droid1963
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Hi, fellow CGNers and I hope somebody can tell me what I have here. We bought a house built in 1921, and in a drawer full of junk in the basement workbench, I found this flip-up rear sight. (sorry for the poor photo quality, it's an old digicam).
Front view:
Side view:
I'm not sure if it's a Lee-Enfield, as it doesn't look "exactly" like the rear sight from a No 5, and I'm no aficionado, so don't know if there were variants:
or like any on this diagram:
.
(BTW, tip of the hat to the previous posters of these 2 pics on this forum... thanks!)
Plus, the marks are not identified as Lee-Enfield anywhere I can find online. There is a small symbol on the side, below the elevation hatch-marks. It resembles a crown, BUT WITH ONLY 2 LOBES. Kind of like a number 0 and a number 8 right side by side. and turned up so the 0 is on the bottom. Below this mark is a number 7 at right angles to the marking.
Does anybody have any ideas? Is it Browning?
Front view:
Side view:
I'm not sure if it's a Lee-Enfield, as it doesn't look "exactly" like the rear sight from a No 5, and I'm no aficionado, so don't know if there were variants:
or like any on this diagram:
(BTW, tip of the hat to the previous posters of these 2 pics on this forum... thanks!)
Plus, the marks are not identified as Lee-Enfield anywhere I can find online. There is a small symbol on the side, below the elevation hatch-marks. It resembles a crown, BUT WITH ONLY 2 LOBES. Kind of like a number 0 and a number 8 right side by side. and turned up so the 0 is on the bottom. Below this mark is a number 7 at right angles to the marking.
Does anybody have any ideas? Is it Browning?
They were also used on some .22 trainers, here's mine; 
