5 Mues sights.

[mike1967]

I have always had a passing interest in different target sights over the years and always kept an eye out for odd sights. I've probably let go some i should have kept, but anyway i never let these go - they are all different.

One of the "MUES SPECIALS" is D^D marked, and the foot part faces the opposite direction to the rest, never been able to work out why. The one with the plate attached must have once belonged on a Martini, unfortunately the top adjustment knob has gone west at some point.

Anyway hope they are of interest to all.

Cheers

Mike.

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[Tertle]

Thanks for sharing, very interesting and a nice collection.

[user1]

Nice collection,thanks for sharing. there was a post on another board that explains the difrent angle of the base . Surplusrifle Forum View topic - Mues folding sight ...
cheers

[RJW NZ]

The ones with the foot either vertical or forward/rearward, are Mues way of making a sight thats adjusts for eye relief to the rear sight. Nice collection, well done.

[muffett.2008]

Hi Mike, interesting bits you have there, 2 Mues Specials, the first with standard, the second with half extension, both circa 1930's.
The 3rd sight is a Mues No.1 improved in whats left of full extension, the 4th is a fair example of a No.1 in standard (nose knocker) configuration.
The last, had it not been modded, would have been the most valuable, being an original Mues Light Model, circa 1912, but it has been cut and adapted to a rear volley sight.
If it could be ascertained that this was a Mues Modification, and if repaired, would be extremely valuable......but all the reference material in my collection says otherwise, still a very innovative effort, the Mues bracket though is good and relatively rare, and was used for mounting the Mues sights with the extended windarm on to the M.L.E. without interfering with the rear volley sight, as required by the regulations of the day.


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A reference has been given to another forum where these sights were discussed, maybe worth a look.

[JerryB08]

HI, I'm new. I have the No1 Standard Nose Knocker. Something I thought was interesting and my mean nothing. Mues is stamped twice. Once on top of the original stamp. It has 90 percent of the bluing and the original eye piece, it's on a 1953 No1 SMLE Lithgow. came from New Z.

What would it roughly be worth. I'm not going to sell it.

Jerry

[JerryB08]

my mistake. I have the no 1 improved full extentsion, The standard arm adjustable for windage canted toward the barrel. It's confusing. I saw a "don" which sight is that. I only glimpsed at it, and it was before I was interested.

Jerry

[mike1967]

Australian made "THE DON" named after Sir Donald Bradman a famous cricketer, his nick name"THE DON" is synonym for peerlessness , i have a very strong suspicion it was snapped up by Muffett If so well done, i believe it is a extremely scarce sight to say the least.

A very interesting field the study of sights, there are many types and variations just in the Australian made types, let alone BSA, Parker, Westley Richards, etc.

Mike.

[JerryB08]

yes, they have a way of getting to you..

[muffett.2008]

Attachment 31464Attachment 31465Attachment 31466Attachment 31467Attachment 31468Attachment 31469Attachment 31470Attachment 31471Attachment 31472Attachment 31473You've got me mike, I must admit though that 'THE DON' made by Stan Long, is really a poor piece of equipment, even by the late 40's when it was made.
John Mues was not the smartest man on the block, his narrow vision approach and failure to upgrade patents for his designs, left him wrong footed in the rapidly changing competitive shooting market.
His failure to produce his original sight when contesting Dunns CENTRAL patent, saw his case go against him, Dunn producing a later modified Mues sight as proof in his defence and as that design had varied greatly from his original patent, bore no relation to his argument against Dunn.
Mues used his patent No. 18073/10 to cover all his designs up to 1936, thats every modification from the original design until the Mues Special.
His patent 101181 of 1936 actually was used to cover the original Climax and the Kings, it is easy to see why there were so many varied sights designed in Australia from 1905 until the 60's as several makes were not patented at all.

Bugger, all those pic's had captions. 1st. original patent, 2nd.Original mues light model, 3rd.Mues folders , 4th.Mues from light model to Mues Special and Mues Climax, different variations. 5th.Climax, 6th. Kings, 7th. windarm variations, 8th.rear of arms, original and improved light model closed arm, 1st. model on are open arm. 9th.note the variations of thickness in peep mount. 10th.Early brackets closed, later ones open.

As I said on another forum, the kiwi's were the worst offenders for modifying sights, the double stamp may make it worth more as a point of interest, (please show pic's) they are only worth what someone is willing to pay.