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Will pay top dollar for a 75 percent or higher sight. I need the earlier style sight, pre lock lever, thin base. Let me know what you might have available by PM.
There’s one on ebay right now:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/294813422110?hash=item44a43fd21e:g:Y8MAAOSw4tBiCnTM
Don
A shame Lyman didn’t mark the “S” on top of the base, so the extra hundred bucks they now bring could be more fully appreciated.
January 26, 2011
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deerhunter said
There’s one on ebay right now:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/294813422110?hash=item44a43fd21e:g:Y8MAAOSw4tBiCnTM
Don
Something seems amiss with that one. Aren’t all the S application sights made with the staff closer to center, like the N marked ones for the ’86? The only #2 “S” sight I have is the way I’ve described. Is the one on Ebay over-stamped. Thoughts? I suppose Bert aka “Highwall Hartman” will know.
Here’s one I have …… sorry Jeff, not for sale
~Gary~
deerhunter said
There’s one on ebay right now:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/294813422110?hash=item44a43fd21e:g:Y8MAAOSw4tBiCnTM
Don
Don,
The sight on ebay is a No. 1 versus a No. 2, and it is specifically for a low-wall Single Shot.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
pdog72 said
Something seems amiss with that one. Aren’t all the S application sights made with the staff closer to center, like the N marked ones for the ’86? The only #2 “S” sight I have is the way I’ve described. Is the one on Ebay over-stamped. Thoughts? I suppose Bert aka “Highwall Hartman” will know.
Here’s one I have …… sorry Jeff, not for sale
Gary,
The “S” coded sight on ebay is correct, but for a low-wall Single Shot rifle. The sight you have is the correct type for the high-wall rifles.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
pdog72 said
Something seems amiss with that one. Aren’t all the S application sights made with the staff closer to center, like the N marked ones for the ’86?
I always thought so too, until Bert posted a photo of several just like the one on ebay from his vast collection. Supposedly, moving the stem to the middle of the base prevented interference with very long cartridges, but if so, why weren’t they all made that way? And if anyone can answer that question, maybe they can explain the diff between S & N bases; I see none.
January 26, 2011
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Thanks fellows. I learned something new. Didn’t realize the ones intended for the low wall frames were the forward positioned staffs.
~Gary~
clarence said
I always thought so too, until Bert posted a photo of several just like the one on ebay from his vast collection. Supposedly, moving the stem to the middle of the base prevented interference with very long cartridges, but if so, why weren’t they all made that way? And if anyone can answer that question, maybe they can explain the diff between S & N bases; I see none.
The low-wall rifles were chambered for short length rim fire and center fire cartridges, and they did not require the clearance needed for the long cartridges chambered in the high-wall rifles.
The difference in the “N” & “NI” sights versus the “S” sight is the length of the elevation staff.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
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