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My 67 year old eyes have a tough time with the original sights on my 99s. I am thinking of going to a tang style peep. Anyone have a recommendation for which tang sight to buy?

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I prefer period correct for my 99's, all the peep sights seem to work equally well for me. So old Lyman 1A's for 1899's, Lyman 29 1/2 or 1A's for 1920's/early 30's, Redfield 70's for late 30's-50's, Lyman 56/57 for 50's..

Ball park dates above. A Lyman 29 1/2 or 30 1/2 on a 40's 99 is perfectly fine with me and probably perfectly correct.

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Carl, Is this for the HP in your other thread? I agree with Rory and like to keep them period correct. I was amazed at how much better I could see my sights through a peep. My 1912 22 HP shoots very well through the tang sight, but it also has an offset Malcolm scope so I seldom use the tang, Joe,


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I have a Williams Foolproof for a 99 don't know what period it falls into but for sale if any one is interested give me PM. P.S. no longer have the 99 it was on. Cheers NC


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Joe, yes it is for my new HP. A scope would be nice but I would like to try a peep first. So the Lyman 1A would be period correct for my HP? I wonder how difficult a 1A would be to find?

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I wouldn't scope that rifle unless you got a Lightfoot no drill mount. The only reason mine has the scope is because the rifle was sold to the Malcolm Rifle Telescope Co. and I have a Historian letter to confirm it. Mike, one of our members, makes a scope mount that uses the dove tail for the rear sight and the two tang screws. If you do want to scope it send a message to "lightfoot", Joe.


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Lyman 1A's show up on ebay fairly often. Just have to find one that the seller doesn't think is made of gold.


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I'd be surprised if someone here didn't have one. If you can't find one here try Ken Bean "Sightman". He's in PA and does a lot of shows, he's down with a bad back right now. His number is (717) 755-9070, Joe.


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Thanks Joe. Is the Lyman 1A adjustable for windage?

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NO you will need a Lyman 291/2 or a #30 spend the extra money its worth it! there several on Flea bay now!


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I favor the Lyman 30 1/2 for anything shy of late 30's vintage after which I'm partial to the Lyman 57. (Why oh why didn't Lyman ever adapt the Lyman 48 to the 99?) I seek out the windage adjustable tang sights, and have them on all my 1899H's for the simple reason of the non-driftable front sights on them. Shimming the base of a non-windage adjustable sight in an effort to effect a bit of windage and/or living with a less than perfectly dialed in gun is unacceptable to me. So what if the guns are a decade or so too early for the sight? To put it in perspective, if I have a "new" Remington 700 made in 2007 and I put a new Leupold on it introduced in 2017, would anybody know or care, now or a hundred years from now?


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