This is a handy rifle

Nice big gold bead

Williams receiver sight

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It must be a disease.

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Cool! Very handy, potent package.

Reminds me of CAS's write-up of his Guide Gun project and how it wound up being roundabouts the size of a BB gun when he was done. Haven't read that article in a good while. Guess I'll have to dig it out again. :)

It looks like the front sight is a simple dovetail and post/bead. Is this correct?

Did you have any issues setting the peep low enough or finding a tall enough front?

I put a peep on a 20" Marlin 30A and there wasn't a tall enough sight available. I ended up cobbling together a ramp and am not 100% happy but it turned out OK.

Hoot, the front sight is one unit. I don't think it has a name on it, but I could check more closely later. The gun was converted before I bought it and it's my favorite big bore. The friend I bought this from had a really nice early 1895 in original condition on his table that I looked at on Saturday, but it was gone on Sunday. I asked him about that rifle, and while he didn't have this one at the show, he offered it to me instead, so it turned out good for both of us.

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Hoot, I checked the front sight under a strong light, and it doesn't have any markings on any side of it. I guess it could be marked under the sight, but I doubt if it's been off in 30 years or more and I don't think I'm going to try to drive it off.