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July 31, 2005
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I have a great fondness for antique Winchester rifles with non-standard sights. Rocky Mountain front sights are favorites. They were standard on the single shot rifle, but not seen often on the lever action models. Winchester had their own proprietary Rocky Mountain front sight. It was unique in that the base was rounded at the top. It was introduced in 1884. See photo below.
Competitors Marlin, Remington and Savage all listed Rocky Mountain front sights in their catalogs. They have a flat top base as opposed to Winchester’s rounded base at the top. Strobel’s “Old Gunsights” has catalog illustrations of these sights and the competitors seem to have used the same sight. The catalog illustrations are the same. They were offered with knife-blade and later “pin and ball” profiles. See photo below.
These non-Winchester sights show up on Winchester rifles. Do you think these competitor sights would have been more easily obtained from the general store than the Winchester model?
I call myself a collector as it sounds better than hoarder
April 15, 2005
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Bill,
The second pictured sight was referred to simply as a ‘Knife Blade” sight by Winchester. I have no idea why Marlin added the “Rocky Mountain” preamble to it.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
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