Lyman vs. Marble's tang sight

[Oregon Bill]

Y'all have a preference, and if so, why?

[Abilene]

Hi Bill, I'm not positive but think the Marbles is windage adjustable. To adjust the Lyman you have to shim it. I actually have a Lyman type to fit 73 or 92 but have never gotten anything drilled and tapped to use it.

[Oregon Bill]

You're right about windage adjustable vs. shimming, Abilene. The Lyman is closer to the original 19th-century tang sights, and a bit cheaper. Still need to have the forward screw hole drilled and tapped, no matter which one.

[Abilene]

Part of it is that it's just unnecessary for main match CAS which is all I do.  My longest barrel is 20" - but a couple of the clubs do have monthly long range matches the day after CAS, and you can shoot pistol caliber out to a couple hundred yards.  I would like to take my 44-40 but a tang sight might seem odd on a carbine.    I'll try the flip up sight first and take it from there. I got mine long ago in a trade and for the longest time thought it was a Lyman but a few years back I somehow figured out it was an Uberti copy.