First, I made sure my rifle was unloaded, then I removed the tang screw. Not for I.A.B., Pedretti, SILE, or Marcheno rifles. A tang sight is the rear sight of a pair of iron sights used to aim or align a rifle so the bullet fired will hit the target. When you buy a 'rifle package' that includes a tang sight, it will (usually) be one of the 'give away' variety. When I installed it as directed (behind the hammer using the factory designated screw holes), however, the rear sight is fully in the tang sight's sight line no matter how high I raise the tang sight. I wish I had a picture to show you, but basically just envision looking through a circle and then … I use a Mid-range MVA soule Tang sight on my. I installed the peep sight and new, longer tang screw with a piece of leather used as a shim.

Pedersoli produces two grades of tang sights.the 'good ones' and the 'give away sights'. The Taurus folks told me that one does not need to remove the standard rear sight to use the tang sight. This super sight exists, though it has been nudged aside lately by red-dots, reflex sights, and low-mag riflescopes. It's nothing other than an old-school peep, the simple aperture that works all these tricks by taking advantage of your eye's desire to find the center of a circle. I've got a Lyman#2 sight on my own `73(s) - and like my M1A and Garand, snap shots with the aperture are both fast & natural. Other more conventional 'vernier adjustable elevation' tang sights provide accuracy and quality precision which is suitable for hunting and target work out to long ranges. The base of the tang sight comes with two holes one will align with the original hole in the tang that holds the butt stock in place. Sharps, Pedersoli, ArmiSport, Arcadia, and other correct replica Sharps rifles. RS-CREED-BASE Sharps Tang Sight Base, for 3' & 5' Creedmoor tang sights, Sharps 2.260' hole spacing, for antique, Axtell, Shiloh, C. The sight is attached to the tang: a steel plate extending toward the butt from a rifle receiver for attachment of the receiver to a wooden buttstock. Tang Sights, Vernier, Sporting, & Target. For serious match target use we recommend the Soule type tang sight and the code USA426 hooded front sight which has both a spirit level and windage adjustment feature.

Pedersoli sharps rifle sights