Brass bead front sight ?

[Cole Bluesteele]

Is it acceptable to insatll a brass bead front sight on a 66 or 73 reproduction?  I do not mean a "Grabber"  large bead, but a conventional Marble brass bead front sight as on the Marlin.  Several of us Texas members have these installed.  Swapping out the short stroke kits, and other mods is not a problem but swapping sights between NCOWS and SASS matches is going to play heck on the dovetail.

Thanks,
Cole Bluesteele

[Irish Dave]

Cole:

Not a problem.

Rifle front sights with brass or ivory beads were available in the period. You're OK with the traditional Marble's -type sight.

[Cole Bluesteele]

Thanks.  Looking forward to meeting with a bunch of you boys at the National in June.

Cole

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[Irish Dave]

Same here, pard.

[Fox Creek Kid]

Another trick you might try is an old solid copper penny. Fellas on the Shiloh Sharps message board swear by this as the best metal sight for low light gathering. Remember, it needs to be a penny made before they debased the currency. 

[Irish Dave]

FCK:

Funny you should mention that. I recently replaced the front sight on my primary Laramie with an 1889 copper Indian Head.
So far, so good.

[Irish Dave]

Joss:

I can do that....(but I'll have to take the pix first). I'll see what I can do this weekend.

[Books OToole]

Dave;

This project sounds like a great candidate for a Shade Tree Gunsmith article.

Books

[Irish Dave]

Books:

True. Sadly, however, I didn't document any of it with photos.