Skinner sight (barrel/rear) for Lever Action

[pdude]

Anyone try the barrel iron sight from Skinner? Or the standard rear sight and front sight that you can get from Skinner, Williams, XS, etc.

[Davinho]

I've got Skinner's "tactical" rear receiver and tall post front on my Marlin 336. The front took a bit of filing to get into the dovetail, but it's solid. I also needed to file it down bit to get zeroed at 100 yards. The rear is a nice piece, but best set up once, and then left alone once sighted properly. What do you want to know?

[Cnynrat]

I've got a Skinner peep sight on my Marlin 39A. Much nicer than the stock sight, but that's a pretty low bar.

[pdude]

What do you want to know?

So you don't adjust the rear site to shoot less or more than 100 yards? Just shoot high or low? Was thinking if I get it to sight it in for 50 yards since it I would shoot from 25 - 125 yards.

[Davinho]

So you don't adjust the rear site to shoot less or more than 100 yards? Just shoot high or low? Was thinking if I get it to sight it in for 50 yards since it I would shoot from 25 - 125 yards.

I figure 100 yards is a good general purpose zero, putting me a couple of inches high within 100 yards, good enough for offhand shooting, and a bit more reach past 100. I'm not all that familiar with the ballistics of the 30-30 (haven't had it long), so a 50 yard zero might work just fine.