Hi David,
I haven't shot the Ruger yet, I'm just trying to get a feel for how high a front sight I will need and compare that with what's available.
The way I came up with the 3/4" sight height was by taking one of my Shiloh Sharps rifles with the same length barrel and setting the rear tang sight at a known 100yd setting, then taking a piece of heavy thread and running it through the rear sight aperture and then the front aperture insert to form a straight line over the barrel. I then figured the distance from the thread to the center line of the bore at the breech end of the barrel and at the center of the front sight. This gave me the angle between the line of sight and the bore for a 100yd setting.
I then did the same thing with the Ruger with the rear sight at it's lowest setting and the thread suspended over the muzzle end using a magnet on the muzzle. By raising the thread to a point that gave me the same angle to the bore as the Shiloh, I came up with the 3/4" measurement for the front sight height.
This sounds like a lot of work but really only took a few minutes to do.
Like Tim, I'll only be testing loads at 100yd. Most shooting will be done at 200yd+. So if it's a little high at 100yd, no big deal.

Steve  

Frank, it's a fact of life that you can't keep this crowd strictly on subject for any length of time.     Just the way it is here, especially when a thread goes on for several months and six pages!   

David

Interesting that the initial post two years ago showed a $1400 price tag.
The current website shows nearly $4000.  Is that all wood and sights?

Rich

I own number 19. and the fit and finish was great.  Checkering done by Tim Lyon was better than i hoped for.  The 4000K price tag you are talking about is for the top of the line creedmore in the 44-95  yes the basic rifle starts at 1400 and goes up from that point.  granted every one has a different look upon how rifles should look and turn out.  I shoot with the fellow that purchased your rifle from Frank and has had great success with it.  I do feel that the Peabody rifle to be an excellent buy for the money and it being made in the USA  for the same or less than one from off shore. Frank has been more that fair with me and has gone over the top in dealing with any questions that i have had.  Several pictures of my rifle have been posted here and the gun has ended up being used in guns of the old west photo shoot and was it on display at Raton this year where the compliments where nummerous.  I would give Frank and order and tell him just want you want and what you want to spend and I am sure that he would deliver.  I have no connection to Frank or his company  just a very happy consumer  buy US not Off shore

\Bill

Mr. Moodyholler,I want to thank you for you list of unsatisfying complaints,and additional expectational demands which brought up the price from 1600.00 to 2195.00.,plus an exceptional quality control check list,based from your list.It took the Sharps boys  25 years to get where there at.I am right behind them, especially Tim throwing a wrench in B class at Raton.First Peabody ever.The new wax pattern molds will bring new tolerences to within .002 to original Peabody dims.I will have to thank you for the quality ideas.You are still a welcomed customer.The man that bought your gun and sportslube are whooping butts at Eau Claire.If you ever order a gun with checkering,Tim will give you his best.     Frank  

Correction,we cancelled kits due to added liability clauses.We did modify our Stalker line.We have not raised our prices.We now modified our receivers to shoot factory load smokless.We retooled for faster delivery.I will match the quality and the precision of the American Sharps boys.The 45-100 Peabody now has Hornady dies.It will be a big challenge next year to Raton.All of the Peabody parts have been fully casted and machined to authentic spects.Our fine selection of wood will be walnut cherry.maple when available.and ash.There will be pictures on our Providence web site in a week or two.We also have the North Woods line of bullet lube for smokless and black powder,duck decoys,rifle stock blanks.We went thru some stumbling blocks,but that induced our quality.