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Lyman 57 Peep vs T/C Peep?
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I have a 21" bbl on a Renegade with a T/C peep. My issue is that I was forced to use a very short front sight (maybe 1/4") as the adjustment on the T/C peep almost touchs the tang to get the rifle sighted at 100yds.
Would the adjustment of a Lyman 57 peep allow for the use of a taller front sight?
 
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I use the Lyman 57 SML peep with a Lyman 17 AML globe sights. I have this set up on 4 rifles and they work. Ron

 
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I modified a few 57's for Encores and Remingtons for out west hunting and could get 300 yds with the rifles I worked on. Just calibrate the slide rule; actually I made new brass slide rules with my own marks for yardage. I like the 57's the best because you just push a button and raise or lower the sight to the yardage you want.

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Ron,
Do you pull the barrel off those rifles(for cleaning) with the Lyman sight..?? Does that cause you to "lose zero" and have to re-sight when you put it back together..???
I've wanted to try a Lyman on my T/C Hawken, but have been concerned that pulling the barrel forcleaning would cause my zero to shift and have to be sighted back in everytime.
Thanks for your thoughts...
Don
 
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Don, I used to have a 57 on a Hawken too and never noticed any problems with zero when removing and cleaning the barrel. Seems like I had to drill and tap a new hole in the tang on my Old TC Hawken.

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I have two guns that never had a problem NOT ONE! Then I put my TC Renegade 458 together and I saw a little horizontal stringing. I glass bedded the front 6” or so of the barrel and all was good with that one too. The Lyman sights are a GREAT sight. I just finished my fourth muzzleloader with them on it. Ron

 
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Thanks for the reaponses. I had not considered glass-bedding the bbl. forward of the pin...but that would provide a hard-point for bbl alignment each time you put her back together. Good(read: minimal "slop") hook fit into the tang would be the other point abd between the two, ought to provide a solid set-up.
My "aging eyes" have brought me some "issues" the Lyman 57 might help with.
 
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On that "slop" between hook and tang: You might want to cut a piece of SS shim stock to fit around the hook and butt up to the tang. I used .007" on my old TC rock lock.
 
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