I have a "Parts Unknown" (Ukranian made, from Buffalo Arms) Soule type sight on my Eye-Talian Sharps, and I like the sight better than I like the rifle.

For a front sight, I have my eye on (no pun intended) a Kelley adjustable windage sight from Buffalo Arms that takes Lyman 17 inserts.  That will be for a different project though.

Both are comparatively affordable compared to many other models (I'm gun rich, and cash poor).

Hope this helps!
Paul F.

For mine Pedersoli RB 45/70 I have used for several years with great satisfaction the Buffalo Arms Kelley sights and they look great to.

I initially bourgt a rear soule sight from pedersoli but it broke witin one week so this got replaced.

Michael

dirtdog,
when I started in this sport early 80's a good sight was a dixie gun works then I bought an mva which I liked much mo better. then rtece4ntly i bought a set of baldwins that i really liked, one of the good points is one staff and buy bases for different rifles.
found out too many times if you buy cheap you get cheap.
buy something that is worth a damn and you will have it for a long time.
irish

A year ago I was in this same boat, deciding what sights to put on the first SS I had built,  a 45-70 on a Swede 67-89 action. I was in a bit of a vacuum then, and did not know about the ASSRA, this forum or much more than sketchy details of the shooting disciplines spoken of here-in. All I knew was that I had spent a great deal of energy building a good rifle, and that I was happily on a path towards a devotion to single-shots.  I wanted good sights, but had never actually had my hands on any of the offerings. 

I wish I'd known then of the high regard many here seem to hold for the "parts-unknown" Borchardt. I might have gone that route. As it was whomever it was I was speaking with at Buffalo Arms was steering me gently away from the PU sights and towards a Kelly. I didn't want to spend that kind of money on my first tang sight, and didn't want to invest money in a sight of dubious quality, which was a nagging (and it seems incorrect) feeling about the PU's. Also the Kelly seemed a bit flashy to me. 

I settled on an MVA Windgauge Sporting Tang. A very well made instrument,  suited to woods hunting, and with enough elevation for target shooting out to 250 yards, which is all the range I have here on the farm.  Of equal importance was that when and if I found I needed a mid or long range Soule or Sharps, all of MVA's offerings would fit the base, and MVA covered all of the possibilities with good well regarded sights.

I'm not disappointed with the choice I made, the MVA is an excellent sight at a fair price. Very solid and well designed. Lucky, I guess. When the time comes for a mid or long range staff on this rifle I'll get a MVA to interchange with the sporting sight. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend going this route. However the next rifle I build may well get one of these PU Borchardts. 

MM

I guess my longwinded point is that these sights are not a small investment, particularly in the eyes of someone new to this kind of shooting. There are a lot of options and the possibility of burning up more than the cost of ones first rifle on sights. The observations and advice offered here by experienced shooters and builders are very valuable to those of us starting out. At least to me.

MM

Here's a picture of the MVA Sporting Tang Sight. This one has a windage screw adjustment, but elevation is manually adjusted. Clean and stout. I think it was $245. The base is about $90 of that, so additional staves (staffs?) are 90 bucks less expensive than the complete price.

MM