For some reason, the buckhorn sights on my Henry 22lr are easy for me to use. The standard buckhorn sights on my Rossi 92 are really difficult for me. So, I went on the search for a good ghost ring set up.

Options:

1) Steve's Guns sells one that replaces the safety. Easy to install, but I just can't wrap my head around a sight mounted on the bolt. Just seems like it'll move too much. Seems like a lot of folks use these and like them, though, so maybe I'm overthinking it.

2) Steve's Guns also sells a bullseye ghost ring that replaces the rear sight. It's barrel mounted, though, so the ring is pretty far from your eye, which seems to defeat the purpuse. People also seem to love this one though.

3) Skinner sells a barrel mounted aperture sight. But I have same concern as it's far from your eye.

4) XS sights used to sell a Ghost Ring sight (with new front sight) for Rossi 92. Requires drill and tapping and mounts just in front of locking bolts. I think it was recently discontinued, but I found one and had a gunsmith mount it. Just took it home today. Much easier sight picture. Very clean. I like it so far, but only shot a few rounds to get it on paper. I think I'll swap it out with the narrower aperture. Buckhorn rear sight is no longer necessary, so I had him remove that and install a rail (from Skinner) to fill the spot, and maybe use a Red dot some day.

I don't want a full tacticool lever gun, but I don't mind bubba'ing it a little. Ghost ring with an option for a red dot seem just about right for what is likely a 75-100 yard gun in most hands. I've got a similar setup on my Marlin 1894 that works great.

I'll post pictures when I get a chance.

More detailed range report to follow when life allows.

I put skinner aperture sights on my Henry .357 big boy and those are a great option too.




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INVICTVS138 wrote: Sat Aug 12, 2023 6:13 pm I put skinner aperture sights on my Henry .357 big boy and those are a great option too.

Yeah. I looked there. They looked good. I didn't see one that would work for the Rossi 92 because it's top eject. The XS sight is small and straddles the bolt just in front of the locking bolts. Unfortunately, it requires drill and tapping, which was easy enough for the gunsmith.

This is similar to the one I have. They used to sell one specifically for the 92. I don't know if any of these would work on a 92.

https://xssights.com/products/wincheste ... tion-.html

Gee, nobody likes the traditional tang-mounted ring-sights anymore?

I don’t have one either but often wondered how well they would work and how sturdy they are or prone to being knocked out of accuracy.

I just got a new Rossi R92 in .357. I opted to swap out the buckhorn rear sight for the Marble Bullseye. I've always liked peep sights for non-scoped rifles. I guess I'll see how it works next time I go shoot.

Gnigma wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:18 am I just got a new Rossi R92 in .357. I opted to swap out the buckhorn rear sight for the Marble Bullseye. I've always liked peep sights for non-scoped rifles. I guess I'll see how it works next time I go shoot.

There are several at my lgs. Nearly got one yesterday.

Unhelpful response: My R92 .357 came to me with a Skinner sight on the barrel. It's the 24" octagonal barrel, which is silly and heavy but it was what was on offer. I've been procrastinating for YEARS in getting a taller front sight installed. With the existing sight blade, bottoming the rear sight lets 125 grain bullets hit near POA at 25 or 50 yards with light to medium loads, but hot loads go too high, and heavier bullets with almost any powder charge go too high.

I don't use it much, as a result of the sight awkwardness and at least as much due to the fact that I have severely limited time to shoot and prefer shooting handguns to rifles, and if I want to shoot light ammo I have some .22 rifles, so why not take the easy way out? So, it's been several years since I shot it, but my memory was that even out on the barrel, the Skinner aperture worked pretty well for me. OTOH, that was just shooting targets from a bench, and I can't say at all what it would be like to acquire the sights in field use.

I've owned Rifles with some of these setups.

The XS had a HUGE aperture that made it unusable for anything but plinking. It was on a Marlin 94 and a little different.

The Steve's sight does work. I had mine paired with a fiber optic front.

I had a Rossi and a Ruger PCC with barrel-mounted peeps. It works better than the Steve's solution for fast shooting and way better than the buckhorns, which suck.

The Steve's sights are the more accurate, but if you're shooting fast, go with the Skinner.

If you want real accuracy, especially across loads and distances, the tang mounted sight is the most accurate.