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Rex Mahan
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May 18, 2014 - 7:23 am
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I just bought a Lyman tang sight stamped "WA". It shows to fit a 63 however if it does you’d have to screw to the rear position into the wood/ stock. Is that how these work?

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Rex,

Absolutely NOT ❗

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WA is for Winchester Model 1903, all calibers Wink
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May 18, 2014 - 8:17 am
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Book shows it to fit both

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What book? Looking in both The Sight Book (Madis) p 153 and Old Gunsights and Rifle Scopes (Stroebel) p. 26 list only the 1903.
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I’m sorry its not a book that I have it’s a sight application chart. What number does stroebel show for 63?

Aren’t the tangs the same?

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gene61 said
WA is for Winchester Model 1903, all calibers Wink
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"All calibers" ❓

I think Stroebel was a bit confused.

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What book? Looking in both The Sight Book (Madis) p 153 and Old Gunsights and Rifle Scopes (Stroebel) p. 26 list only the 1903.
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Gene,

In the Lyman chapter, Stroebel omitted the Model 63. If you look in the Marbles chapter, he correctly listed the W8 sight for both the Model 1903 and 63.

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Maybe there’s an early and late version? The screws I gift with the sight included one that was a wood screw

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Stroebel lists the No. 45 receiver sight for both on page 30. I have a 03 but not a 63 so I am unable to compare the two tangs. As Bert points out there is some confusion. 😕
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