Enfield Rear Sight

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Silly question of the day..........

I have a 1950 No.4, Mk.1 Longbranch.........with a Mk.III rear sight.........sounds stupid...........but how do i work the sight? There are arrows on both the left and right side for range................BUT.........the arrows both point to a different range AT THE SAME TIME! One arrow might be lined up with 500, while on the other side its lined up with 400............anyone got any advice? I looked around to find my own answer.......but with crummy sasktel dial up............surfing is frustrating at best. Help!

Also not sure..........but the arrows seem to frame in a little box or window just below them.............does that have anything to do with how you read the range setting? I know the MK.III sight is a bit unusual, and was replaced by the improved Mk.IV sight............just not sure how to correctly read the range!

And does anyone know if you can adjust the height of the front sight at all? Or just the windage? My front sight is a dove tail looking thing, with locking screws in both the front and the side.


Thanks!
 
Front sights are changed for elevation zeroing. Shifted laterally for windage zeroing. The reverse screw on the front is the one you loosen if you want to move the front sight. Make a little tool to turn the screw. The screw that goes crossways secures the front sight guard; nothing to do with adjustment.
Look in the little window you mention. There should be scribed lines to align with the numbered elevations on the sight.
 
I believe if you look really close, one pointer will be exactly on one of the range lines while the other is off. Use the range that the pointer is pointing at. This should alternate from side to side as you move the apeture frame up and down.
 
.......well.............that still leaves me confused...........as those are two totally different answers to my question.........anyone else out there want to jump in and confirm it one way or the other?
 
I just looked at my 1950 Long Branch rear sight, and as myenfield so accurately puts it, when one pointer is EXACTLY on the range on one side, the pointer on the opposite side is slightly off centre on the range inscribed on that side. Try doing it with a magnifying glass. The blueing on my sight makes it harder to read. I've seen where people have used a fine emery cloth to remove the blue on the range indicator to make the pointer stand out better. Personally, I got my hands on a brand new Long Branch micrometer Singer sight as a shooter and put the C Mk 3 sight away. If you want one of the micrometer sights, let me know.
 
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