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October 19, 2024 - 3:28 pm
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The rear barrel sight would be the Sporting rear with the screw and the standard front which was called the Sporting front. 

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What condition is your rifle?  I may be able to assist.

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Early sporting front sight had no set screw.  Sometime in the late 1880’s to early 1890’s the set screw starts appearing on rifles.  No set screw shown in the catalog until 1914. As stated, I suspect it may have been introduced earlier.

Winchester sights were available on any of their rifles per the catalog.

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The Winchester drawings calls that later sporting front sight a number “21” for the Model 1886 (for certain calibers).  Unfortunately, I don’t have any Change of Manufacture notices for that sight so I can’t definitely state when the screw was added.

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I believe that the set screw on what was later called a No. 21 Sorting sight was added in 1900 or 1901.

On a side note, the Lyman No. 4 Hunting sight (with ivory insert), was a very commonly installed front sight for the Model 1886.

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