Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 it's about the same size as a normal ramp style sight with a gold bead sitting atop a "tunnel". The tunnel much smaller than any I've seen before, maybe a quarter inch or even smaller. It is, at most, half the diameter of a conventional Globe sight The sides of the tunnel are very thin and there is no post or any other sight inside the tube. The gold bead is right against the top of the tunnel. Except for the rear of the bead it appears to be one piece blued iron or steel casting. There are no markings that I can see on it. It is on a 1902 vintage Model 94 Winchester rifle and I'd buy one for my 1920 Model 94 in a heartbeat. Do any of you know anything about this sight, what it is for, who made it, etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Now that's a new one! It does sound interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Rich Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Might be a Marbles. Shirttail has an old Winchester 44-40 that has a similar site on it. Doesn't have the bead on top but is a thin wall circle with a gold lining. I was told by the gent we bought it from that it was an old Marbles. kR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_of_Hearts Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Sounds a bit questionable to me.... Unless you are describing a Beach front sight. Pictures would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp SASS#1628L Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 +1 on some form of Beech front sight, maybe with a missing post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 If you can tell me how many fingers I'm holding up, someone may be able to answer your question, 40. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Did it look anything like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Ace_of_Hearts said: Sounds a bit questionable to me.... Unless you are describing a Beach front sight. Pictures would be appreciated. Pictures would be great but I didn't take any I don't know the guy who had it. Much smaller than a Beech sight and it is rigid. Nothing folds down and the tube has nothing inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Wyatt Earp SASS#1628L said: +1 on some form of Beech front sight, maybe with a missing post. Therre never was a post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: Did it look anything like this? Close, but the tube was way lower, like right on top of the base, and was much thinner.....and it had that horizontal front to rear sight with a gold bead on the top. Didn't stick up even a little above the top of the tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 Ha! Found it. It IS a Marble's, called the Marble's Improved Front Sight. I searched for Marble's vintage front rifle sights and found it. Maybe twenty five sights down the page in an asd with three of them side by in the in the picture. It apparently came in several sizes of aperture. Now, about 9:30 tomorrow a.m. I'm going to a gun show (that is back) after a year and not a mile from my front door. Maybe I can find one there and have it put on my old "dirty thirty". Thanks for the guidance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_of_Hearts Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Sounds like this is it..... Bring Palewolf in on this but the handbook reads... Bead, blade, simple post, or otherwise approved front sights (such as the XS Cowboy Express) made of materials such as steel, iron, ivory, faux ivory, brass, gold, pewter, copper, or silver are allowed. Maybe it falls under "Otherwise approved front sight". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Vintage ads of the sight http://www.sportingcollectibles.com/MNOphotos/mrb33152flyerfrontsights.jpg http://images20.fotki.com/v681/photos/2/36012/11898451/DSC_5241-vi.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 Ace and Dave both win....something. I found a comment that says this was designed so the shooter could see the bottom of his target and prevent him from aiming too low (?). If I can find one I'll let you know how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Shux, Forty... lookit the ad - they're only a buck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 well, that was a bust. An hour and a half to even get inside the building. Prices were, as a rule, way to hell and gone above retail for anything. I picked up two magazines for my Colt Government .380 at $60.00 each and only paid that because they are the first ones I've seen in fifteen yers and they are genuine Colt stainless steel mags. I couldn't find any iron front sights at all, but I bought a new Army baseball cap because my old one is thirty five years old and ratty as can be..... it was almost the only reasonable priced thing I saw there. Twelve bucks. Oh, yeah, I got 100 rounds of CCI cb .22 shorts for my rat killer and my several late 1800s vintage .22 short pocket guns. That box was almost reasonable at $7.00. I remember when it would have cost a half dollar, a quarter, and a nickel plus two cents sales tax for 100 rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas B. Wolfson, SASS #11104 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: well, that was a bust. An hour and a half to even get inside the building. Prices were, as a rule, way to hell and gone above retail for anything. I picked up two magazines for my Colt Government .380 at $60.00 each and only paid that because they are the first ones I've seen in fifteen yers and they are genuine Colt stainless steel mags. I couldn't find any iron front sights at all, but I bought a new Army baseball cap because my old one is thirty five years old and ratty as can be..... it was almost the only reasonable priced thing I saw there. Twelve bucks. Oh, yeah, I got 100 rounds of CCI cb .22 shorts for my rat killer and mey several late 1800s vintage .22 short pocket guns. That box was almost reasonable at $7.00. I remember when it would have cost a half dollar, a quarter, and a nickel plus two cents sales tax for 100 rounds. Thanks brother. Saved me a 1.5 hour drive each way tomorrow for nothing. Do need to come up however and enjoy some vittles with you again. Chas B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 11 minutes ago, Chas B. Wolfson, SASS #11104 said: Thanks brother. Saved me a 1.5 hour drive each way tomorrow for nothing. Do need to come up however and enjoy some vittles with you again. Chas B Say when and we'll do it. Got a couple of places that I will guarantee will still be open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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