Skinner or XS work fine and I prefer the XS white stripped front sight on either set up. I am not a fan of wings on my iron sights. I run XS on my 94 Big Bore .356 and Mirkoru made Mod. 71 Win. .348. My Marlin 1896 in 45-70 has the Skinner "Alaskan" on the rear. Our old Mod. 94 Win. .44 mag. has a Williams that looks more fragile then the rest. We have been using the gun for over 25 years and it is still ok.
We hunt and carry our rifles and try to protect them, they spend time in Koplin ATV scabbards and boats and etc. Maybe if they were "battle" rifles I would consider a winged version.
