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July 22, 2018
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Looking at a Model 95 in 35 Win. 24 inch sporting rifle — having a debate with the owner (a friend) about the sight arrangement. He doesn’t know and isn’t trying to represent originality one way or the other.
will try to post a couple pictures of the sight in question—serial 425511 Question:: is there any chance this Lyman reciever sight is an original from the factory?? It’s totally odd to me Will look forward to your input PH
July 22, 2018
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Now that I get a good look at the pictures it appears like it was meant to mount on the LH side and the “gunsmith” must have installed it on the wrong side. Certainly looks “goofy”. PH
April 30, 2023
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Are you sure he didn’t send pics that have been (accidentally) horizontally flipped?
April 15, 2005
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Paul H said
Now that I get a good look at the pictures it appears like it was meant to mount on the LH side and the “gunsmith” must have installed it on the wrong side. Certainly looks “goofy”. PH
I agree, and the odds of that sight being original to that rifle are .0001%
Bert
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July 22, 2018
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Thank you guys. I’ll get my hands on it soon—although it’s little goofy the price is reasonable and it comes with a ton of ammo and reloading stuff. There’s also an early 71 special rifle in the discussion. PH
April 30, 2023
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Just go get it and bring us back more pics! 
July 22, 2018
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Thanks Jeremy. I probably will end up with it eventually—I have actually been negotiating with him for several years—friend of a family friend. He sold me a really nice solid frame Model 55 30 WCF in 90% condition with exceptional wood several years ago and we started negotiating on this one way back then. Don’t want to hurry anything🤠— have been concerned mostly about the odd sight arrangement. PH
April 30, 2023
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Paul H said
Thanks Jeremy. I probably will end up with it eventually—I have actually been negotiating with him for several years—friend of a family friend. He sold me a really nice solid frame Model 55 30 WCF in 90% condition with exceptional wood several years ago and we started negotiating on this one way back then. Don’t want to hurry anything🤠— have been concerned mostly about the odd sight arrangement. PH
Ah….protracted negotiations! 
If anything, the sight is a cool oddity if it’s truly a LH version! I’m still interested if someone knows more about it…
July 22, 2018
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It’s a 1931 “ish” date of manufacture—so a complete letter won’t be available to help or confuse the issues. The 1895 book from Kassab and Dunbar has a lot of great pictures and info but I don’t find anything in it that resembles or would 
make me believe it is OEM. It’s a nice clean representative sample in an interesting caliber. PH
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