Replacing lost Lyman tang sight on my classic H&H Rifle

[Tom Leoni]

The original 1925 order ledger about my H&H single shot includes the words "Lyman Sight." The tang of my rifle is indeed drilled for such sight--with the holes spaced exactly 1.5" apart, each hole looking pretty shallow and measuring 0.150" across. Approximate height of the sight to match the V sight on the barrel would have been 2."

Unfortunately, though, when I took possession of the rifle a few years ago, the Lyman tang sight had been long gone. I would now like to replace it. Would any of you know which of the Lyman tang sights I should try?

The reason is that I've decided that my safari-after-next (2023) will be an iron-sight safari. My aging eyes would do much better with a Lyman than with the barrel-mounted V.

Any ideas? I know this is a pretty obscure subject, but I thought I'd ask.

 

[Sarg]

We would love to see your rifle bud, what caliber & type of action is it ?

Hard to say what Lyman sight it had, does the H&H ledger not give you a little more clues ?

I have Lyman peeps on a couple of my Old Timers, the peep helped for a bit but I now just slip a pair of 1 power reading glasses on & can use the open sights, a bugger in the Bush/Jungle, more so if wet/raining but it works !

 

[Tom Leoni]

We would love to see your rifle bud, what caliber & type of action is it ?

Hard to say what Lyman sight it had, does the H&H ledger not give you a little more clues ?

I have Lyman peeps on a couple of my Old Timers, the peep helped for a bit but I now just slip a pair of 1 power reading glasses on & can use the open sights, a bugger in the Bush/Jungle, more so if wet/raining but it works !

Thanks for chiming in. It is a falling block built around a Webley 1902-type action, chambered for .375 H&H Flanged Magnum. 28” barrel. Sometime after the War a set of claw mounts was added, which now sport a Zeiss Diatal 6x32.

Here are a couple pics:

And here’s the tang, drilled as I have described.

 

[freefall]

Have you contacted Lyman?

 

[WebleyGreene455]

I'd contact Lyman first and see what they can do. They still make some of their classic tang sights but whether or not they have a base that would fit your rifle, I can't say.

Montana Vintage Arms makes their own versions of oldschool tang sights and they might be able to help too.

 

[Viral_SIGness]

Brownell had the replacement parts I needed for my Hawkeye.

 

[Luvthunt]

Nice!

 

[Shootist43]

Tom call the Marble Sight Company or look up your rifle on one of their product listings. I was able to get a tang sight for a savage Model 29A (circa 1940) recently. Marble actuslly made the sights for a lot of OEM that offered that option. http://www.marblearms.com/ or call (906)428 - 3710

 

[ducmarc]

Give Bruce dow at dow arms room here in fla he is an old target shooter gunsmith.he may even have one.real good fellow

 

[Sarg]

Beautiful rifle & outfit, nice to see the tang is tapped & not the wood like a lot of others !

Most likely not hard to find a Lyman to fit the hole spacing but the height & peep arm height will be the issue ?

 

[Shootist43]

The Marble Tang sights are adjustable for height and windage. Apart from that there are several height options to choose from.