Col Del Rio Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Greetings, I have recently obtained an 1885 Browning in 45-70 (1994 manufacture date). I want to upgrade the factory buckhorn sights to something more useful. It looks like the stock is attached via a screw like on many shotguns. IOWs there is no exposed metal tang so traditional tang sights won’t work. In Hawaii gunsmiths are hard to find, so I’d like to mount the sight myself. I plan to use the rifle mostly for recreational shooting. Any suggestions and recommendations would be greatly appreciated. (BTW Williams WGRS peep sight are no longer in production) V/R Col. Del Rio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee williams Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 I may be wrong but I think the one without a tang is the b78 and the one with a tang is an 1885. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Arrow Hombre Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Tennessee williams said: I may be wrong but I think the one without a tang is the b78 and the one with a tang is an 1885. 1885s from that era are similar to the B78 in that they don’t have a tang. At one time Lee Shaver would weld on a short tang to mount the front screw and install a threaded insert into the wood for the back screw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Rich Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 PM sent. kR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee williams Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 8 hours ago, Straight Arrow Hombre said: 1885s from that era are similar to the B78 in that they don’t have a tang. At one time Lee Shaver would weld on a short tang to mount the front screw and install a threaded insert into the wood for the back screw. Did you have to get the traditional hunter for it to have a tang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rainmaker, SASS #11631 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Have Shaver sights on my 1885 Uberti. Brings home the gold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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