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Why did Uberti use the small ladder sight? I've seen larger 1876 ladder sights on the original 1876 rifles. Also, has anyone figured out a better front sight yet? I love this carbine bit it's dang near impossible to get a good sight picture... heck, I'm only 58.
Cimarron crossfire carbine questions
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Re: Cimarron crossfire carbine questions
Great fotos.......
Would opening up the notch with a file help ?
Would opening up the notch with a file help ?
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Re: Cimarron crossfire carbine questions
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I would suggest a small dollop of orange paint (hobby shop) on the upper portion of the rear face of the front sight blade; then maybe a small dot of white paint just below the rear sight notch.
(tip: to brighten applied colors on a blued sight blade, first lay on a thin coat of white, letting it dry prior to applying the color)
If it doesn't work out, it's easy enough to change the colors to allow for your color perception - or remove the paint altogether.
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I would suggest a small dollop of orange paint (hobby shop) on the upper portion of the rear face of the front sight blade; then maybe a small dot of white paint just below the rear sight notch.
(tip: to brighten applied colors on a blued sight blade, first lay on a thin coat of white, letting it dry prior to applying the color)
If it doesn't work out, it's easy enough to change the colors to allow for your color perception - or remove the paint altogether.
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Re: Cimarron crossfire carbine questions
If you have a Hobby Lobby near you, they carry paint pens. Some Wal Mart stores have them in the craft section. Yes, they are easy to use and easy to find a color combination which works for you. I have a blaze orange, a gold, a white, and a neon green one. Those work for me. Silver does not work well for me. Red is OK, and yellow is OK.Pete44ru wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:09 pm .
I would suggest a small dollop of orange paint (hobby shop) on the upper portion of the rear face of the front sight blade; then maybe a small dot of white paint just below the rear sight notch.
If it doesn't work out, it's easy enough to change the colors to allow for your color perception - or remove the paint altogether.
.
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Re: Cimarron crossfire carbine questions
Thanks Guys, I thought about filing that rear sight to a shallow V like an express sight but with a notch or just swapping it out with either an old Smith full buckhorn 1873 ladder sight or a 3 leaf tangent. I'll try the paint first. Thanks for the ideas,
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Re: Cimarron crossfire carbine questions
Walker,Walker wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:46 pm https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/a2cc ... cf6035daa2
Why did Uberti use the small ladder sight? I've seen larger 1876 ladder sights on the original 1876 rifles. Also, has anyone figured out a better front sight yet? I love this carbine bit it's dang near impossible to get a good sight picture... heck, I'm only 58.
This is only a guess, but I'd bet Uberti made it that way to replicate the restored Winchester 1876 Tom Selleck used in the movie.
Joe
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Re: Cimarron crossfire carbine questions
Thanks Joe, hadn't thought of that. They also might have followed Winchester's example and used whatever they had on hand. I might switch it with the smith ladder anyway. I've been wanting to see how the full buckhorn would work as a close range ghost peep.