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As posted in Black & Green Shotguns:
The most advanced shotgun optic for 1947.
NO this is NOT a typo.
What you are viewing is a rare ? but more importantly an optical device that predates any and all red dots from AimPoint, Burris, C-More, Lucid and so on & so on.
Introducing for your tacticool enjoyment -------The Nydar Model 47 Shotgun Sight. Circa 1947 on top of my now tacticool 18.5" 1951 Ithaca Model 37 - and yes it does slam fire very well.
These sights are sunlight activated, you get a large outer ring and inner dot that is projected onto the front reflective glass simply by being outside in the existing ambient light. Even on a heavy overcast day, this sight works perfectly!! This is the Model 47 and it is stamped "patent applied for". It was made by the Swain Nelson Company of Glenview, Illinois.
The basis for this sight was taken directly from World War ll. Allied aircraft had similar sights, but using the exact same principal, and shot down many axis war planes using their modified Nydar Sights. The inner dot represents 12" inches at 50 yards, while the outer ring is positioned so that the ring itself is always 24" inches from the inner dot. This makes the Nydar Gun Sight the PERFECT "scatter gun" hunting sight. In fact, as the original brochure explains, all pellets fired at a range of 25 yards was within the outer ring of the Nydar Gun Sight.
There are adjustments for windage and elevation, the sight is mounted on a base plate and that is able to be manipulated for front to rear and side to side movement, once it is set you lock it down.After that you can remove the sight lens - it is zero'd.
My next project will consist of the Nydar sight adapted to a M1 Paratrooper Carbine. I want to give it that tactical steampunk look to it.....anyhow enjoy the back to the future Nydar optic !!!
The most advanced shotgun optic for 1947.
NO this is NOT a typo.
What you are viewing is a rare ? but more importantly an optical device that predates any and all red dots from AimPoint, Burris, C-More, Lucid and so on & so on.
Introducing for your tacticool enjoyment -------The Nydar Model 47 Shotgun Sight. Circa 1947 on top of my now tacticool 18.5" 1951 Ithaca Model 37 - and yes it does slam fire very well.
These sights are sunlight activated, you get a large outer ring and inner dot that is projected onto the front reflective glass simply by being outside in the existing ambient light. Even on a heavy overcast day, this sight works perfectly!! This is the Model 47 and it is stamped "patent applied for". It was made by the Swain Nelson Company of Glenview, Illinois.
The basis for this sight was taken directly from World War ll. Allied aircraft had similar sights, but using the exact same principal, and shot down many axis war planes using their modified Nydar Sights. The inner dot represents 12" inches at 50 yards, while the outer ring is positioned so that the ring itself is always 24" inches from the inner dot. This makes the Nydar Gun Sight the PERFECT "scatter gun" hunting sight. In fact, as the original brochure explains, all pellets fired at a range of 25 yards was within the outer ring of the Nydar Gun Sight.
There are adjustments for windage and elevation, the sight is mounted on a base plate and that is able to be manipulated for front to rear and side to side movement, once it is set you lock it down.After that you can remove the sight lens - it is zero'd.
My next project will consist of the Nydar sight adapted to a M1 Paratrooper Carbine. I want to give it that tactical steampunk look to it.....anyhow enjoy the back to the future Nydar optic !!!
Hey look out for that tree bran... SNAP!
