RLI
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I am looking at putting express sights on my Winchester .375H&H . What I am after is 1 standing 2 folding on a island base and a pop up/folding moon sight for the front sight. can anyone recommend some good ones Thanks
Steve
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JPK
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You should take a look at the sights offered by New England Custom Gun, aka NECG. www.newenglandcustomgun.com
JPK
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luv2safari
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The 375 shoots flat enough that you might consider a one standing...one folding. In any case, you are doing it all the right way. 
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Raff
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ERA makes the rear sight you are looking for. Sold in the
US at New England Custom Guns. It has two hidden screws
for mounting to the barrel and a third to lock the sight.
It can also be soldered on. One standing and two
folders. A well made piece. I am putting one on my rifle.
It matches up with a NECG front sight that takes the
folding white nite sight. This takes just a bit of machine
work to make it right but it is pretty nice. I think NECG
exports out of the US. Both pieces total about 160 USD.
Good Luck
Raff
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RLI
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NECG seems the way to go, I forgot to mention my M70 has QD Leupold mounts & rings and the express sights would have to work in with this. The current factory sights are to low due to stock made for scope use
Steve
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rgp
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Steve,
The NECG sights are made in Germany by Recknagel.
Not certain of it but you may be able to get them cheaper direct from Recknagel if not in the USA or Canada.
Richard
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DarylS
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This is the sight I chose for my .69 English-style muzzleloader, I used only the top-piece, as the base for round barrels wasn't needed.
: Were I to build a DGR, I'd probably use this one, or a similar sight with fewer blades. This one comes in the white, and must be filed-in. I put the silver lines on the leaves.
: As I said, this sight has a base for round barrels which wsan't used on the Octagonal barrel.(of course)
; This sight is available from Brownell's.
: A .375 probably doens't need all these leaves, though. They have others that should be visible on the web site.
: Upon checking the link provided above, my sight is one and the same as the 3 folding leaf sight. Brownells price is around $98.00 for the blank + the base which adds another bit of change.
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BlainSmipy
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Great.
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AkMike
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There was a set listed today over at Accurate reloading. $50 They are'nt the best quality though.
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Gadge
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Steve, Recknagel is indeed the go. And Peter Van Meurs at Pro-Cal is your man. BTW, your current rear sight is a Recknagel - ERA is their mark.
For the rear, you want a #15400-3036 sight [one fixed, 2 folding] and #16030-3036 [sweat-on] or #16037-3036 [screw-on] base.
And the leaves will all need to be filed in, of course.
For the front, they offer both fold-over and flip-up night sight options. The fold-over are integral with a plain or banded ramp, and have a 2mm silver normal bead and a 4mm white night bead.
Plain ramp is #12100-0000, banded ramp #12105-0185 for your barrel [18.5mm diam.].
Flip-up - there are 3 variations, with different lengths and night bead diameters, and plain and banded ramps in several heights and styles. I can't go into detail here, as that section of the Recknagel catalogue is all in German - the other sections have some English.
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mikeh416Rigby
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For my .375 of mine, that gets the most use, I have it set up with a 1.75 X 6 Leupold Scope in a set of Talley Q.D. rings. I also bring along a second 1.75 X 6 Leupold in a second set of Talley's. I replaced the factory rear sight with a single, standing sight from NECG, and the front sight with a flip up night sight, also from NECG. Knock on wood, but to date, I've not had to use the spare scope, or the open sights. I have the open sights zeroed dead on at 50 yards.
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JPK
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Mike416Rigby,
I have two 1.5x5 Leupold scopes in Talley QD rings and express sight for my 375H&H also. I haven't had a problem either. I think the reason we don't have problems is because of the prep and the spares. Leave the spare at home and you know the primary is going to break!
JPK
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SuperX
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".........375 of mine, that gets the most use, I have it set up with a 1.75 X 6 Leupold Scope in a set of Talley Q.D. rings. I also bring along a second 1.75 X 6 Leupold in a second set of Talley's. I replaced the factory rear sight with a single, standing sight from NECG, and the front sight with a flip up night sight, also from NECG....."
Agree.
With a 375 a single standing blade is all you need, consider the 375's trajectory at (ethical) open sight ranges and I think you'll agree (but it seems some like the "look" of multi blade express sights on the smaller caliber's).
The large aux. front "night bead" is a much more practical item.
Edited by SuperX (19/02/06 04:16 AM)
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Gadge
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Yep, I too have a 1.75-6x Leupy in QD mounts on my .375. Currently Leupy QR mounts, but intend to move to Talley in due course [i.e. when the dust over the Oz Post import debacle settles].
I like the notion of having the mount release levers on the opposite side to the bolt handle - not possible with Leupy QR's on a LH rifle.
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Doug
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DarylS
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Practising with open irons will have your 'ethical' range extended somewhat. I agree though, that with practise, the .375 will stretch out and 1 blade is really all that's really needed. The extra leaves look Soooooo good, though.
: A Ruger #1, with it's cheap factory rear sight, once sighted to 100 meters, was an easy 6 for 6 on the steel ram at 300meters, standing, by holding the bead above the notch & on the ram and concentrating on the trigger's squeeze. We were shooting handloaded 300gr. RN's at 2,540fps.
: Even the rifle's owner was able to hit the ram repeatedly, once some practise was under his belt. It was an eye-opener for him as his hunting buddies had told him he HAD to have a 6x-9x scope to hit a moose's ribs.
: It's amazing what practise will do.
: I know of few people who actually practise with their "Back-Up irons. The best way to learn to shoot irons is to fore-go the scopes for a season or two and only shoot iron sights. A good set gives up some branch definition in the bush, but in fairly open bush and open areas, are a very effetive & fast sighting system.
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Daryl
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