Lee Enfield Sights (Slideshow)

[Peter Laidler]

I was thinking the same as AdeE too. Like writing a book. The first person to read it immediately knows more than you. He knows all that you have justy written PLUS the tiny bit he knew before....., usually one of the fallacies that his dad told him. And the only reason he's actually reading your book is because he's interested in the subject! I heard last week that the millionth Sten gun was gold plated! I mean........ gold plate a Sten gun when we were at our lowest point! And how would any of the makers know that THEIR gun was the millionth?

Such is life!

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[CINDERS]

Such is life!

Ned Kelly's last words before he swung on the end of a rope...................

[muffett.2008]

Give me time Alan, PL's been at me too, but at the moment I'm halfway through writing a book on my Rifle Club, 114 years and four ranges and still going strong.
But it will happen.
Tony Cattermole has done some interesting subjects, well worth following if you are into black powder.

[Bindi2]

Just stay up a little later or get up a little earlier Muff make time. Pics mate pics

[muffett.2008]

That's easy for you to say, Bindii. I've been up a couple of hours before the sun even gets out of bed on your side
I once posted pic's on the old shooters forum, must have overloaded it cause the closed down it was a far better site than the new Shooting Australia one.

I have six of these chests, a bloody lot of cash tied up in them, these are just a few draws.


.........and these pic's are out of date

[Homer]

Muffer thats very impressive. Mate where did you get those little wooden chest?

[muffett.2008]

They are Kinchrome Tool Box's, made for instruments more so than tools.
Can be purchased from their website.

[Homer]

They are Kinchrome Tool Box's, made for instruments more so than tools.
Can be purchased from their website.

Thanks, I'll have a look at those.

[Sapper740]

First off, thanks to Nic Weston (RIP), Tony Cattermole, and Alan de Enfield for compiling and presenting this excellent and near complete treatise on Lee Enfield sights. Into my possession has come a civilian Territorial target rifle with interesting and at least to me, heretofore unknown sights. The sights were made by Vickers Son and Maxim and comprise a rotating quadrant style base for the rear sight to correct for windage and what best can be described as a 'ghost ring' front sight. Extensive online searches have found very little information on these sights so I'm hoping members of this august body will be able to shed further light on when these sights were produced, how common were they, and most importantly, how to use them.

[muffett.2008]

Information on Marbles Vickers Maxim (VM) front sight, along with information on all Marbles Sights can be found in Nick Stroebel's OLD GUNSIGHTS a Collectors Guide 1850 - 1965
Page75 to 77 deal with this sight.

Chapter 4 of Nick's OLD GUNSIGHTS and Rifle Scopes also has detailed information.


I'd post pic's of the relavent pages, but this would be a copyright infringement.