hello. a friend of mine has a winchester model 1895 in 405 winchester. he hates the buckhorn rear sight and wants to replace it with a leaf sight similar to what you'd find on a safari rifle. there was a guy on here a few years back that had one in a 408 or 416 hawk if i remember correctly. where can i find a sight that is dovetailed that would replace the buckhorn on his rifle?

I think I may be the person with the rifle you are talking about. It's a 411 Hawk done by Z-Hat (Fred Zeglin) in Wyoming. The rifle was converted from an original chambering of 270 Winchester, so it was rebarreled. The rear sight base was a Dakota and sights were from NECG. I don't know of any that dovetail as a replacement for the original sight.

An aperature sight works very well though, if he should decide to go that route. If it is a new Miroku Winchester, the receiver will have to be drilled for Williams aperature. Not sure about the replica Lyman sights. I don't think the original Winchesters or the Miroku Brownings have to be drilled for the Williams.

Miroku Browning 1895s do have to be drilled for a receiver sight. In my opinion, the best two receiver sights for the new 1895s are the Williams or the Ashley. Based on the one I have seen, the Lyman is not as solid as the Williams or Ashley. My Browning rifle has a Williams.

Dave

DPhillips-

yes you are the one I was thinking of. My buddy doesnt want the rear peep sight, he wants a leaf style sight like you have of your Hawk. any way of replacing the rear sight without having to get a new barrel?

I once worked on an 1895 that was custom chambered to a .375 wildcat. It had the NECG sights that one of the other members mentioned. You would just need to tap the barrel to fit it. It was a great sight system.

Good luck

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Originally posted by loud-n-boomer:
Miroku Browning 1895s do have to be drilled for a receiver sight. In my opinion, the best two receiver sights for the new 1895s are the Williams or the Ashley. Based on the one I have seen, the Lyman is not as solid as the Williams or Ashley. My Browning rifle has a Williams.

Dave

The Browning Model 65's have to be drilled as well.

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Originally posted by byf42:
DPhillips-

yes you are the one I was thinking of. My buddy doesnt want the rear peep sight, he wants a leaf style sight like you have of your Hawk. any way of replacing the rear sight without having to get a new barrel?

I'm sure there is, if you can find a sight base that can be fitted to the barrel contour. NECG has a variety of rear sight bases/sights. I didn't see the quarter rib base, like mine, but there are some really nice island bases on their site.

http://www.newenglandcustomgun.com/

I'm sure there are other sources for quarter ribs, sight bases, including custom, just takes a little hunting to find what he's looking for.