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[Roger Payne]

Bros, out of curiosity, what manufacturer is the rear sight on your T? Some rifles arrived at H&H for conversion with battle or stamped rear sights, but were otherwise suitable, & rather than rejecting them H&H fitted replacement Mk1 sights. To make it clear that these rifles needed re-zeroing with iron sights the 'S' was intentionally not stamped, as the rifle was not yet sighted in with its iron sights. So, it could be an oversight, or it could be intentional. A quantity of Savage made rear sights were supplied to H&H for exactly this purpose, although I have only seen them used on 1943 dated conversions to date.

Cheers.

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[bros]

Bros, out of curiosity, what manufacturer is the rear sight on your T? Some rifles arrived at H&H for conversion with battle or stamped rear sights, but were otherwise suitable, & rather than rejecting them H&H fitted replacement Mk1 sights. To make it clear that these rifles needed re-zeroing with iron sights the 'S' was intentionally not stamped, as the rifle was not yet sighted in with its iron sights. So, it could be an oversight, or it could be intentional. A quantity of Savage made rear sights were supplied to H&H for exactly this purpose, although I have only seen them used on 1943 dated conversions to date.

Cheers.

Roger, funny that you asked about the manufacturer for the rear sight...you reminded me that the sight is still MIA.....hopefully not for eternity. The old fellow that I purchased the rifle from had removed the rear sight so he could remove the bolt without removing scope each time. My friend took possession of the rifle from the elderly gent upon payment (as they live close to each other) and apparently the rear sight was packaged separately but was included at the time of delivery. My friend flew with the rifle to Whitehorse, Yukon where we met at a gun show. He informed me that he forgot to bring the sight with him...... are you getting the picture??
Sight has not been located yet.....he is tearing his house apart now looking for it after I was reminded by you that I have still have not received it.
I will certainly answer your question at least I hope I am able to in time. Good point about the possibility of the rifle originally having a stamped or a battle rear sight, I never thought of that!
Regards.

[bros]

Bros, out of curiosity, what manufacturer is the rear sight on your T? Some rifles arrived at H&H for conversion with battle or stamped rear sights, but were otherwise suitable, & rather than rejecting them H&H fitted replacement Mk1 sights. To make it clear that these rifles needed re-zeroing with iron sights the 'S' was intentionally not stamped, as the rifle was not yet sighted in with its iron sights. So, it could be an oversight, or it could be intentional. A quantity of Savage made rear sights were supplied to H&H for exactly this purpose, although I have only seen them used on 1943 dated conversions to date.

Cheers.

Roger I have finally received the original rear sight that was with the rifle. It is SM stamped on the aperture slide (left side) ...on the opposite side it has the broad arrow stamp. On the top of the thumb wheel it is N67 stamped, the same stamp is found on the main sight body just to the left of the thumb wheel as well as on the backside of the threaded nut that passes through the aperture slide for the adjusting screw. On the top backside of the main sight body just to the right of the thumb wheel there also is a broad arrow stamp.
Yes we can safely say that indeed it is a Singer manufactured rear sight........I guess there still remains a few possibilities as to why it was never "S" stamped.