Need a peep on Marlin 1895 where I can keep original front sight

[gallatin]

I have a williams wrgs and can not get it low enough with the original front sight. Help!
John

[Savage .250]

Give Williams a call, They are most helpful in solving "peep" problems.   

[bilmac]

I put a WGRS on my 95 before they were made to fit. I had to modify the hole spacing. I had to put a ramp on the front and I just JB welded it on. That was a long time ago, and the sight is still there. The rifle went with me anytime I was out in the Alaska countryside for 4 years. It was my bear protection. Funny thing is I thought my cobbled up set up was one of a kind, but when I got to Alaska I found another guy in town had done exactly the same thing.

One advantage of going with a slightly higher sight and a ramp on front is that the rifle's comb is a bit better fit. I don't think I modified the comb, it is a near perfect fit for me. I threw away the bead front, and used a blade. A bead front sight is ambiguous to me. What do you reference the top or the middle? In either case where exactly is the top or middle. I want a nice solid unambiguous square post to look at. I think the military uses posts for the same reason.

[Rangr44]

gallatin - from your post, I presume your M1895 Marlin is a newer gun that isn't prepped on the upper rear left receiver wall for a side-mount receiver peep sight.

If that's the case, you still have a few options.

The first/best is either the Williams FoolProof or 5D top-mount peep that utilizes the same holes that the WGRS did, but is a LOT lower.  Those two sights are lower because they carry the horizontal aperture's bar BEHIND the sight base ILO atop it, allowing an easy zero with the issue front sight.
They are the Williams FP-336 and the 5D-336, available directly from Williams or also from Midway, Brownell's ,etc.  They are both W/E adjustable, the FP via screwdriver or target knobs, the 5D via sliding & grub screws.



The next option would be a specific Skinner Sights offering - the Skinner LoPro, which is basically a peep sight aperture mounted on a stem, threaded specifically to fit the scope holes atop a Marlin.
It's obviously adj for elevation , and not much windage adj should be needed since it's fixed directly above the bore C/L, but if any is needed, the front sight would need to be slightly moved.



FWIW, I've mounted my LoPro's even lower via thinning the lock ring on a grinding wheel & cold bluing.
That has to be done from the top of the ring/nut, though - since it's lower surface has a friction rubber o-ring in a machined groove that oughtn't be disturbed.
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