LEE SHAVER - Post & Aperture Card, Lyman 17A (.470")

Really like the fine reticle lines. Crisp and clean view on smaller targets. Nice assortment also. Fit and finish are top quality. Thickness is thin enough multiple stacked patterns for the custom aperture.

The Shaver sight inserts for the Lyman #17 globe front sight are a work of art, much finer and cleaner than the inserts supplied with the sight. Very pleased with this product.

I installed a Lyman 17a globe sight (AHB) on the front of my Knight original disc muzzleloader. Inserted the Lee Shaver fine crosshairs as well as the thick posts without a center to basically replicate a Leupold wide duplex reticle. Combined with a williams rear peep site in the rear scope mount position and I'm grouping MOA or less at 100 yds. Allowed me to take a nice muley buck last week offhand at 80ish yds. Never could have done that shot with a fiber optic front post.

I perchased a 17A as well for my Buffalo Clasic and had to modify the inserts that came with the sight. When I found these inserts I tossed the originals. They are very well made and precise.

These are a work of art in spring steel. The Lyman apertures that are supplied with the 17A sight are crude in comparision. I have used these back in my highpower days on a tomkins front and knew I wanted these when I put a 17A globe front on my 39A. I don't think you could get steel inserts to be finer or more precisly made than these. BTW, the easy way to pop these out of the card is with a pair of hemostats, just clamp and turn. It is best to leave unused inserts in the card.