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All right, all right! Just to spread a little oil over troubled waters, I bought a PH 5A that I located in New Zealand today. :D It should be here soon, but here are some pics that the seller sent me.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...03/PH5A1-1.jpghttps://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...3/ph5A31-1.jpg
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...3/PH5A21-1.jpg
OK! Is everyone happy now? :lol:
BTW, unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I also won a micrometer sight that was identified as an "original Svenson rearsight" with a mounting block on fleabay.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...onsight1-1.jpg
Anyone know anything about these babies? Can't find out much about these, except that they are described by some as the predecessor to the RPA sight. I think George Svenson was one of the founders of RPA Precision Rifles.
Actually, I think it is SWenson, rather than SVenson.
Hearing that name SVenson made me chuckle because I remember from those 60's and 70's 'naughty' films that the main man always seemed to be called 'SVen' due to the fact that they were filmed in SVeden and the 'actors' and 'actresses' always spoke with dubbed SVedish accents.
Not that I ever actually saw or watched one. It's only what the others told me. I was always too busy knitting scarves and socks for the needy and writing out tracts form the bible for my Sunday School lessons.
But back to that PH5A sight - and the SVenson one come to that - isn't the engineering workmanship a sight to behold. No CNC there, just quality manual machining and handwork. What say you JM? Any idea how they knurled (?) the thumbscrews anyone. I notice that later, P-H just used round bar stock with conventional knurling
Hello :surrender:
I'm looking for information about CENTRAL, someone can tell me where they were produced? Information about the company that produced? About Mr. W Dunn (its inventor)?
Thank you
(sorry for google translator) :o
Central is Australian. small arms factory Lithgow.
William Dunn, although not his first foray into sight making, the Central Sight patent 17801/34 was the most successful.
The original sight was available and in use prior to the patent date of 1934, but due to a long running patent infringement suite, it did not become commercially available until 1936.
The CENTRAL brand was to eventually overtake most of the sight manufacturers as the preferred option, diversifying into other related accurising components and continued thru three different models,(1,2,3 and finally 4) and several different Marks well into the year 2000.
It proved so popular, that it was illegally cloned in England, and replica brands were instigated when its patent finally ceased in the late 1970's.
It continues in use today, the TMAC sight is simply a robust copy of the original Central 4, serviceing and parts for these sights are readily available still.
Attachment 70342
and there are several mounting bracket styles to suit in styles for various makes of target rifle.
:wave: thank you all for the valuable information :bow:
Is the mount flat or radiused where it contacts the receiver?
My first "Central" :-)
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