What Tang sight to get

[Nevada Mark]

I have a Marlin Cowboy 1895 (47/70) and a Cowboy 1894 (45lc) and looking at a 1860 Henry (Uberti) in 45 lc. I want to put a tang sight on one or all for the long shots - shooting between 25 and 100 yards. I have been looking at both the Marble and Lyman tang sight  . Not sure which way to go -- Looking for some good input on the diffrence and experiance of some shooters. Let me have the good and the bad to help me make a choice.
Thanks for any help
Nevada Mark

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

I have a bunch of the Lyman #2.  The Marbles has the added feature of a windage adjustment.  Generally for up to 100 yards I have never had to make a windage adjustment after the sights are well settled in. If wind is a problem in your area, I'd opt for the marbles.  I use a windage adjustible sight on my Browning 86 SRC and have fired it out to over 400 yards with good effect.

For firearms with a dovetail front sight use a drift to set the windage at the front.  Once the windage is set, use the rear screw adjustment for elevation.  I found that a 75 yard zero keeps the bullet within a couple of inches of the sight line most of the way, but down a bit at 100, but manageable.

My Uberti 1866 carbine has a fixed foresight.  The Marbles weren't available then, so I made shims from pistol brass.  The case walls are tapered so a slice sawed off of a .38 Spl case gives a modest taper, and 9mm cases give a bit steeper taper. Flatten the slice & drill it out for the sight mounting screws and slip them between the sight and the tang & orient them to tip the sight staff in the desire direction to correct windage.  A bit of a fuss, but it worked.

Like for many other questions, the answer is "it depends!"

[Nevada Mark]

Sir Charles,
    Thanks for your input - lots of good info to ponder -- was hoping more shooters would chime in  -- maybe this weekend

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[cpt dan blodgett]

Marble will give you windage adjustment, prolly not really required at CAS pistol caliber rifle ranges, and cost a bit more.
Lyman basically the marble without windage.

Either will work just fine