Not to make fun of you but I'm 66 and if I ever got in that position they would probably cross my hands over my chest and cover me with flowers. And probably use a forklift to get the body off the ground. Good luck on your search. Some of the english shooters were fond of using that style of shooting. You may just try google and see what pops up. Frank

hickstick_10 wrote on Sep 29^th, 2012 at 11:24pm:


Hello Mike,

As far as I am aware no one is making sight bases for heel mounts although you may persuade a gunsmith to make one for you.

Unlike the tang sights which are fairly thin in depth, the heel sight base is deeper because it contains the spring mechanism and the deeper inletting into the wood gives greater strength so the site base is not knocked out of true. They are usually held in place by a woodscrew fore and aft. Ideally the the tang and heel sights should both be mounted at exactly the same height above the bore, this enables the same sight settings to be used irrespective of where  it is mounted.

Some folks like them, some don't. If cross sticks are allowed in a competition, most will go for that option.
The only way you will find out if they suit your style is to try them out. 

I  have pics of the Sharps heel sight on my other computer but the hard drive isn't working any more. Sorry.

Harry

FWIW:  when Steve Durren built the  Earle/Wesson ASSRA Single Shot Classic raffle gun a few years back he equipped it with a heel sight base that would use the same LR sight as the normal tang base.  you could switch it back and forth by simply removing the screw and moving the sight staff and the screw to the other base.

Contact him, he might have the information you need

westerner wrote on Sep 30^th, 2012 at 9:30pm:

Thanks westerner, Im aware of this, you'l notice in the post I mentioned I wished to stretch out a bit.  Shooting as you were describing.
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Guys must have been shorter then, or had more flexible spines, or maybe they had the luxury of having guns that fit THEM.  If you REALLY want a snort check out the alexander henry/daneil fraser dual position rifle............with 2 triggers and a pistol grip under the forearm!  Built specifically for that position you described and for looking plain wierd.

Could be, maybe they were loosened up from the stiffer whiskey then, 100 proof back then was reserved for women and small children   

Once I win the lottery, Il try to scare up a dedicated back position rifle


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Id post the photo, but they seem to show up to large.  Makes a man question what a "race gun" is nowadays dont it?
Il try out your taped sight idea, thanks alot.

DW, that exact rifle you speak of is shown on pp 16-17 of Kirton's book on the British Falling blocks.  Called the Henry-Fraser 2 position rifle. Developed by Fraser while he still worked for Henry in 1877.  At least 24 were made according to it's PUN. You could use one of Steve Earle's actions to build the modern version but I think you would need a little ingenuity to link the front trigger to the action.  You would definitely get other shooters attention when you pulled that out of the case.

"You would definitely get other shooters attention when you pulled that out of the case."   and IF you won they'd be turning themselves and setting themselves on fire trying to figure out which way to disqualify you