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Just got it back from the 'smith. Looks more like I wanted.
And now it's possible to use any Marlin hole pattern mount if desired.
Options are goooood.. d;^)

i know it might not look "right" but id love to see a octagonal all weather, thats a good looking one thought

very nice indeed .... looking forward to your range reports and comments

Nice set-up. Keep us posted on how she shoots.

Look forward to a range report

Dunno why that pic got weird.
Since I've gotten older and my eyesight isn't so great the idea is to be able to swap optics according to the situation. I'm really hoping the peep will work with the existing front sight but no biggie if it doesn't. I'm thinking I already checked that on the first go around with an Ace in the Hole and it was GTG. A nice fiber optic of some sort up front wouldn't be such a bad thing.
I've got a Burris FF3 on an American Defense QD base and one of the little Leupold 1" 1-4x Pig Plex scopes on QD mounts. I'm thinkin the thermal may be a bit heavy for those little mounting screws so it's staying with another rifle more suited for that work.
It's gonna be fun to mess with this season. Gonna be starting load development very soon. Just wanna get a good deer/hog load that won't destroy too much meat like the 308 does (125 SST's that were fine for deer). Starting with 240 XTP's, SP's and 2400 or whatever. There's quite a few powders around here now. Got a real hankering to make somethin happen with the Speer 270gr SP Deep Curl, tho'.
A clean hole thru a young doe or a l'il splitter pig would be good for the spit! d;^)

Schneeky wrote:Dunno why that pic got weird.

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Schneeky wrote:Dunno why that pic got weird.
Since I've gotten older and my eyesight isn't so great the idea is to be able to swap optics according to the situation. I'm really hoping the peep will work with the existing front sight but no biggie if it doesn't. I'm thinking I already checked that on the first go around with an Ace in the Hole and it was GTG. A nice fiber optic of some sort up front wouldn't be such a bad thing.
I've got a Burris FF3 on an American Defense QD base and one of the little Leupold 1" 1-4x Pig Plex scopes on QD mounts. I'm thinkin the thermal may be a bit heavy for those little mounting screws so it's staying with another rifle more suited for that work.
It's gonna be fun to mess with this season. Gonna be starting load development very soon. Just wanna get a good deer/hog load that won't destroy too much meat like the 308 does (125 SST's that were fine for deer). Starting with 240 XTP's, SP's and 2400 or whatever. There's quite a few powders around here now. Got a real hankering to make somethin happen with the Speer 270gr SP Deep Curl, tho'.
A clean hole thru a young doe or a l'il splitter pig would be good for the spit! d;^)

I do the same with my AR's. I'll use a Leupold 1.25-4 with a Firedot reticle or an Aimpoint PRO on one with a free float handguard depending on my desires that day or distance. Or go with one of the other AR's with open sights. I don't do it with my Big Boy as it is one of the older brass models. If I had an All Weather model, I would be very tempted to do the same as you. Certainly helps with the eyes! I really do love the finish on the All Weather.

DAVIDF wrote:I do the same with my AR's. I'll use a Leupold 1.25-4 with a Firedot reticle or an Aimpoint PRO on one with a free float handguard depending on my desires that day or distance. Or go with one of the other AR's with open sights. I don't do it with my Big Boy as it is one of the older brass models. If I had an All Weather model, I would be very tempted to do the same as you. Certainly helps with the eyes! I really do love the finish on the All Weather.

Agreed, I'd have a hard time doin this to a nice classic Henry. But this puppy is gonna be a workin' rifle.
..I've used a Leupold HOG Pig Plex 1.25-4x 30mm Illum. mounted inna LaRue SPR for a few years on the SCAR 17s down at the hunt club. Been really liking the low power variable for practical applications and RTZ has been great. Gonna try the Warne QD rings this time and see what I get. Kinda leery at the price point, but it's a bit "less critical" at the yardages for which I'm gonna be using this particular rifle. Hopefully they have acceptable RTZ as I don't really wanna "clunk up" the BBAW with bulky-but-effective QD gear.
What'r ya using for QD mounts?
I'm kinda new to 44 so soon as I find a load with decent accuracy/velocity I'll try it in the woods on pigs. Don't really plan to nit-pick it to death. MOA-ish will do fine for the expected ranges. Really hoping to avoid using the scope too much. If for some reason I can't use the peep,I'll leave the FF on and tote the scope in the pack if it's needed on stand.
That's the grande plan, anyways. Hehehe. d:^) Jake..

