Need help id'ing this blade please. .05 wide, .220 high, no C mark. Filed down M1986 rifle blade? I was also thinking trapdoor based on height, but the width is wrong per Poyer's book.
Thanks,
Front sight ID?
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Re: Front sight ID?
Double-check your height measurement. The proportioning in the photo makes your blade appear taller than .220".
It could be a number of filed down Krag blades.
All U.S. Krag blades will measure, approximately, .450 inches from front-edge to rear-edge.
The front-sight blade on my model 1873 Springfield rifle measures about .350 inches from front-edge to rear-edge.
My 1873 blade itself is about .270" tall.
FWIW - There were similar sight blades used on other U.S. military style rifles and on some commercial Winchester models.
(A rifle's front-sight base dimensions and profile, front to rear, dictates the front to rear dimensions and shape of its blade).
It could be a number of filed down Krag blades.
All U.S. Krag blades will measure, approximately, .450 inches from front-edge to rear-edge.
The front-sight blade on my model 1873 Springfield rifle measures about .350 inches from front-edge to rear-edge.
My 1873 blade itself is about .270" tall.
FWIW - There were similar sight blades used on other U.S. military style rifles and on some commercial Winchester models.
(A rifle's front-sight base dimensions and profile, front to rear, dictates the front to rear dimensions and shape of its blade).
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Re: Front sight ID?
Thanks, it is definitely .220 high by a bit over .350 long. Uniform thickness of .055 through out. If not for the thickness, I'd say an 1873 trapdoor. Poyer's book says those were .090 wide.
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Re: Front sight ID?
The exposed portion, of my model 1873 Springfield front-sight blade, measures .057" thick. That thickness appears to extend into the sight-base.
(I have no clue as to what Poyer measured to get a .090" dimension).
(I have no clue as to what Poyer measured to get a .090" dimension).
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Re: Front sight ID?
Well then, an 1873 it appears to be, thanks for checking yours for me.
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Re: Front sight ID?
I have never needed to remove a model 1873 sight-blade from its base.
It certainly appears that the lower section of a model 1873 Springfield sight blade is much thicker than the exposed upper part.
(Joe Poyer's dimensions seem reasonable).
attached - Al Frasca photos
It certainly appears that the lower section of a model 1873 Springfield sight blade is much thicker than the exposed upper part.
(Joe Poyer's dimensions seem reasonable).
attached - Al Frasca photos
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