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top cover for X8E2 "UNIT sight"
I have just got a sight to fit on my X8...(from Flee bay) the big problem been it is missing the tapered tube cover. and the top cover mount has been chopped. and is missing the front end.
has anyone got any spares. going spare????? probably not... so has anyone got some good photos of the front end to enable be to make one
many thanks
Andy
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06-29-2014 03:38 PM
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I'm guessing you'll show us when it's done Andy? After all, we've been watching for how long? Three or so years?
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yep its been along time...... but its nice to be getting the original parts together, and I have a day job (that can get me access to the pattern room collection
) there is very little left to find or make. I may finish it before I retire from the day job.
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I haven't got one Andy but the cover was made from a taper rolled sheet of spring steel. Should be easy to roll if you anneal, harden and then temper (or just use mild steel if you're interested in the aesthetics as opposed to the realities of things) The edges of the rolled cover had small protrudances that would grip into recesses in the sight rail. This allowed the cover to be slid forwards/backwards.
These unit sights were only marginally less to make than a 2x sight plus they had to be moisture tight and MOST of all, squaddie proof which meant that they were heavily sealed. For that sight, it was roll sealed (?the ones at Warminster seemed to be roll sealed) so were non maintainable. Defeated the object a bit. The only real benefit was that it put the grat onto the image so there was no parallax.
Sorry to ramble!
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I was wondering who won that sight,
If your lucky, sometimes the cover, minus the sight appears on eBay. The covers have no practicable use for anything else other than mounting the Unit Optic Sights.
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Yep, there's the little protuberances/flanges shown clearly on KtK's pictures. Should be quite easy(?) to roll one up over a turned wood mandril I'd suggest. You can always rely on KtK to come up trumps with L1A1 info!
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If anyone can ever come up with the optic for a CDN Ex 2, (or X8E2) I would probably be willing to pay an unreasonable amount of money for it. I have the dust cover and all the other parts to complete my CDN Ex 2.
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Walt
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Have you shown us pics of this grail Walt? We'd sure appreciate it. Specially since I was around them when I was very young, they were still around me that is.
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Originally Posted by
waltmilan
If anyone can ever come up with the optic for a CDN Ex 2, (or X8E2) I would probably be willing to pay an unreasonable amount of money for it. I have the dust cover and all the other parts to complete my CDN Ex 2.
Thanks
Walt
Is your Ex2 cut for a C1 type folding charging handle?
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Have you shown us pics of this grail Walt? We'd sure appreciate it. Specially since I was around them when I was very young, they were still around me that is.
It's the top one of the three photos shown above.
Thanks.
Walt
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Originally Posted by
Lee Enfield
Is your Ex2 cut for a C1 type folding charging handle?
It doesn't appear to be.
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