Recommend a sight setup - Big Boy Brass .357

[ozark75]

I am looking for a new sight setup for my Big Boy. Its a .357 Brass 20 inch barrel. My eyesight is a little less than perfect, and I'm looking for something to give me a little better / faster sight picture. I don't shoot anything much closer than 25 yards and nothing much further than 50 yards. I think I am liking the idea of a peep sight.

I'm seeing a lot of posts about the Skinner Peep sights, but are there other options (brands) worth looking into?

Pros / Cons for receiver mount vs barrel mount?

Thanks

[Mistered]

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[Mags]

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I see this is your first post. Welcome to the forum from the TV Oregon.

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I am looking for a new sight setup for my Big Boy. Its a .357 Brass 20 inch barrel. My eyesight is a little less than perfect, and I'm looking for something to give me a little better / faster sight picture. I don't shoot anything much closer than 25 yards and nothing much further than 50 yards. I think I am liking the idea of a peep sight.

I'm seeing a lot of posts about the Skinner Peep sights, but are there other options (brands) worth looking into?

Pros / Cons for receiver mount vs barrel mount?

Thanks

[CT_Shooter]

I am looking for a new sight setup for my Big Boy.

Welcome to the forum from CT, ozark. There's a link to Skinner Sights in the forum Banner. Henry includes one on their Small Game Carbine and recommend them for all of their rifles. They have some great options and lots of us have installed them (me included).

[krunchnik]

I have the BBB in .357 and .41mag and both wear a set of Skinner peeps and a Lyman front globe-I am 60 years old and the peep sights have made iron sights fun again.I have the ring installed in the front globe so it's like looking thru 2 rings at the target.

[Mistered]

Pros / Cons for receiver mount vs barrel mount?

Barrel mount will give you a clearer rear sight picture but shorter sight plane.
Receiver mount will give you the preferred longer sight plane but that is going to depend on your 'shootin' eye'.
I had to have cataract surgery on my right (shooting) eye at a relatively young age and (for as bad as the cataract was) and I chose to have a long distance lens for the replacement so I could loose daily wear glasses ( I occasionally need readers now for the smallest print) but can mostly go without them.
Bottom line is with my receiver sights (on four rifles) the aperture is a little blurry but not bad and the front sometimes is a 'double image' but that has gotten better over the last couple years .
Regardless I think my results speak for themselves as this recent three shot group with a 26" winchester 30-30.

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Shot with this rifle and rear sight.

[ozark75]

Thanks for the replies, and the welcome! Sounds like Skinner Peep Sights reciever mount is the way to go.

[Ramjet]

I am huge fan of the Skinner sights tough easy to set up and reliable. They good on a Henry too.

[Nitetrain40]

I use peep sights on both my Henry big boy steel and my marlin 1894. They are mounted on the receiver, my Henry is mounted on the rear of the receiver and my marlin I have it mounted on the front part. William's FP336 model peeps

[Nitetrain40]

Thos is the Henry with the peep mounted in the rear

[Nitetrain40]

This is the marlin mounted in the front of receiver

[Nitetrain40]

This is with the peep sight mounted on the front section of the receiver

[tractortad]

Our 357 BBB has a Skinner Express on the rear and a .495" Lyman Globe on the front - provides a much improved sight picture than the stock buckhorn/brass dot setup.

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[Firefly]

The Skinner sights are excellent and easy to fit, I recently bought a .44 big boy that is fitted with a marbles tang sight that also works well.

[BigAl52]

Welcome to the forum Ozark glad you joined us. Whatever way you go be sure to let us know how you like it.

[Firefly]

My .44 BBB has had the front sight replaced so instead of a brass bead it has a red fibre optic sight, combined with the rear marbles tang sight that I have or any other aperture sight the sight picture is very easy to acquire. I agree that the longer sight radius achieved by mounting a receiver or tang sight gives better accuracy than replacing the barrel buckhorn sight with an aperture sight, although a barrel mount aperture is a lot better than a barrel mount buckhorn or semi buckhorn sight. Especially for those of us with aging eyes.