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August 18, 2017 - 3:41 pm

I had never heard of this but I ran into a reference indicating T.R. took two .405’s to Africa and one was equipped with, “electric lighted sights” (and a Maxim silencer). In addition, reportedly one of the two 1903 Springfields that went along also had the same lighted sight (and also was fitted with a Maxim silencer). This is a new one to me. What do others know?

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August 18, 2017 - 4:56 pm

If you are referring to the Field and Stream article I am curious as well.

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August 18, 2017 - 8:53 pm

I had not been aware this reference appeared in a Field and Stream article. Here is where I found the reference (picture #8 in this auction). By the way, this is an interesting .405. I don’t believe I have seen a .405 fitted for a Maxim silencer before:

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/680220557

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August 18, 2017 - 8:59 pm

I found this article. There is also not mentioned more specifically. Only “illuminated sights” and “arrangement for shooting at night”.

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August 18, 2017 - 10:16 pm

There’s at least one experimental ’03 equipped with illuminated sights at the Springfield Armory Museum; might have been some variant of this device installed on TR’s rifle.