Lee Enfield site question.

- First setting is for 200 yards after each setting increases by a 100 yards more.

200-300-400-500- etc.

- Earlier sights had a windage knob/wheel that allowed windage settings, but those would not stay zeroed and were blocked permanently in place and finally put out of production.
 
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I have three No. 1 rear sights here. None have windage marks. They have elevation marks on top of the ladder (for range), but only have a reference mark dead centre on rear, in line with centre of the rear sight notch - but no other marks to match up. If yours is different, should be easy enough to figure out - shoot 2 or 3 shots as it is - from a good rest at a 100 yard target. Move your rear sight left or right 2 or three notches and fire another group - see how far that group moved. Any markings on that sight (elevation or windage) will be based on the service ammunition in use when rifle was made - doubt what you are using today will be matching to it, so have to figure out what those markings mean for the ammo that you are using.
 
Grizzly Adams said:
I have a no#1 mk3 :)

Grizz
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I know that. I've had several No1 rifles with the sight you describe. I might even have a spare in one of my parts trays.

I can remember when shooting those rifles, I thought those sights were great.

There was a good reason the adjustment dial and apparatus was removed and what was left of the assembly pinned to the range rail. Unless it was rusty or jammed by crud, the dial would turn if you slipped your hand along it while picking up the rifle. Not only that, soldiers loved to play with them.

I bought a box of ten, all factory fresh, back in 1970, all were individually wrapped in their own little yellow box.

Under non stressful conditions, these sights were just fine. Under training or combat conditions they could quickly become something that could and would go wrong.
 
Issue i have on two of my older ones, (no wind age) is the sight sometimes slides back under recoil all the way to the stop. I call them the self re-setting sights. I let other people shoot them when i`m competeing against them......recently replaced a sight on a third one, it has a windage dial and stays zeroed enough for me.(if i don`t mess with it- you have to sometimes, i`m sure it`s an AOADHD thing.)
 
infideleggwelder said:
Issue i have on two of my older ones, (no wind age) is the sight sometimes slides back under recoil all the way to the stop. I call them the self re-setting sights. I let other people shoot them when i`m competeing against them......recently replaced a sight on a third one, it has a windage dial and stays zeroed enough for me.(if i don`t mess with it- you have to sometimes, i`m sure it`s an AOADHD thing.)
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There has to be something wrong with that rear sight on your rifle. There should be a spring that holds the sight in place with detents on the left side and a fine adjustment dial, set in detents of its own on the right side. Liberty Tree has replacement rear sights that work properly.
 
sail32 said:
Without a picture you are all whistling in the wind !

2 examples.

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=44488

https://www.libertytreecollectors.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=3163

And there are others.
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My no 1 mk3 has the site in the milsurp pictures, "volley sight"
The rear sight has scored lines but no numbers.
I figure if it can't get an answer, I ll set a target at 100yds, fire a group, move the sight , fire a group. This should give me the MOA of the score marks.
 
None of them have numbers to indicate amount of windage. It's trial and error for each rifle. The adjustments are quite course, definitely not minute of angle. Those sights were built for battlefield conditions and marksmen that knew their limitations and how to overcome them. They aren't precision match sights, but they are durable and serve their intended purpose very well.

Those sight settings could easily change with different commercial ammo, bullet weights, velocities etc.
 
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