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What, is any, options do you have on your Marlin 39's for sights? Peep, scope? Want it as period correct as I can if possiable. My eyes suck with the factory irons but a skinner is not off the table. What dont I know?

The Model 39 has been in production for a long time. It has covered a lot of periods. I have a Williams peep on my 39A and have no plans to change that.

reddot on the BL22, scope on the Mountie....

I just put a Williams FP on mine. They were out of stock everywhere for a while, but a month or two ago I got an in-stock product alert email from Midway.

I ordered a skinner, not sure thats the way but it will be a good start. Want to keep it period correct as much as I can. No big glass or red dots.

I bought a Mountie a few years ago that came with a Skinner sight. It works well, is very sleek/compact, and sight picture is like any other peep, but I think I would have chosen a Williams FP if starting from scratch. The Williams type is easier to adjust if you change ammo, and I think the Williams Fool Proof adjustments may be more precise if you're really trying to get picky. That said, I've had the skinner set up for maybe 5 yrs now and haven't changed it - although now you have me thinking...

Here's a real period correct scope, Weaver V22A 3-6 power with 7/8" tube. My friend and I both had one, mine on a 10/22 and his on a Marlin 39, and we shot a whole lot of rabbits, tweety birds, soda cans, dirt clods and various other targets of opportunity with them.

When was your marlin Made??

That info might help with the perios correct part.

An American made Burris mini 2-7 is a very good choice.








I put a Weaver 6x on a Mountie I gave my daughter for her 18th B-day and it is a great scope.

At 62 years of age I couldn’t shoot the factory sights on my Marlin Mountie well enough. I ordered Skinner receiver sights for it and am completely satisfied with them. I shot the little rifle a few days ago after not handling it for a long period of time and I fell in love with it again. You will not regret your choice.

Nick

I've had good luck with my old eyes and aperture sights, but I needed to always add a hooded front sight or globe sight. The "ghost-ring" effect is full-on blurry mode for me, but my brain picks up the two concentric circles pretty quickly.

This mountie has a Williams rear, my long rifle 39A has the Lyman rear sight, both have open-top front hoods over a polished brass bead (45 degree bead face catches plenty of reflected light). I tried the skinner sight, but no quick elevation changes made it a no-go for rimfire silhouette shoots




the long rifle set up for silhouette;



..proof of my blurry sight, I thought these were in focus..,

I have a '63 vintage Mountie that has had a Lyman peep on it since '64. No hood on the front sight.

The now discontinued Weave 2-7X Rimfire scope is a solid choice. My 39 is not D&T'd. Here's one on one of my Ruger's.

Still have the Lyman that my grandfather bought with the 39a. And an old bushnell he bought later. Much prefer the Lyman. Have been fooling around with a 2.5x weaver. But it’s long on such a small action.
They sure like those original Lyman’s over on eBay when you find one.
Huntsman is prob right about the red dot being super effective, but I am willing to give up a bit for the look of the peep.

Have a 39TDS and 39A. The takedown had a Williams and the 39A had a scope. Bought one Skinner to put on the 39A to make it a little more durable for a truck and UTV gun in Wyoming. I liked the Skinner so much that I got another one and replaced the Williams with the Skinner on the TDS. They both look trimmer and more rugged and shoot good even with my 60 year old eyes.

Long ago I suggested to Skinner that they produce the 39 sight with rimfire grooves ahead of the aperture instead of the long taper. A rimfire scope could than be mounted without removing the Skinner sight.

http://skinnersights.com/2.html

The response was that they would pass the idea along.

Nothing changed.

Bruce