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I wish this one fit a Winchester:

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What is the application code on the underside of the base?

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steve004 said
I wish this one fit a Winchester: 

Don’t you have an electric drill?

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clarence said

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I wish this one fit a Winchester: 

Don’t you have an electric drill?

  

Lol! His name is Steve, not bubba!

A man can never have too many WINCHESTERS...

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Bert H. said

steve004 said

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What is the application code on the underside of the base?

  

No code on the underside of the base.  I bought the sight originally as it was advertised as a No. 103.  It is not.  It took me a while to figure it out what it is.  Does anyone recognize it right off?  Hole spacing is Stevens:

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steve004 said

Does anyone recognize it right off?  Hole spacing is Stevens. 

Lyman 144 made specially for the Walnut Hill model.

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clarence said

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Does anyone recognize it right off?  Hole spacing is Stevens. 

Lyman 144 made specially for the Walnut Hill model.

  

You got it Clarence!  I don’t think anyone is surprised Wink

And yes, I do have a drill, but somehow I feel reluctant to use it Confused

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steve004 said
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Steve, I have one currently on my 1916 vintage M1894 in 38-55 cal. I don’t know the code without taking it off the rifle, but the code is correct for this rifle. It is a nice one with correct aperture. Pretty expensive, I think I paid $700 for it. Let me know if you can use it and I will pull it off the rifle and check the number.  Big Larry

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Big Larry said

steve004 said

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Steve, I have one currently on my 1916 vintage M1894 in 38-55 cal. I don’t know the code without taking it off the rifle, but the code is correct for this rifle. It is a nice one with correct aperture. Pretty expensive, I think I paid $700 for it. Let me know if you can use it and I will pull it off the rifle and check the number.  Big Larry

  

Larry,

If it is correct for a Model 1894 in 38-55, it has a “D” code.  If it has a “DA” code, it was made for a Model 1894 in 25-35 WCF, 30 WCF, or 32 WS.  I have never seen a Lyman 103 with a “D” application code.

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I will pull it off and check the letter. I am quite sure it  will be a “D” as I bought it specifically for that 1916 M1894 38-55. I really don’t care for the sight, so I thought about selling it. I have never shot this rifle. Too nice.   Big Larry

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Big Larry said
I will pull it off and check the letter. I am quite sure it  will be a “D” as I bought it specifically for that 1916 M1894 38-55. I really don’t care for the sight, so I thought about selling it. I have never shot this rifle. Too nice.   Big Larry 

If it’s a 103, I think such a TARGET sight on any lever gun, pump-action plinker, etc, is as inapt as Formula 1 racing airfoils on street cars.  Of course, it doesn’t “hurt,” but the windage adjustment on a hunting rifle is something that generally needs to be done only once for a given load, & then (if the shooter is smart), left alone.  Even on the true target rifles I shoot, like 52s & M1922s, I never change windage after it’s once set.  On top of that, I think standard tang sights LOOK better mounted on the gun.

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clarence said

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I will pull it off and check the letter. I am quite sure it  will be a “D” as I bought it specifically for that 1916 M1894 38-55. I really don’t care for the sight, so I thought about selling it. I have never shot this rifle. Too nice.   Big Larry 

If it’s a 103, I think such a TARGET sight on any lever gun, pump-action plinker, etc, is as inapt as Formula 1 racing airfoils on street cars.  Of course, it doesn’t “hurt,” but the windage adjustment on a hunting rifle is something that generally needs to be done only once for a given load, & then (if the shooter is smart), left alone.  Even on the true target rifles I shoot, like 52s & M1922s, I never change windage after it’s once set.  On top of that, I think standard tang sights LOOK better mounted on the gun.

  

I will confess I have a thing for fancy sights.  That, “thing” pushes me to overlook some of the pragmatic objections.  Also, these days, it’s paper targets that appear in my sights.

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steve004 saidI will confess I have a thing for fancy sights.

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steve004 saidI will confess I have a thing for fancy sights.

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clarence said

steve004 saidI will confess I have a thing for fancy sights.

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They don’t look ideal for the close range brush hunting I grew up with …  Well, maybe a long shot across a hayfield…

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Back to OP…. the NIP Lyman #5 combination sight has 3+ hours to go and is currently at $390….  I’m still saying around $500.  I do have a nagging voice in the back of my head say it may go over $600.  

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$492. at the hammer drop.  Now to try to find a stash of them hidden in the parts drawers in the back room of a longtime gun shop that “shifted” their focus to “black guns” about 20 years ago…  wouldn’t be the first time something like it has happened.    

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Ben said
Back to OP…. the NIP Lyman #5 combination sight has 3+ hours to go and is currently at $390….  I’m still saying around $500.  I do have a nagging voice in the back of my head say it may go over $600.  

  

Ben nailed it!

The winning bidder got the sight for $492 + shipping, but that bidder also had placed two bids ABOVE his own winning bid. I’m fairly sure a $500 bid would not have won that sight against the winning bidder.  Goes to show it’s all about condition, condition, and condition.

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