home made peep sight on no. 1 enfield

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I have a 1916 no.1mk III*, .22 conversion by Parker-Hale. The original open sight is still in place, but this rather crude peep sight has been added. It doesn't look like anything Parker-Hale would have made, so I assume it was made by some village blacksmith. But, before I take it off and throw it away, I thought I'd better ask, just in case it's some sort of "legitimate" modification. After all, I've seen stranger things.
 
Yes, I have seen that type of sight on Canadian marked No.1 MKIV .22 trainers.
 
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I wouldn't mind some sort of SMLE rear sight that was in that location or mounted on the charger bridge. I like my SMLE, but the sights leave a lot to be desired.
 
As others have said, canadian trainer sight

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Check for the presence of Canadian Property markings (C^) something which I would consider proof as to whether or not they were or weren't Canadian.
I haven't bothered to look at one of these in many years, but was told in the early 90's that they were Canadian stop gap when the No2MkIV with the Cooey/RossM10 rear sight ran low.

Note: I was contacted by a concerned member who says that he saw them at international firearms in the early 80's, and none of them exhibited Canadian property markings.
 
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Looks like someone has bent the safety, probably in order to fit the sight and still have the safety work reasonably well.
 
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Note: I was contacted by a concerned member who says that he saw them at international firearms in the early 80's, and none of them exhibited Canadian property markings.[/QUOTE]

Saw a number of these back in the 80s on No2 Rifles but never saw one of the rifles or sights with Cdn marks. IIRC International was the source.
 
I don't know about Canadian training rifles but I have had a couple of commercial 22 single shot 22 smle rifles with exactly the same sight. They are crude but very effective. OP, your sight seems to be missing the little adjustment plate. The safety is correct on that rifle.
 
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Here's a side view of the same sight. Sorry it came out fuzzy, but the thumbnail was in perfect focus. Someday, I'll learn how to post photos properly.

The sight was obviously carved out of a piece of angle iron. It has windage adjustment by loosening the 2 screws on the back and sliding the plate with the aperture sideways. There is no vertical adjustment. A bit of the stock was cut away to mount the sight, and it looks like it was done with a bucksaw. Yes, the safety lever is bent to clear the sight. I haven't found any C-arrow mark.

It's interesting to hear that this is an armory modification. Even I wouldn't have done anything this crude.
 
stevebc said:
I wouldn't mind some sort of SMLE rear sight that was in that location or mounted on the charger bridge. I like my SMLE, but the sights leave a lot to be desired.
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I just picked up a No.4 battle sight from the EE, once it gets shipped I'm going to try and install it on the charger bridge. Another option is to drill/tap the charger bridge, and install a Skinner lo pro sight. My rifle is already bubba'd, so I'm not concerned about losing value by trying to modify the rifle - you might not be so inclined.

I'll put up a post when it happens...
 
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