I received the taller replacement rear sight from Dawson Precision last week. Installed it and finally got to the range today. It is absolutely perfect. The folks at Dawson couldn?t have done better. Their math was dead on.

I wanted standard height night sights on this gun and Dawson was the only option I could find. They didn?t just get it right, they nailed it!

There's only one company offering to convert a Marlin to 10mm right now and it's about $1950 + your donor gun. Too rich for my blood.

Have you considered purchasing a G20 frame and a Mec Tec conversion? The Mec Tecs  are about $500. I don't own one, but others on this forum say they're reliable and accurate. That gets you in the 10mm carbine w/Glock mags for under the cost of the Thureon Defense PCC.

All the new Henrys seem to be side gates, but still have the removable magazine tube for easy unloading. I have an older .44mag Big Boy Steel, so no brass and tubular magazine only. Mine is very accurate and a perfect 100yd deer gun.

I think if they make an all steel version in .357, that would be perfect for your needs. A .38 special non expanding bullet shouldn't rough up smaller game too much and I agree with you that the .357 would be fine for deer at 100yds or less.

I almost bought a Rossi, but prefer the half cock safety system on the Henry over the cross bolt safety on the Rossi. I grew up deer hunting with a Winchester 94, so the only difference is the Henry is side eject. Marlin 336 owners would have no learning curve at all.

The new taller rear sight still won?t be as tall as the suppressor height original. There?s only two ways to raise the point of impact with sights. Lower the front sight or raise the rear. The standard height tritium Dawson front sight can?t be made any lower to meet the point of impact. So they?re making me a slightly taller rear, but still standard height sight. I can?t remember if the first rear sight was.245? or .255?. Acccording to their math, a .300? rear sight will correct the problem. That?s what?s in process right now.

Good luck with it. I recently had some minor troubles with my dominant eye. It can be a bit disconcerting. I hope it works out as well for you.

That looks like a good deal for $60.

I thought I'd add a little more detail in my situation with Dawson Precision. So far their customer service has been excellent. A human being answers the phone and actually did the math while I was still talking to him regarding how to correct my issue. The front sight can't be lowered enough to fix the problem. They do keep a small stock of taller rear sights in case of that. Unfortunately, they didn't have the one in stock that I need. It would have been close, but still a little low. They offered me that option, or waiting 6-8 weeks to make the correct rear sight. I chose the latter.

The gentleman I spoke with couldn't have been nicer. He asked a few simple questions to determine if I was correct in my assessment, tactfully and politely, and got right to business on solving the problem. I wouldn't hesitate to do business with them again at this point.

It also says they have several in stock due to a special buy.

At 52 I went through 9.5hrs of heart surgery. Ruptured aortic aneurism repair, aortic valve replacement, triple bypass, needed quadruple bypass but ran out of time. Still have one completely blocked coronary artery and 3-4" of dacron tubing where my aorta used to be.

I have outlived the average for bypass patients and plan on continuing to do so, even though I feel it in some way everyday. Getting old may suck, but the alternative is worse. Find some pleasure in what you do every day and carry on. As long as I'm on the right side of the dirt, that's my plan. Stay positive B320, you have long way to go.

I don't have the new ones yet. No complaint against Dawson. They were upfront that it will take some time to make a custom front sight.

So, my Girsan is now back together with most of a BH Solutions spring kit in it. The trigger has improved substantially. Didn't replace the extractor spring or the trigger disconnector spring, as that is not in the gun.

The hiccup I ran into was taking off the right side safety paddle. What should have been an easy job to tap out the rolled pin ended up breaking off my 1/16" punch in the hole. I had to cut it off with a Dremel and order another ambi safety from EAA. After inspecting the new one I discovered a 1/16" punch starts easily into the new paddle, but the hole is tapered smaller before it gets to the shaft from the other side. Might be cast that way during MIM molding, might be EDM, I don't know.

The good news is EAA shipped the new one rather quickly and no fitting was required. So $40 for a new safety and $35 to BH Solutions have made this gun much more user friendly.

Thanks for your advice Sqlbullet.

I won the standard version at a Du dinner last month. It does feel great in the hand. My copy runs like a champ, but the trigger was atrocious. Working on fixing that issue right now.

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Quote from: The Earl o Sammich on April 20 2023 08:07:43 AM MDT
Does anyone think that the smoother, slicker nickel plated case would put more stress on the pistol versus the brass case ...

I have no empirical data to cite, but no, I don't think it matters.  If it did, we would see warnings from gun makers about using nickel plated cases.

Further, while I am sure in the absolute sense it provides less friction, case wall to chamber friction is not a factor engineers consider when designing the action.  The purpose of the case flexing is to seal the back of the action.  It is the job of the locking lugs to keep the action closed.  The steel those lugs are made of is  around 12,000,000 PSI shear strength give or take depending on the steel.

I'd have to agree that there really isn't much difference. It's probably similar to the difference between the friction of freshly tumbled cases and ammo that's sat for a few years and slightly tarnished.

The only instance I can think of where case wall to chamber friction was factored in by the designers is the FN 5.7 and they're pretty clear about the purpose for the coating on that ammo.

I can't think of a single instance of a manufacturer warning against the use of nickel plated ammo.

Quote from: will965 on April 19 2023 07:06:54 PM MDT
I'm lucky I can afford a 10mm hi point, but, I was always partial to the 10mm HK MP-5...would have loved to see a civilian version hit the market. They would make a mint.

I used to think the same thing re the 10mm MP-5. Until I learned it could only handle 2 specific power levels of ammo and required some disassembly to swap between them.

Not a problem for reloaders, but non reloaders could find that very frustrating with the various power levers of commercial offerings.

Quote from: Kenk on April 11 2023 03:53:13 PM MDT
Thanks Graybeard, that?s a really good point regarding potential civil actions. I know there are 4 others at the high school that carry, but don?t have any idea who they are. The whole thing is really hush hush, kind of like carrying in general at the schools, it?s like the libs want it, but don?t want anyone to know they want it 😂

Seems like poor planning to not know who the other folks that are supposed to be carrying are. Identifying the bad guy is priority #1. Not knowing if a shooter is a disgruntled staff member or a good guy trying to intervene is pretty important when seconds count. Not getting shot by one of the others is equally important, too.

Quote from: JBS27572 on April 11 2023 03:30:46 PM MDT
True I suppose but I would still rather be sued than be dead or my students be dead.

I agree with you. It was my experience that the district I worked in was underinsured because of laziness or incompetence and it came to light several times. It wasn't a poor performing or financially poor district, either. I'm a ducks in a row, in advance, kind of person.