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I am sure someone has been thru this. Can you use a Williams FP sight designed for a Marlin 336 on a Henry Big Boy Steel? The one that mounts on the two rear scope mount holes. With the target knobs it would be just what the doctor ordered to develop loads. Yes I know Skinner makes a sight for the BBS. I know it is a well made sight. It does not have the adjustability I am looking for. Thanks in advance.


Bob

Hope someone comes along with the answer Estacado......................

Estacado wrote:I am sure someone has been thru this. Can you use a Williams FP sight designed for a Marlin 336 on a Henry Big Boy Steel? The one that mounts on the two rear scope mount holes. With the target knobs it would be just what the doctor ordered to develop loads. Yes I know Skinner makes a sight for the BBS. I know it is a well made sight. It does not have the adjustability I am looking for. Thanks in advance.


Bob

Williams makes a FP sight to fit the Marlin 336 using the rear scope base holes. If the Henry has the Marlin hole spacing it will fit. Using the top mount peep a Marlin sometimes will need a taller front sight but maybe the Henry will not require a sight change. The Skinner sights look nice but for me compared to a Williams FP the adjustments on the Skinner are not the best if you change adjustments for a variety of different loads and bullet weights. I have been offered used Skinner sights from guys at very low prices and never bought any but maybe I should try one on something I don't need to change adjustments often. The top mount for the 336 also needs a hammer extension if it is on a Marlin 1894 but again I don't know it the Henry will need one.
The product number for the Williams top mount FP at Midway is 968159 and the Williams no. is 70222. Also the target knobs are nice to adjust but they can be a pain on a hunting rifle. I have both models and the target knobs don't go in and out of a gun case as well as the standard FP with the adjuster screws. They definitely don't like being put in gun socks. They also make the sight look a lot bigger and kind of detract from the slim receiver lever rifles are known for. I have a set of target knobs I will trade for a set of adjuster screws if you need target knobs. For the screw type adjusters I carry a flat small fishing reel screw driver on my key ring and it is just right for adjusting the sights and using the lock screws after adjusting.

Thank you bandit1250

The FP-336 works ok using the two rear scope holes on the BBS but does overhang the hammer a bit. I didn't find it necessary to use a hammer extention. I didn't like the way it looked though so I just this minute (I'm in the smith's parking lot typing this) dropped it off to get a third hole put in the top of the receiver to move it forward a half inch.

Thanks again Beech Creek Gary. I think that is what I will do also. Now to find a good gunsmith.

Beech Creek Gary, is there any you could post a pic if the fp336 on your BBS?

It's at the gunsmith. He got about a month backlog on his work so I can't post a picture just yet.
Here's a picture of the FP 94/36 that the gunsmith put on my Marlin 1894. The Henry will look similar but is mounted on top of the receiver instead of the side.
Here's another one

Estacado wrote:Thanks again Beech Creek Gary. I think that is what I will do also. Now to find a good gunsmith.

That's bread and butter work for most any smith. Should cost $25 to $50. My local gunsmith charges $40 to drill, tap, & mount the sight. I had him put a FP-94/36 (side mounted sight) on my Marlin 1894 & it cost $118 & change for the sight, drilling & tapping two holes, mounting, & sales tax.

I was hoping for a pic of the fp336 on your BBS.

JNG3 wrote:I was hoping for a pic of the fp336 on your BBS.

I'll post one when I get it back from the gunsmith.

Not trying to be a pain but I was hoping for a pic of the sight in the original drilled and tapped holes. I would like to see how far over the hammer it sits.

About 1/2 inch. The hole spacing is 1/2" and moving it forward one hole puts the back of the sight nearly even with the back of the receiver.

Thanks for the info. Need to do some figuring.

Here's a couple of pictures of my Henry .45 Colt BBS with the FP336 sight moved up one hole spacing.p

I've put Williams FP tk reciever sights on all my lever actions. I've added the long elevation screw and a knobbed gib lock screw to them. I couldn't be happier with them.
The gib lock knob is the real gem. Makes repeatable elevation adjustment super easy.

I put them on all of my lever actions also.