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April 11, 2024
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I’m working on restoring a 1951 ’94 and need a new plate for the rear sight fine adjustment. Anyone know where I can find one?
June 26, 2013
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WinterRanger said
I’m working on restoring a 1951 ’94 and need a new plate for the rear sight fine adjustment. Anyone know where I can find one?
Are you just looking for the rear sight elevator?
April 11, 2024
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deerhunter said
WinterRanger said
I’m working on restoring a 1951 ’94 and need a new plate for the rear sight fine adjustment. Anyone know where I can find one?
Are you just looking for the rear sight elevator?
No. This is the little metal plate that goes into the rear sight and is held in with a tiny screw to allow for fine adjustments.
May 2, 2009
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he’s looking for the plate that is dovetailed in the sight and held with the screw for fine adjustments.
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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In the past I made them by finding a sheet of metal just the right thickness or slightly thicker and then sanding it to the right thickness and then filing the bevels to it.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
Email: [email protected]
April 11, 2024
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1873man said
In the past I made them by finding a sheet of metal just the right thickness or slightly thicker and then sanding it to the right thickness and then filing the bevels to it.Bob
Yeah, I thought of that as a last resort. Hoping to find some though. Just in case what thickness metal did you use?
May 2, 2009
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It depends on how much they buffed off the sight face when it was made. Take a feeler gauge set and measure what thickness you need.
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
Email: [email protected]
