Quote Originally Posted by tiriaq View Post
One of the considerations in what is and is not original to any rifle is where the rifle has been, and what has been done to it by whom, where and when. Because the Mk. I sight allows for finer adjustment than any of the later versions, it would SEEM to make sense that it would be used on T rifles. But Canadaicon standardized on the CMk.3 sight for all standard No. 4s. Surely somewhere there are directives about which sight would be installed, when.
I've been looking into this...it seems many TP's are seen with the MkIII/Cmk3 sight because with it in the rifle, the bolt can be removed without lifting the rear sight, a real pain when trying to clean a rifle and maintain zero with the scope. And, since the rear sight on the sniper would be for emergency use only anyway, the stamped sight would suffice. (especially since it was standard issue from 44 or so on anyway)