Scope or open sights on 1894P

[Chris P.]

I have a Marlin 1894P .44 mag.  My dad thinks I should use open sights, but I would like a scope.  I'm am using my gun for Caribou and Moose.  Any suggestions on what I should use?  Thank you for your help.

[myronman3]

i would trust in your father's guidance and experience.   i am sure he is familiar with the area you would hunt and which would be more of an advantage for you.  aside from that,  the gun your talking about is a handy ( and nice ) gun.  a scope adds weight and  (in my opinion)  ruins how easy it is to handle.    good luck either way.

[coug2wolfs]

The whole purpose of the "P" series is to have a short, light, FAST handling rifle.  Too, the rifle is not stocked for a scope, it will cheek and line up with the open sights.

The 1894 is a 44 mag, not a long distance number.  You no doubt have young eyes that can work the open sights, I agree with Dad. Let it be.

Coug

[ButlerFord45]

Just for grins, have ya considered a tang or peep sight?  Better sights than barrel mounted, and faster when ya get used to them without the extra weight and unbalanced feel of a scope??


Butler Ford

[Chris P.]

Thanks guys.  I've never seen tang or peep sights.  Do I have to have a gunsmith install them?  Is there someplace on the web where I could see them?

[ButlerFord45]

  Howdy Chris,  give this a try:  http://www.marblesoutdoors.com

http://www.lymanproducts.com

There are others, I just can't think of them off the top of my head, when I do, I'll list'em here for ya.

Butler Ford

[Chris P.]

Thanks for the help.  My dad and I looked at the sights and they look like a good way to go.

[ButlerFord45]

 Chris, I'm just tickeled to death to be able ta help.  Good luck with whatever you and your dad decide.


Your Pard

Butler

[markc]

Depends on who's buyuing the scope.  If you are buying it, want it, think it will aid you in making a clean kill on the animals you are after, then by all means put a scope on it.  If your dad is paying for it,  then I guess you don't get the scope.

Come on guys, just how heavy are the scopes you guys are using?   I can't see how adding a small variable or fixed power scope will add all that much weight.  How much does a Leupold vari X II weigh?  Less than a pound right?  So just how is this going to make the 94P not as fast and handy for a young man to hunt with it?  

Coug, not stocked for a scope?  It's drilled and tapped for one isnt it?  Marlin must a forgot to change the stock :shock: .  I bet chris p is a bit younger than most of us guys.   Do some weight liftting for pete's sake so you can carry that heavy scope around.   :-D
markc

[Mark C. Kimmell]

I put a XS ghost sights and scout scope base on my Marlin 1894C 357mag. They are made by Ashley Outdoors. They ghost ring sights work good for me. I have Warne QD rings to go on the scout base and have a Leopold 2.5 IER scope on order. Here is their web site at  :-) www.ashleyoutdoors.com

[Chris P.]

Thanks mark c I am pretty tough I am a dog musher and I carry 40 pound dog food bags.  I get paid pretty well with that job and i also work for another man.  I am going to by the scope with my PFD (Permant Fund Dividend). :lol:

[markc]

I figured you were not as old as some of the codgers on this board.  I have one lever gun with a scope and one without, and I love em both and have killed game with both.  What ever works best for YOU, is what you should go with.  Happy hunting.
markc :grin:

[Plainsman]

I have a Williams peep sight on my 1894 and can shoot better with it at distances UNDER 150 yards than I can with my SCOPED .25-06.  It's a matter of ease of handling, quick sight picture and simply being used to it.

Here's the Williams, which I didn't see mentioned above.

[markc]

Do those williams peeps come with different sized openings to look through, or are they all the same?   I would like to try one on my 1894,  but the front sight is poor too atleast to me.
markc :-)

[Mark C. Kimmell]

I got the Leopold 2.5x IER scope today and mounted it on the 1894C 357mag. It is a slick set-up. Went to the range today and sighted it in for 75yds. You get a fast sight picture when you bring the gun up. This is going to be my coyote gun while calling.