Re: which iron sights for 40x???
Hi KS,
Al. Shooter how you doing?
As for iron sights the factory issue sight was the Redfield Olympic front and rear. Both fine units but Redfield made better sights later on so many rifles are/were upgraded as time elapsed. The Redfield Internationals are simular to the Olympic in both function and utility. The International Rear has larger adjustment knobs and are a big plus for out door shooting were you will be making sight adjustments for wind or elevation often. There's not enough diference in the International front to buy it and the inserts are hard to find for that front as Redfield did not make very many. The best Redfield rear is the Palma. The Palma has a built in lass adjustment plate to tighten up the gallows. If you use the sight allot this is a handy feature and worth the extra money.
You can buy the Olympic front and both the Olympic and Palma rear at the CMP right now. The price is well below what they go for at gun shows and on Ebay. The CMP will sell out soon so I'd buy what you need now. I can't sell you the same sight for that price.
There are many other sights that have been made by Al Freeland, Moe Defini and some others that are good also. You will pay more for them because of collectors and the fact that many are rare. The modern sights made now will cost allot more if they are any good. The cheap ones made now are just that, cheap crap and you'll be throwing your money away. Buy a good set of Redfields and you get period correct sights that will last your whole life and beable to pass down to your kids.
Donald
