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Williams FireSights Fiber Optic Set (Marlin 336/1894/1895)

Fiber-optic front-and-rear iron sight set for Marlin lever guns, the cheapest meaningful upgrade over the factory irons for low-light contrast.

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Quick Specs

Price
$39
Weight
N/A
Brand
Williams Gun Sight
Category
buis

Features

  • Green fiber-optic rear, red fiber-optic front
  • Dovetail-mount, drop-in
  • Marlin 336/1894/1895 fit
  • No gunsmithing

Capability Boosts

Low Light+1

Recommended For

Home Defense
Duty/Patrol

Compatibility Tags

family: lever-actionfamily: modern-riflecaliber: 4570

Overview

Not every Marlin owner wants a ghost-ring conversion or a rail full of glass. For the shooter who likes the factory open-sight handling but wants a faster, brighter sight picture, Williams FireSights are the obvious first buy. The set replaces the factory front and rear with fiber-optic equivalents: a green rear and a red front that glow in available light and pull your eye to the front bead far quicker than a plain black blade in timber or at dusk.

Williams has built sights for over ninety years, and these are a true drop-in for the Marlin 336, 1894, and 1895 dovetails, no drilling, tapping, or gunsmithing. The rear is windage and elevation adjustable, and the high-contrast color pairing makes lining up the irons nearly instinctive under field conditions where the factory sights wash out.

At well under sixty dollars, this is the highest value-per-dollar sighting upgrade on the rifle. It will not give you the precision of an aperture or the reach of an optic, but for fast, close work in poor light, the contrast gain is immediate.

Key Features

  • Fiber-optic green rear and red front sight
  • Drop-in dovetail fit, no gunsmithing
  • Windage and elevation adjustable rear
  • High-contrast color pairing for low light
  • Fits Marlin 336, 1894, and 1895
  • Made by Williams Gun Sight, USA

Pros

  • +Cheapest meaningful upgrade over factory irons
  • +Fiber optics dramatically improve low-light contrast
  • +True drop-in, no gunsmithing
  • +Keeps the slim, fast handling of open sights

Cons

  • Not as precise as an aperture or ghost ring
  • Fiber optics can wash out in very bright direct sun

Detailed Specifications

frontSight
Red fiber optic
rearSight
Green fiber optic, windage and elevation adjustable
mount
Dovetail, drop-in
fitment
Marlin 336/1894/1895
partNumber
60217 (dovetail open set)
madeIn
USA

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