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Reply #15 - Jan 9th, 2021 at 11:15am
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I"ll bet GT has or will make one, that's a nice design.

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Reply #16 - Jan 9th, 2021 at 3:01pm
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I ended up putting it on my Ballard .22 #3 barrel  with the regular Buckhorn Marbles barrel site just a beautiful sight picture.
  
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Reply #17 - Jan 9th, 2021 at 7:11pm
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It worked wonderful on my mixed vintage parts Ballard.Super easy to fine tune windage! I need 6 more!

  
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Reply #18 - Jan 9th, 2021 at 8:02pm
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Mixed parts or not, that is a very attractive rifle!
  
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Reply #19 - Jan 9th, 2021 at 11:10pm
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That's a great find and looks good on the Ballard. Enjoy! One of my HWs came fitted with a very nice example of the Lyman No.18 sight teamed up with a mid-range tang. I've found this to be a very nice combo to hunt with as that ivory bead works really well in low light conditions.
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Reply #20 - Jan 10th, 2021 at 1:23am
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Sure beats a brass hammer and drift punch. And good looking to boot. Maybe someone will see this and take up the cause?
  

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Reply #21 - Jan 10th, 2021 at 2:43am
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rkba2nd wrote on Jan 10th, 2021 at 1:23am:
Sure beats a brass hammer and drift punch. And good looking to boot. Maybe someone will see this and take up the cause?


I sure hope so!!
  
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Reply #22 - Jan 10th, 2021 at 11:34pm
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rkba2nd & Cbashooter,

They were made.....a nice copy of the Lyman No.5 combo was made by Parts Unknown and later as Red River sights - used to be available from Buffalo Arms. Once you trim/shape that post to suit your tastes it works quite well.
The Lyman No.7 Wind-gauge sight with the flip-up pin head or post is also another option but they are getting real hard to find. 
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Reply #23 - Jan 11th, 2021 at 12:02am
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Spud, if I am not mistaken, the Red River picture that you show of the Beech style windgauge sight is actually a no. 8 replica. I think MVA still has a non windage adjustable no. 5 replicas available.
  
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Reply #24 - Jan 11th, 2021 at 12:21am
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craigd, 
Thanks for making me check my real old Lyman catalog & Tom Rowe's "American Rifle Sights". I was wrong on both counts  Undecided. The Red River looks to be a copy of the No.8 sporting wind-gauge while the other is the No.17a target wind-gauge with flip-up globe or aperture.
That should teach me not to rely on my rapidly fading memory  Wink
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Reply #25 - Jan 11th, 2021 at 12:42am
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I have an original No 8, but like the idea of a more robust sight like the No 18 for hunting, and they are just plain neat. I was aware of their existence, but have never come across one. I would think that they woud sell well if someone was willing to make a run of them. Oh please.
  

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Reply #26 - Jan 11th, 2021 at 3:00pm
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It's a neat front sight. I would suspect that it may work best with a barrel mounted notch rear sight, rather than a tang sight. When I get a chance to shoot a flip sight, it stays on the mini globe choice as I can use that ring to center things up. A post seems to get really lonely with a lot of real estate around it when viewed through a tang peep. It's only a thought, but I could make use of a decent replica of a no. 18.
  
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