Fake rear sight confusion

[MAford=5]

A few years ago I purchased a couple Inland barreled receivers from CMP with the intent to build shooter rifles with parts from gun shows, internet, etc.

Back then I bought a bag of 5 rear sights marked fake since the real ones were very pricey.
Now, years later, I am back at the project and have a question on the sights.

The bottom 4 on the picture are obvious fakes, but could the top square S one be an original? Or is it a "George Special" made by a humper with a pretty good eye for detail?

Thanks

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[browningautorifle]

You may have trouble getting hard answers on this as some see it as helping the humpers...

[MAford=5]

I understand. A few times I would bring parts to Nick Daly to help me identify, but haven't seen him at any show here in Colorado in a year or two. Don't really have a local contact anymore.

Ray

[painter777]

You can compare yours to the one in this post:

Interesting Winchester Carbine

HTH,
CH-P777

[INLAND44]

So the barreled receivers had no sights and you want to make shooters? Why not use USGI adjustable rear sights?

[MAford=5]

So the barreled receivers had no sights and you want to make shooters? Why not use USGI adjustable rear sights?

They did come with PI marked adjustable rear sights. The rest of the story is I wanted at least one rifle to shoot that "looked " like it came from the factory without spending a bunch of money.

I already have some carbines purchased from CMP as they were released several years ago. They are all mixmasters with adjustable sights and I really didn't want to change out the sights on any of them.
I shoot these carbines Attachment 59992also.

Ray

[Neal Myers]

Was that one of the receivers sold by CMP that "may have unusable barrel still attached"?

Neal

[MAford=5]

QUOTE=Neal Myers;323453] Was that one of the receivers sold by CMP that "may have unusable barrel still attached"?



Don't remember anything about unusable barrels in the CMP description.

Here is a copy of the tag that came with one of the barrels.


Ray Attachment 59993

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Nice box

[shadycon]

Nice collection!!GK