Mummified South African Marked Parker-Hale Sight

[Peter Laidler]

Anyone know what it is?

From the arrow/U SA Military mark, can we assume that these sights were a SA military contract and on that basis, an official fitting. While we used them and the P-H 5's in service shoots and rifles, they were always a unit private purchase from the UPF (the unit private fund in NZ and Oz as I recall) or the PRI (the President of the Regimantal Institute fund) in the UK

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[1srelluc]

Anyone know what it is?

From the arrow/U SA Military mark, can we assume that these sights were a SA military contract and on that basis, an official fitting. While we used them and the P-H 5's in service shoots and rifles, they were always a unit private purchase from the UPF (the unit private fund in NZ and Oz as I recall) or the PRI (the President of the Regimantal Institute fund) in the UK

I read somewhere (it may have been on this site) that the South African Military took their target shooting seriously. I wonder in what capacity the sights were issued/used.

I'm sure finding two such sights in one place is a oddity in and of itself but the place I bought them from was once a importer of British weapons so even though the sights are SA ownership marked they may have never left Britian till exported to the USA. My understanding is that his buyer in Britian would just ship cases of mixed sights (old and new) to him and he would sort them out.

I even found a P-H 5D for a #8 .22 trainer yesterday but it did not have the fitting screws with it.