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Iron sights with CPA Pope style stock?
Aug 21st, 2025 at 9:57am
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This is a question on how to have traditional iron sights with the Pope high cheek type stock which is for scope height line of sight. I have a plethora of MVA sights and have the Schuetzen Soule on the rifle. However, with a normal front globe sight there is no way to get my eye low enough. My first thought is to crank the Soule 3/8" to the left and use a windage front cranked 3/8" to the left and this would look odd but solve the issue. My second thought is to make a riser for the front dovetail and lift the front sight to equal the scope level. 
If anyone has a solution or a nifty riser design that can be quick disconnected to not interfere with the scope objective please let me know.

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Re: Iron sights with CPA Pope style stock?
Reply #1 - Aug 21st, 2025 at 10:34am
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Multiple options, it depends on what you want for a front sight. And if you want to remove the sight when using a scope so it’s not in the field of view of the scope. 

Lee Shaver offers Lyman style sights of various heights. Down side is they dove tail mount, so more or less permanent and will cloud vision through a scope.

CPA offers a dovetail mount that you can mount a Lyman 93 or similar sight that also has various heights. 
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Williams sight company Al Freeland both offer dove tail mounts that you can mount a dovetail sight in. 

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Re: Iron sights with CPA Pope style stock?
Reply #2 - Aug 21st, 2025 at 11:10am
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I would like to stick with a traditional style front sight. One other thought is to make a riser that puts a taller Sharps model windage at the scope height. And for scope just unscrew the sight and leave the base and riser which should not interfere to much with the scope image.
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Re: Iron sights with CPA Pope style stock?
Reply #3 - Aug 21st, 2025 at 12:42pm
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Way I handled it mounted my Lyman STS on the Pope stocked two barrel CPA. Various scope blocks raising the scope to a comfortable cheek position.

Then mounting the MVA tang sight raising it to match the scope’s comfortable cheek position, rifle rode same iron or scope.

Next put two zip ties on the two muzzles , CF & RF opposing. Wrapped the two together with fly tying thread, tape works too. Zeroed the rifle at 200 and gallery CF & 100 & gallery RF. Both with the rear set same height. Front sight height set by Cutting down the zipped front with wire cutters.  Same idea as fliing a muzzle loaders front down to zero open rear.

Measuring the 4 temporary fronts ordered blocks to run the detachable front globe sight proper height.

Ended up with the same offhand position any match that rifle shot. Admit the high front sights aren’t pretty, but true target rifles should be functional and consistent offhand position is essential. 

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Re: Iron sights with CPA Pope style stock?
Reply #4 - Aug 21st, 2025 at 1:51pm
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I had a similar situation on a Ballard a few years ago. I cut a couple dovetails in a piece of round stock to make a riser and used the rifle that way till I found the correct stock for the rifle. Looked funny, worked good. 

Could have pared it down for looks but it was only temporary.
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Re: Iron sights with CPA Pope style stock?
Reply #5 - Aug 22nd, 2025 at 5:41am
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That’s what my sight blocks look like. Height each barrel is individually tailored to the bullets trajectory and stocks comb fit.

Picture worth a thousand words !

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