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armed_partisan
11-26-2010, 05:44 PM
Greetings all. I have just purchased a Tang Sight, which I have deduced is a Marble "Flexible Joint Rear Sight" based on it's markings:

M.S.A. Co.
Gladstone Mich.
Pat. Oct. 20, 1903

I like it and want to either buy a gun to mount it on, or sell it to someone who has the proper gun for it if it's a model I don't want. The problem is, which gun does it go on? The only other marking than those above is "W12" stamped clearly on the bottom twice. Does anybody have or know of a reference guide for old rifle sights? I assume that "W" means Winchester, but the Winchester Model 12 is a shotgun, so...

Tom Trevor
11-26-2010, 07:39 PM
Partisan, The catalogue says that the W-12 Flexable joint sight fits a Winchester M-1895 in 30-40, .303 , .35 , and .30 govt06
Hope this helps you.

armed_partisan
11-26-2010, 07:46 PM
Awesome! CDNN has an 1895 Reproduction in .30-40 with my name on it. Thanks Tom!

armed_partisan
11-26-2010, 08:47 PM
Oh, no! The repros have tang mounted safeties! Drat and damnation!

StrawHat
11-27-2010, 07:27 AM
Picture please, I have a Win 1895 with a Lyman reciever sight. The Marbles sounds intriguing.

Freightman
11-28-2010, 10:22 AM
Oh, no! The repros have tang mounted safeties! Drat and damnation!
They can be removed!

Dannix
01-14-2011, 03:18 AM
Oh, no! The repros have tang mounted safeties! Drat and damnation!
I personally like to call them "dangeries".

Nothing like an old sight, particularly something designed for a lever action. At a gunshow once, I came across a table full of sites. I can see how it could be come an addictive hobby one its own. I still occasionally lurk thebay for a steal on an old Lyman 66 or Redfield receiver site for my 1894 -- maybe I should look at the tang options too.

armed_partisan
01-15-2011, 12:05 PM
I don't know. Maybe I should sell it. I'm not likely to find an original 1895 that I can afford, and if I get a reproduction, they're pre-drilled and tapped for the Lyman sights.

madsenshooter
01-15-2011, 05:53 PM
I like the partisan's reasoning, buy a gun to go with a tang sight. I bought a Krag yesterday to go with a model 1892 handguard I couldn't sell on ebay. Might as well make use of what you got, one way or the other. Besides the Krag was an old one with an orange handguard from the turn of the last century, poor thing needs some attention.

armed_partisan
07-23-2011, 07:14 PM
Pics!