Schneeky wrote:

DAVIDF wrote:I do the same with my AR's. I'll use a Leupold 1.25-4 with a Firedot reticle or an Aimpoint PRO on one with a free float handguard depending on my desires that day or distance. Or go with one of the other AR's with open sights. I don't do it with my Big Boy as it is one of the older brass models. If I had an All Weather model, I would be very tempted to do the same as you. Certainly helps with the eyes! I really do love the finish on the All Weather.

Agreed, I'd have a hard time doin this to a nice classic Henry. But this puppy is gonna be a workin' rifle.
..I've used a Leupold HOG Pig Plex 1.25-4x 30mm Illum. mounted inna LaRue SPR for a few years on the SCAR 17s down at the hunt club. Been really liking the low power variable for practical applications and RTZ has been great. Gonna try the Warne QD rings this time and see what I get. Kinda leery at the price point, but it's a bit "less critical" at the yardages for which I'm gonna be using this particular rifle. Hopefully they have acceptable RTZ as I don't really wanna "clunk up" the BBAW with bulky-but-effective QD gear.
What'r ya using for QD mounts?
I'm kinda new to 44 so soon as I find a load with decent accuracy/velocity I'll try it in the woods on pigs. Don't really plan to nit-pick it to death. MOA-ish will do fine for the expected ranges. Really hoping to avoid using the scope too much. If for some reason I can't use the peep,I'll leave the FF on and tote the scope in the pack if it's needed on stand.
That's the grande plan, anyways. Hehehe. d:^) Jake..

I am using https://www.leupold.com/scope-mounts/ma ... ing-system. Not a quick release though. Two nuts, so I carry a wrench that fits those nuts in the bag for that particular AR, a cheapie Palmetto State, 14.7" FN barrel with a pinned & welded A2 flash hider. That mount does return to zero quite well. I was just shooting that AR yesterday at a 200yd range. I mounted my Leupold which had not been on it for quite a while. It was still zero'd for 200.

I'm finally gettin to where I can get out a bit with this knee surgery. Took BBAW and a couple of others that'r gonna be used this season out for a trip to the hunt club. We're having a bit of a late August "teaser" cold front with morning temps s'posedly ~60ish. I "bushcrafted" a target stand out of the local timber and cobbled together an acceptable portable bench out of an adjustable metal saw horse and a shelf. Ugly, but functional.
Anyways, what I found out concerning the Henry was that the Ace in the Hole peep could work elevation-wise in the furthest back position but there is some picatinny in the lower part of the view making the aperture a bit "flat tire" shaped. But on this particular specimen by the time I got the front sight tapped to the right far enough to get half way to zero it was hanging pretty precariously off the barrel and looked "un-trustworthy". I'll research the source of that discrepancy later but right now I'm not thinking it's anything "Henry".
Besides that, the rifle shot great and didn't seem overly picky about powder. Several worked fine (H110, 2400 and Lil Gun all with 270gr Speer DC). I did notice quite a bit more heat from the barrel with the Lil Gun so that string got extra cooling time between shots. Except for one midish-to-warm load of 2400 they could pretty well be superimposed on one another and for all intents and purposes are interchangeable.
I swapped out the scope in the Warne QD rings during one string and noticed no POI shift in the group. I'll see how they do over the season but thus far it's lookin good. Thought I was settled on a reflex if the peep didn't work out, but the lil pig plex works pretty good as a surrogate. Much as I'm dread to keep a scope on it, it's kinda growin on me. Mebbe I'll try it for a while. Actually seeing what I'm aiming at is not over-rated for the most part. d:^)

Schneeky wrote:... Actually seeing what I'm aiming at is not over-rated for the most part. d:^)

I'm with ya on that. Once upon a time I did alright open sight, but not so much any more. Had to cave and go with a scope.

Mags wrote:I'm with ya on that. Once upon a time I did alright open sight, but not so much any more. Had to cave and go with a scope.

The little mini reflex sights may be a reasonable compromise if ya can still see ok at distance. I've got a Fastfire III and Vortex Venom. Both are nice. The Vortex has more brightness settings but the Burris goes lower for a smaller dot. The FF is on the Redhawk and the Venom is on a l'il 22/45 LITE making handgunning interesting again. It was very unobtrusive when I tried it on BBAW.
Which segs well into mebbe weaseling my way to a third for the Henry! d;^)