Early No.4 Target Foresight Covers/Shields

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It's slightly difficult to know exactly what to call these.

I obtained them from John Light, the man who made the Brindles sights. John referred to them as "Privateers" and told me he had taken them off target rifles when they had come in from deceased estates.
They're obviously an early attempt at keeping the sun/rain etc off the foresight in inclement weather.
The later P-H Matchmaker obviously did a much better job; I was reminded I had them after looking at the very professional job of inserting a Matchmaker in a No.4 foresight protector recently.
The Matchmaker/foresight protectors seen in recent years all appear to be of Canadian origin, unless of course somebody on here can tell me differently??

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