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March 16, 2025
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Good evening, all. I hope this post isn’t a rule violation, and it really is the last thing I want to do is bother anyone… Recently, I bought a box of “gun parts” for a barrel, in it were several tang and peep sights. Some I have been able to ID, most elude me even after weeks of searching. If I provided pictures, could someone help me? If not, I understand and thank you! IF you can, BIG thanks!
James Cates
May 2, 2009
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Yes, we can help. To post pictures here as a guest you will have to post the pictures to a host site and then link to them.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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March 16, 2025
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Thank you! So, you mean a link url to where I can post the photos? Sorry, new to message boards.
May 2, 2009
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Yes, if your a paid member here you can post directly to the site but otherwise post them to a third party host site and put the link to the pictures in your post.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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March 16, 2025
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1873man said
Yes, we can help. To post pictures here as a guest you will have to post the pictures to a host site and then link to them.Bob
Understood, I’ll see what I can figure out!
March 16, 2025
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jamescc76 said
1873man said
Yes, we can help. To post pictures here as a guest you will have to post the pictures to a host site and then link to them.
Bob
Understood, I’ll see what I can figure out!
Does this work? https://postimg.cc/gallery/dt5jGNT
May 2, 2009
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Yes it works.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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May 2, 2009
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You have a Axtel reproduction gold washed beach sight. The front sight with the windage adjustment is a Winchester Wind Gauge sight. The tall tang sight is a Winchester graduated peep but it has a extra hole drilled in the middle that hurts its value. The other tang sight with the elevation knob on top is a Winchester Mid Range Vernier but has been modified. The staff has been shortened and and the top bar the elevation screw goes through is not original as is the eye piece also the pivot on the bottom is a replacement screw with a nut which is not original. The W on the bottom means it was for a Winchester 1873, a valuable sight if it was original. The hooded front sight I’m not familiar with and will leave that to someone else to ID.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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May 2, 2009
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I have to correct the Mid range vernier. It was a Graduated peep that was modified into a mid range.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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1873man said
I have to correct the Mid range vernier. It was a Graduated peep that was modified into a mid range.Bob
Wow, Bob! Thank you so much! This is more info than I ever found otherwise. It has been so difficult to find what the W was or the Patent date on the other. It was all in a small box marked Winchester. I truly appreciate you.
May 2, 2009
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Here is a page out of a early Winchester catalog.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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1873man said
Here is a page out of a early Winchester catalog.Bob
Fantastic!
so the one marked W is a modified 1873, and the taller one is a graduated peep— does the “pat mar 30 86” mean anything I should know about
May 2, 2009
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The “Pat mar 30 86 is the patent date of the sight March 30th 1886. Lyman supplied many of the sights that Winchester used and Lyman made sights for other manufactures so they used the letter code to identify which guns make and model it was made for.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
Email: [email protected]
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