sights on straight barrel

[recurve]

 When making sights on straight barrels do make them the same height or rear taller, and be how much?

[Scota4570]

Relative to the center of the bore, I start at equal height.  I then file the front, to sight in.  IT usually ends up that the rear sight is about 0.10" higher.  Pistols often end up about equal, due to barrel flip. 

[Herb]

On Hawkens with a 32 inch barrel, the rear sight has to be about .035 higher.

[recurve]

Thanks I'm making rear sight for a 36 long barrel green mnt

I made a peep sight for load work up BUT they will not let me PLAY/shoot with that on at shoots(feeling like rudolph the red nosed reindeer)

so I want to make a co-witness sight I really like Herbs  sights (I'm using brass and ageing it)

[recurve]

https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=41420.25
here's Herbs post (lost some of the photos ) the late lancaster sight is what I'll attempt with Herbs permission in brass( have brass from knife making but not steal the right size)

[Daryl]

On a straight octagonal barrel, start with the sights level.
On a swamped barrel, start with them both level, measured from the centre of the bore.

[Herb]

Recurve, I just called up that post and most of the photos were missing.  I had corrected that post a few months back, adding the "s" to the http.  The s was not there now.  I added it back and all the photos are there again.  Thanks for the confidence.