44 sighted in at 100 yards it is only about 3" high at 50 yards. That is completely workable for my purposes. My old eyes did not like the Skinner sight. I put a nice old Japanese made Weaver 4x on it. Also shot some pan lubed 250 and 280 grain Unique rounds through it. They shot well without any leading. The barrel is very nicely finished on the inside.