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Ladder sight.... Winchester or Spencer... or both?
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December 8, 2024 - 4:29 pm
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Picked up a sight at the Phoenix show this past weekend that I’m trying to identify… it was on a Win. 92 carbine barrel (barrel was cut short, holes bored in it, bore was pitted beyond belief & basically useless…).. but the sight caught my eye… so I paid the asking price.  I remembered the page in the Madis sight book.. I also saw a Spencer carbine later at the show, with the exact same sight… so, was it actually used by both companies or ????

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Well the flat spring looks different to the ones I’ve had on Win. ’66 rifles and ’76 muskets. The Winchesters I’ve had the spring had kinda’ rounded corners

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Ben,

I have one of those musket sights and it has the square end springs but the markings don’t match up to the one you have.

Bob

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I’m come the the conclusion that my sight is a Spencer Carbine sight…  not a grand slam, but worth more than the $20. spent.  😉

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