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July 7, 2026
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Likely not a Winchester sight as it came with a Remington Rolling Block that was willed to me. Has anyone seen such a beast?
There is a printed/engraved inscription that appears to read T. R. Field.
I got it cleaned up a bit so it moves properly and it does maintain zero just fine. There’s a tiny set screw that holds the stem firm once it’s set. Whatcha’ think?
May 5, 2022
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Looks like a poor copy of a HM Pope tang sight!
May 2, 2009
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That was the closest one I could find to it. Post a good closeup of the stamp.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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July 3, 2020
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I did a full review of Tom Rowe’s American Rifle Sights book and came up empty. There is a another maker with an elevation wheel on the staff, it’s George Schoyen… but it’s not a match. I owned a couple unmarked sights with that same elevation wheel… never did discover the maker. I really appreciate Pope sights, both period and reproduction. They are wonderful works of art… while this one is a bit cruder, I could never come close to matching it’s construction. If you remove it from the rifle, please post pics of the bottom along with the name. Thanks for posting! Ben
July 7, 2026
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Close up of the maker stamp tells me it is T. J. Field rather than T. R. Removing the sight almost caused me some panic because upon removal I lost the detent for the stem vertical position. However, after looking underneath I saw what looks kind of ingenious. A tiny leaf spring that lays almost flat loses it’s tension when the sight is loosened. Reinstallation by carefully tightening the front and rear screws equally, brought back the detent. It’s not unfair to call this sight crude but must be paired with ingenious to really describe it. See photos.
Very new to this form but let me compliment the admins for providing a simple and straight forward way of posting pix!
yours, Jon
Jon
November 7, 2015
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Jon-
In all fairness even the sights that seem crude by comparison are often quite cleverly made. I know very little about sights but I always enjoy seeing the precision work and engineering that goes into these little machines. Thanks for posting the additional pics, hopefully someone will have some information for you. Period outdoors magazines seem to be good resources for identifying something like this.
Mike
March 31, 2009
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chief1966 said
Looks like a poor copy of a HM Pope tang sight!
Not sure that it is a “poor copy” but it sure looks similar to the Stevens Pope tang sight. Pg. 257 to 259 of Rowe’s book. Pope worked for Stevens for awhile. I’ll pull out my Pope book and see if Fields is mentioned.
July 7, 2026
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It’s fun to see the interest generated by this sight. To possibly narrow down a locality where this sight could have been made, the rifle, I believe to be a Remington 1 1/2 Rolling Block in .32 Rimfire, was used extensively in informal Schuetzen 200 Yard matches on a range located on a farm near Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. Mostly in the first half of the 1900’s though the club started shooting such matches about 1896 and continues today. The locality however, may have nothing to do with the manufacture of this TJ Field marked tang sight as mail order was very active by then.
Jon
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