30-30 Marlin open sights or not

[Frank46]

All of my 1894's in 30-30, 444 marlin,375 Win, have peep sights. The barrel mounted sights as they come from the factory as far as I'm concerned are useless. haven't had to change out the front sight when I added the rear reciever sight. Frank

 

[pennzy]

All good comments. Good knowledge base here. Thanks.

 

[GyMac]

Thanks for the help guys. I took off the scope. Here's a picture

Much better!

 

[pennzy]

Williams WGRS-336 Guide Receiver Site - anyone have an opinion of the Williams peep site?

 

[rockquarry]

I prefer the Lyman aperture sights, but I've used Williams aperture sights for years on several rifles. They work well but are bit harder to trial-and-error adjust than the Lymans. However, once set, that's it.

 

[Sistema1927]

My Marlin 336 .30-30 wears a set of XS Ghost Ring sights. They work for my old eyes.

It is next to the bottom in this picture. The bottom rifle is a 39A, wearing the same sights.

 

[fishcreekrim]

I trained with open sights years ago 1960s...first deer rifle had those nice buckhorn sights and hooded front (Marlin 336 New Haven manufacture). Nice buck came along while hunting in the beautiful Northeast woods - still within legal shooting hours - ...couldn't pickup the sights in the dimming light and had to pass on the shot.

Installed fixed 4x Weaver K4, and didn't miss again. Never shoot at a running Whitetail (slow trot or walk is ok), and take note that your rifle will not drill straight through brush. Take good clean shots with a scoped rifle of adequate power and you'll be rewarded with venison through the off season.

Don't take my previous post wrong, I consider scopes to be awesome tools. But when I decide a scope is warranted I also up the game by going with a cartridge that shoots a spitzer bullet at 2800 FPS plus. JMHO/YMMV

 

[Farmer17]

I have a Weaver 1-3X scope on my Marlin and it's a true 1x scope so you can aim at running game just like open sights or use the 3x for 150 yard shots with Leverevolution ammo. My Rossi M92 .357 Mag 20" wears open sights and I had Lasic surgery where my right eye is for distance and the left is for reading so the rear sight is just a blur to me but the gun fits me so well I just put the bead on the target and get a hit. A gallon can at 75 yards is a breeze but an aperture sight probably would be better but they cost about as much as a decent scope and just don't seem appropriate on that cowboy gun.