Lee Enfield No.4 Sights

[x westie]

Here's a question for you CGN Lee Enfield fans,....i was snopping though Joe Salter's website www.joesalter.com he has a fair number of Lee Enfield No.4 rifles....fair number of Savage and Long Branch No.4's...also several British
No.4 Maltby and Fazakerly and RCMP rifles.

I noticed that most of the Savage No.4 's still retained the L type sight...i always thought that the L type sight would have been replaced by the micrometer type aperature sight....just curious why these rifles still had this sight ..looking forward to your replies

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

The nice click sight was used initially, then replaced with the latch style for faster production. At some point (the book is J-U-S-T out of reach), the flip 2-holer was also introduced.

I would suspect that a correct No.4 would have to have the correct sight for its period of delivery. Never mind what works best, just make it back to original.

One joke about Joe Salter is that he will never be oversold. In other words, he makes money and then some, but he does have some nice stuff

 

[tiriaq]

Rifles retained for British service tended to be retrofitted with Mk. I sights; those in Canadian with the CMk.3 version. Obviously many retained their original sights. Keep in mind that these rifles were distributed all over the world.

 

[smellie]

The "flip" sight was the Mark 2 and came into production when they ran into problems mass-producing the Mark 1 with that super-fine thread for adjustments. A whale of a pile of rifles were made with the Mark 2 sight and a lot of retrofitting went on for many years and is still going on, for that matter.

You might check the manufacturer's stamping on a Mark 2 sight to determine if it is original to the rest of the rifle..... or if it has been changed by somebody robbing a later Mark of sight from your rifle and replacing it with the Mark 2.

 

[cantom]

The "flip" sight was the Mark 2 and came into production when they ran into problems mass-producing the Mark 1 with that super-fine thread for adjustments. A whale of a pile of rifles were made with the Mark 2 sight and a lot of retrofitting went on for many years and is still going on, for that matter.

You might check the manufacturer's stamping on a Mark 2 sight to determine if it is original to the rest of the rifle..... or if it has been changed by somebody robbing a later Mark of sight from your rifle and replacing it with the Mark 2.

I've got a 45 and a 50 LB with LB MK I sights on them...I like em that way...best sight ever IMHO...not correct but oh well...the Mk II sight is not a fave of mine.