This pic was originally posted in Salvos thread about the 92 sights by Griff:
I asked Griff what it was and where he got it. His answer is below.
Now I'm really interested in this sight. I'd like to get one. It has a square notch in it instead of the "U" trough normally found in rear sights. And it would match up really nice with the original type front sight Marlinman93 told me about.
Can anybody here ID this sight?
In my thread: http://www.sixshootercommunity.com/leve ... .php?t=231
Levergun sights, late 1800s to early 1900s. Marlinman93 commented; (" Pre 1890 Marlin buckhorn rear sihts had small points on each side near the bottom, which were pretty sharp!") and I was wondering if this was an old Marlin sight?
Joe
Help me ID this rear sight.
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Help me ID this rear sight.
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It came with that Trapper. In actuality its a "parts gun" someone built using a Canadian Centennial receiver, a 1980s-ish Trapper barrel, those silver plated bands and the sightd pictured. I then added a silver-plated carbine style buttplate and fancy stock.
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The sight is almost identtical to an original (I believe) on a 1908 1894 Winchester rifle. That one doesn't have the serrations on the sides. The Trapper sight has been refinished, so I can't tell if the serraations were original, or not. I'm not familiar with old Marlins, or new ones, maybe Marlinman93 would know.
Regardless, I really like it and it seems to look right on the gun.
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The sight is almost identtical to an original (I believe) on a 1908 1894 Winchester rifle. That one doesn't have the serrations on the sides. The Trapper sight has been refinished, so I can't tell if the serraations were original, or not. I'm not familiar with old Marlins, or new ones, maybe Marlinman93 would know.
Regardless, I really like it and it seems to look right on the gun.
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J Miller,
The sight looks to be a Winchester No. 24 Sporting Rear Sight. There were three sights in this series: No. 22 flat top, No. 24 semi-buckhorn, and No. 26 full buckhorn.
This from the book Old Gunsights by Nick Stroebel:
Winchester Sporting Rear Sight
Dovetails into barrel. early sights had a notched elevator and fixed, solid leaf with serrated outer edges. Later sights were identical with the addition of a set screw locked insert in the leaf for fine adjustment (introduced in 1890). Some very late sights did not have the serrated edges on the outside of the leaf.
The elevator differed depending on the application.
The sight looks to be a Winchester No. 24 Sporting Rear Sight. There were three sights in this series: No. 22 flat top, No. 24 semi-buckhorn, and No. 26 full buckhorn.
This from the book Old Gunsights by Nick Stroebel:
Winchester Sporting Rear Sight
Dovetails into barrel. early sights had a notched elevator and fixed, solid leaf with serrated outer edges. Later sights were identical with the addition of a set screw locked insert in the leaf for fine adjustment (introduced in 1890). Some very late sights did not have the serrated edges on the outside of the leaf.
The elevator differed depending on the application.
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