At the moment I have three projects in the works and all of them are going to require installation of front sights. I am partial to the NECG Masterpiece banded fronts but the Brockman designed sights look tough as nails. What do all of you think about soldered on vs. screwed on when it comes to sights? The rears will all be a quarter rib design(Thanks to Hammer for the idea).

With a quarter rib, you should have a barrel band front sight and barrel band swivel..IMO

I agree with Ray but prefer the Holland/Holland desigh with the night sight which folds over and allows a fine bead for daytime. It is also a banded front.
Frank

I have a moon sight on my double. It really, truely isn't nessecary. But you should use a small file or stiff emory board to file the front sight brass bead at about a 35-40% angle with the angle from low nearest the breach to high nearest the muzzle. Make sure your cut is square with the muzzle (not so easy as it sounds) and keep going until the facetted angle is the full width of the bead.

This angle will do two things, first is make the sight catch light and even in the thick stuff in dim light it will stand out really well. Second, it will reflect light the same way all of the way across.

Without the angle filed in you will find that your POI will shift a bit with different light because the round bead isn't consitant. For example, with the sun on your right side, only the right side of the bead will reflect light, the left will be in shadow and you will favor the more visible side without realizing it. The opposite occurs with the sun on your left. Take a look at FM's photo and you will see what I mean. Even in the photo the inconsistant "glow" is visible. Here its on the right and you can see the shadow at the center of the bead toward the breach.

If you doubt me, try it. You will confirm this for yourself. Then file the bead and you will never go back to a round bead both for the visibility and the consistancy.

BTW, I make sure the filed bead is polished and free of any tarnish before a hunt and in the evenings when I clean my rifle for the next day's hunt.

And I'm with Ray on the banded front sight and barrel band swivel with a quarter rib. I've had no issues at all with my NECG banded front sight and inserts are readily available. They even make a "fibre optic" version which is visible as all get out. I use one of the "fibre optic" sights on my 375H&H with one of NECG's hoods that has oval cutouts on each side to let the light in. This rifle wears a scope 98% of the time. If it didn't have a scope I'd use the file cut and polished bead without a sight hood. Even then, I cary a spare brass bead because I just gotta think that the "fibre optic" insert isn't as robust as the brass bead insert.

JPK