doubs43

the peabodys all come with a tang to attach the tang sight too.

sportslube

doubs43

send me an email and I will send a picture look down at the tang so that you have a top look if you would like one.  if you dont need top look thats ok to 

bill sportslube@aol.com

All I can say is that I'm quite impressed with Frank's peabody's. Now if those in power want to take pity on me, I'd have one for myself. Great work. Frank

I talked to Tim at Classic Checkering,I guess he talked to Mike Venturino, he is going to write an article in the Rifle mag,sometimes this year.Also Tim got the approval from the NRA on the modified stock to be used at Raton NM.His MVA sights should  be in this week.Iwill have the gun at the Kansas City NCOWS convention next week.Also this weekend at the Eau Claire show.Lots of interesting phone calls from the article in Guns of the Old west mag.  Thats it for now.  Frank  

The new catalog has been a great success.Achieved more customers,friends,European and Australian sales.Phone inqueries are much more successful,and gain more friends.Call in,and I will send you one.Oh, by the way,wait till you see Tim Lyons's Raton Model Peabody that He will qualify and use this summer in NM.Built to NRA qualifications.Cost,very high 4 g's.Tommy Augers, DAS SCHUETZEN Peabody will be shown May 15th at the Eau Claire spring open.1 st of its kind. Thats it for now.   920=893=9675      Frank  

I agree, beautiful rifle Tim.

How high a front sight do you need to get on target at 100yd with the tang sight sitting as high as it is at it's lowest setting?
The reason I ask is because I have a new Ruger #1 with a tang sight that sits fairly high.
The Sharps, Remingtons, and Stevens rifles have more drop to their tangs so front sight height usually isn't a problem.
I'm thinking I will need one about 3/4" from the top of the barrel to the center of the sight to be on at 100yd with the rear sight at the bottom. 
I think Brownell's used to sell a plastic front sight that could be trimmed to find the right height, but I don't see them on their web site anymore.
Steve 

"Interesting related point;  my friend Clarence Dykstra, claims that his  POI is 2-1/2 MOA higher at Raton NM. than it is in southern Mississippi because of the higher elevation, thinner air, etc."

To help understand:

The density of air, ρ (Greek: rho) (air density), is the mass per unit volume of Earth's atmosphere, and is a useful value in aeronautics and other sciences. Air density decreases with increasing altitude, as does air pressure. It also changes with variances in temperature or humidity. At sea level and 20 °C, air has a density of approximately 1.2 kg/m3.

The density of dry air can be calculated using the ideal gas law, expressed as a function of temperature and pressure:

    \rho = \frac{p}{R \cdot T} \,

where ρ is the air density, p is absolute pressure, R is the specific gas constant for dry air, and T is absolute temperature.

The specific gas constant for dry air is 287.05 J/(kg·K) in SI units, and 53.35 (ft·lbf)/(lbm·R) in United States customary and Imperial units.

Therefore:

    * At IUPAC standard temperature and pressure (0 °C and 100 kPa), dry air has a density of 1.2754 kg/m3.
    * At 20 °C and 101.325 kPa, dry air has a density of 1.2041 kg/m3.
    * At 70 °F and 14.696 psia, dry air has a density of 0.074887 lbm/ft3.
The addition of water vapor to air (making the air humid) reduces the density of the air, which may at first appear contrary to logic.

This occurs because the molecular mass of water (18) is less than the molecular mass of air (around 29). For any gas, at a given temperature and pressure, the number of molecules present is constant for a particular volume (see Avogadro's Law). So when water molecules (vapor) are introduced to the air, the number of air molecules must reduce by the same number in a given volume, without the pressure or temperature increasing. Hence the mass per unit volume of the gas (its density) decreases.