Thread: Who still uses open sights ?

Yup. Used irons for Service Rifle before the fun-police got involved.

Also have irons (Skinner aperture) on the 45/70, and hoping to put some on the take-down bush pig.

Originally Posted by ebf

Yup. Used irons for Service Rifle before the fun-police got involved.

Also have irons (Skinner aperture) on the 45/70, and hoping to put some on the take-down bush pig.

I have a new Rossi 44 mag that shoots a metre high at 100 metres! Where would I find a front and rear set of Skinners for it these days?

Originally Posted by outlander

I have a new Rossi 44 mag that shoots a metre high at 100 metres! Where would I find a front and rear set of Skinners for it these days?

@outlander-try taking out the little stepped bar you use for adjusting the sights. Took mine out and found it was smack on.

Originally Posted by csmiffy

@outlander-try taking out the little stepped bar you use for adjusting the sights. Took mine out and found it was smack on.

Must be the beginnings of dementia, what a bastard! Never thought of doing that, thanks.

Originally Posted by outlander

I have a new Rossi 44 mag that shoots a metre high at 100 metres! Where would I find a front and rear set of Skinners for it these days?

Does adjusting the rear blade height not help?

I put a TRS25 on my rossi 44. love it

Originally Posted by aetchell

Does adjusting the rear blade height not help?

I put a TRS25 on my rossi 44. love it
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The rear sight is fully down. It was suggested that sliding the ramp out completely dropped it back on target at 100m. Does the TRS25 fit in the rear sight dovetail once the sight is removed, without gunsmith intervention?

Originally Posted by outlander

I have a new Rossi 44 mag that shoots a metre high at 100 metres! Where would I find a front and rear set of Skinners for it these days?

@outlander

Skinner Sights

He is a good guy to deal with, and they ship to NZ for very reasonable rates, US 12 last time I used them.

Originally Posted by ebf

@outlander

Skinner Sights

He is a good guy to deal with, and they ship to NZ for very reasonable rates, US 12 last time I used them.

Bloody good sights too.

Originally Posted by ebf

@outlander

Skinner Sights

He is a good guy to deal with, and they ship to NZ for very reasonable rates, US 12 last time I used them.

I tried Skinner a year or so ago and they weren't shipping internationally. I don't find the same quote on their ad this time, so obviously they do now. Do import permits apply and do the old sights merely knock off and these fellas slid on directly? Thanks ebf.

Originally Posted by outlander

I have a new Rossi 44 mag that shoots a metre high at 100 metres! Where would I find a front and rear set of Skinners for it these days?

Take it back if it's that shit

Originally Posted by Steve123

Take it back if it's that shit

It's that shit...the .357 mag Rossi I bought new in 1980 shot low so a file on the front post sorted that out. They both shoot great vertically though.

Originally Posted by outlander

It's that shit...the .357 mag Rossi I bought new in 1980 shot low so a file on the front post sorted that out. They both shoot great vertically though.

From what I've seen back when Brazillian ESOL students were the illegal workers of choice, Brazilian enthusiasm exceeds ability by quite a few orders of magnitude. No way would I buy a firearm made there.
I need a cowboy gun to get rid of 140 rounds of 3030 I ended up with but wont touch Rossi.
Brazilians are great people but they've made not giving a fuck into an artform.

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