I am concidering getting a peep sight for my 1895G. I don't want one of those big tang things. Just a good peep for the reciever with easy windage and elevation adjustments. Any suggestions?

Ashley Outdoors has a peep sight for that gun. It's now called XS sight Systems. I think their websight is still www.ashleyoutdoors.com The peep fits to the scope mounting holes. It has one pin that fits into the hole and one that threads into the other tapped hole. Very easy to install and very rugged.
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470 Mbogo

[ 04-01-2003, 02:23: Message edited by: 470 Mbogo ]

I'll recommend the Ashley Sight, it's the best hunting peep I've used. I've mounted two, one on my muzzleloader and the other on a Win Trapper in 30-30, both guns are easy and accurate to shoot at 100+ yards with good low light capabilities.

Yipes! Is that the ghost ring? $120.00 for a peep sight. Or is there another peep that they make?

I use the Williams Foolproof with target knob elevation. It's been on it for quite a few years, in fact, since they first brought out the Guide Gun in .45-70, and I have no complaints. Since I shoot a heavier bullet than standard, I had to replace the short elevation screw with a medium Target knob screw, and with a front sight change to something a little nicer, I now have all the elevation I need with heavier bullets out to any sane range.

I have the 'plain ole' Williams peep on my Guide Gun and love it. Granted, it's not as 'clean' looking as the Ashley but it sure is priced right and works great!

Lyman 66 would be my suggestion, I've got one on mine and it works great.

Had the Ashley, and the Wild West Guns one. Liked the Ashley a lot, but sold the gun anyway. Ordered the WWG because of the protective ears. However, the WWG one came with the wrong height front sight for use with full power rounds (Buffalo Bore, Garrett, etc.). WWG dismissed this as normal, and suggested I get another front and install it. I did. But that one is so high that the point of aim isn't even close to the center of the front sight hood. It's far too high for that. So now, it's sighted in, but I have to make a conscious effort not to line up the circle in the rear with the circle in the front. So I took off the hood, and now have to worry about knocking the sight out of the dovetail.

Anyway, I won't buy another WWG sight. I definitely would buy another Ashley. I think they now offer theirs with ears, which would be ideal.

On a related note, I like the Ashley front sight better than the FireSight. The FireSight isn't big enough to really pick up a lot of light (even with the "windowed" hood, or with no hood). The Ashley one worked great.

And incidentally, the Ashley Scout Scope mount works great.

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Another way of proceeding would be to use a Williams rear peep with an Ashley front sight. I've done this with another muzzloader with the added benefit of a smaller daylight/target apparture. When the light goes down or the action is hot, unscrew the appature and use the housing as a Ghost ring. This is my favorite so far.

I will look into the Williams Foolproof. Where? As for the hood on the front. I like my 1895G for foul weather hunting. Up here that usually means snow. After the first time I used it in snow I would have cut the snow clogging hood off with a torch! Thank God they come off easier than that!

Guide Guns:
I got 2 of em. Both of them will be with me for the long run. If you shoot factory loads, the factory sights will work fine but shoot anything faster or heaver than say 400 grain bullets at around 1300fps and the factory sights will not work. I got a Lyman, GC, 400 grain mold that I've had for years. My mix weights out at 415 with the GC. The 415 loads clock 1800-1850fps out of that 20 inch tube. The prob is that the 20 inch tube has little or no taper so with the factory rear run almost all the way up the dang thing shoot almost 2 feet low at a hundred yards. I tried everything. I went to a Lyman 66. I could get the groups to center at a hunderd but the Lyman was topped put. The other prob was with the Lyman topped out it was almost impossible to get anykind of cheek weld on the stock. Now with the warm loads this little rifle kicked a little but with but accy suffered more than anything. I took the guns to John Gallager, C/O the SPORTSMAN's CENTER in Jasper, Alabama. John is a fine smith. I told him what the problem was and how low they shot. John took both guns and cut a dovetail into the bbl just in front of the last gas port at the end of the bbl. He then installed some type of Fire Sight that he found. The sight can not be more that a 1/8th tall from the top of the base, (i'm guessing becuse my caliper is in the car and its raining). When looking thru the Lyman 66 the front sight looks almost like a shotgun bead. With the 66 down on top of the reciever and shooting my loads the little guns shoot dead on at a hundred. It looks kinda funny and takes some practice cause when looking thru the Lyman all you see is a round bbl and what looks like a bump on top of the bbl but hey it works. By the way both my GG shoot better that any other 45-70 I own. Not uncommon to shoot three into a clover leaf if the light is right and I'm hot. I'll try to find the load I'm shooting and submit it. The GG works good with the 415gr lead, GC and feeds and extracts smooth. The GG seems to handle the load at 1800fps very well. The same bullet at 1950 tries to work the lever for you I dont recomend it unless an automatic lever action is what your into. I have not shot any of those Randy Garrett loads but with the bullet weight and speed he claims I don't think it would work in my rifles. The only other thing I'm going to do to the guns is put a WWG big loop on them. I dont need one but I like the speedy look. I guess they would work well with heavy gloves but the last time it got that cold in Alabama every one hunted with rocks. I'll find my data and get it out.

correction: I know the Guide Gun only has a 18.5 inch bbl not a 20 inch. Sorry about the misprint.