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I have a model 1920 in .300 Savage. I just cant see the iron sights anymore. I'm looking at sight options. I know there was a lyman peep available but I cant find one anywhere. It also seems that mounting a scope isnt an option. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
Stith used to make a set of mounts for the 1920 but they're even more rare than a Lyman #54 which is the peep your talking about.
Is your guns bolt even drilled and tapped for a Lyman sight?
Another route is a Marbles S20 which needs to be drilled and tapped but is made for that model.
I got a lightfoot adapter for my 1922 G breakdown model. Fits from the dovetail to the tang screws. I put a 3-9x40 Prostaff on it with Redfield high rings and it works great. It's a bit far from the eye but what are you going to do? The adapter is about $150 as I remember, but it works great. I had a small white tail in the sights the other evening but we're out of season, but I could have blown her head off at about 70 yds. His email is m1watson at cox dot net. I had trouble with his emails but I contacted him through gunbroker and that worked. He's got stuff on ebay too, but not the scope mount. It's a special order. I had mine in under a week.
Bushnell makes a 3-9 x 40 and a 1.75-4 x 32 with 6 inches of eye relief. Nikon used to make a similar 3-9, but it's discontinued. I have the Bushnell 3-9 on my Savage, and on a Mauser 98 with the same issue. Not as nice as the Nikon, but it fixes the problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by DogT
My 99 also sports the Redfield receiver sight, which works very well. These come up for sale on a regular basis at the usual suspects.
Thanks for that info. I've got a Bushnell 2.5-10x 50 on a 22 Win61 and it's a lot better than the old Bushnell's used to be. I may look into that. Scopes have improved in the last few decades with the Asian competition, but then they mostly come from there anyhow. I have some nice binoculars that were very reasonably priced that are just outstanding compared to the old stuff, but still nothing compares to good expensive EU glass. I have an old M8 Leupold 40mm that's pretty dark but it's a 36x. It's still sharp but my eyes aren't. That's on my Rem MatchMaster 513-T.
That is true, even the inexpensive new stuff is better than the mid-grade old stuff. And I agree, it's hard to beat old EU optics. Still, coatings are better these days, and age wreaks havoc on coatings and rubber seals and Nitrogen purging.
Neither of the 6 inch eye relief Bushnell's that I mentioned are in the 2019 catalog. I just bought one of the 1.75-4 x 32's today, knowing that it's discontinued.
I have an M8 Compact in 2.5x, and I love it dearly. I have a Swift scout scope on a Rossi 92 that's a copy of the M8 equivalent. That M8 line was a fine product. You can't go wrong with Leupold.
I don't think you guys understand the thread, he's looking for a mount for a Savage model 1920 bolt action rifle, not a 99.
D'oh! Sorry. Please allow me to change all my responses to, "I don't know."
I am not sure but I think even the Stith mount for the Model 1920 required some extra holes. Another issue with mounting a scope is the bolt handle - for center mount scopes it would need to be bent unless the scope were mounted very high, so, first check for bolt clearance before doing anything else.
I thought it possible that a Miller-Kodiak mount would work on a 1920 and not require any extra holes - that mount is held only by a piece in the rear sight dovetail and pressure from a long spring steel base attached to the scope. Here are some old pictures showing one held on a 1920 and of how it attaches to an 1899. This type mount might work on a 1920 if you used a long eye relief scope so it could be mounted ahead of the bolt.
Here it is held on a 23A and a 1920/26 (and it would not work on that anyway because there is no rear dovetail) -
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...full/57520.jpg
This shows how it attaches on an 1899 just using the rear dovetail and some spring pressure -
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...full/57467.jpg
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...full/57468.jpg
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth...full/57521.jpg
Here's an old listing for a Model 20 with the Lyman #26 bolt mounted peep sight.
https://www.gunsamerica.com/93629380...odel-20-26.htm
That also appears to be what Sav22 has in one of his photos (Thanks for those!). Khornetguy, have you done interweb searches for "Lyman 26"?
It's a Lyman #54 peep, the Lyman #26 is a front sight, I don't know where the person listing that rifle came up with that number for the peep sight. The sight is not rare on a Model 20-1926, that's the standard sight on those and there is no dovetail for a barrel sight.. so that's it unless you want to machine in a dovetail.Quote:
Originally Posted by Model24
Okay, that settles it. I'm not going to spread any more disinformation on this thread. But I am going to sit back and listen. I'm learning a great deal, thank you!