Pictures of old Neil optical sights

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Good morning:
I thought I'd post these photos of an old set of optical sights I have for the SMLE. I believe they are the Neill type, based on Skennerton's book page 147. I have never tried them out, but if I ever get out to the range, I will do so. I think they'd be fun to shoot with, albeit rather fussy. The problem with them is that the front optic portion mounts to the nosecap; the curved portion mates to the oval slots in the nosecap and is held on there by pressure, but the pressure is created by a screw which goes through the slot in the front nosecap. To mount the sight, you have to drill a hole through the portion of the forestock which is behind the slot. I would have to use one of my FTR's or something, because I couldn't bear to drill a hole in one of my other SMLE's. It's not a huge deal probably, but still, on principle............
















Ed

It's certainly a complicated sight. One other user asked if it only was graduated at 500. It has a sliding aperture graded for 200-500, only two apertures. The aperture is covered by a glass lens, which can be unsrewed, presumably for cleaning. The aperture portion can be swung aside by loosening a screw. I am not certain why this is--if this is to enable use of just the clear lens, that doesn't really make sense, but is possible. It may be to allow for some lateral adjustment for individual user preference. If anyone happens to have an instruction manual for this puppy it would be most appreciated or if any of the experienced target shooters on this forum have used such a sight before, any insights (no pun intended) would be good. There is some mention of it in Skennerton's book on page 148 (note mine has a crosshair not a centre dot), but no instructions for using it.













Cheers

Ed

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