Rear Sight Variations???

sheepherder · 05-22-2014, 05:06 PM

I've been here five years and have followed artillery rear sight postings closely, but have not seen this before...

A member posted pics of an artillery rear sight in another thread [first pic below] which I identified as being mis-assembled/modified. I posted pics of two rear sights I had lying in front of me [second pic below] in support of this claim. Am I wrong??? (Hey, it happens!)

Now I see a Luger artillery rear sight on GB that is different from all of these [third pic below]...

Besides being fine tune, are there other variations of artillery rear sights???

Can any of these be from something else???

Some have the elevator button on the rear side, and no 'clamps' on the elevator...And the third one has 'scallops' on the sides of the leaf that the non-fine tune does not have...

Did the different manufacturers [2?] have different shape/style rear sights besides fine tune??? Did different years change the shapes/styles of the sights???

sheepherder · 05-24-2014, 05:09 PM

No responses???

Well, I guess nobody knows...Or...

Everybody knows and they think I'm a dummy for asking such a foolish question...

In any event, I already own the two in the middle (one is on my Nambu and the other is on a Luger) and I won the auction on the third one [green background] so whatever it is it'll go on the Lahti in the other thread...

Still, it would be nice to know why they're all different...

cirelaw · 05-24-2014, 06:01 PM

Excellant presentation!! ~I'm posting 2 rear attillery sights from an Erfurt and D.W.M. for compairison~They are basically the same~ Eric

sheepherder · 05-24-2014, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

I'm posrting 2 rear attillery sights from an Erfurt and D.W.M. for compairison~They are basically the same~ Eric

Yes...But what are the sights with the elevator button on the right side from???

cirelaw · 05-24-2014, 07:44 PM

Its mearly the other side of the elevation adjustment pin~ Eric

sheepherder · 05-24-2014, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cirelaw

Its mearly the other side of the elevation adjustment pin~ Eric

Not your sights...The ones in my pictures...

LU1900 · 05-24-2014, 08:54 PM

You can see on your last pic , the millings are on both side and the original cursor is reassembled in reverse
It's very common that the teeth break : so the miling on other side is the soluce

sheepherder · 05-24-2014, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LU1900

You can see on your last pic , the millings are on both side and the original cursor is reassembled in reverse
It's very common that the teeth break : so the miling on other side is the soluce

I can't see both sides but the premise is quite good...I'll know in a week or so...

Here's the other two pics from the auction...I posted the question on Still's board; maybe this is a common 'fix' for stripped elevator indices...

ithacaartist · 05-24-2014, 10:35 PM

Might some be reversed for left-handed shooter? ...or was German military so stringent the soldaten were all forced to shoot right-handed?

Lugerdoc · 05-26-2014, 10:39 AM

SH, The "reversed push button" tangent rear sights are original for some long barrelled 1920s rebarrelled lugers from Stoeger &/or Pacific Arms Corp. TH

05-22-2014, 05:06 PM	#1
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,183 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,442 Times in 2,330 Posts	Rear Sight Variations??? I've been here five years and have followed artillery rear sight postings closely, but have not seen this before... A member posted pics of an artillery rear sight in another thread [first pic below] which I identified as being mis-assembled/modified. I posted pics of two rear sights I had lying in front of me [second pic below] in support of this claim. Am I wrong??? (Hey, it happens!) Now I see a Luger artillery rear sight on GB that is different from all of these [third pic below]... Besides being fine tune, are there other variations of artillery rear sights??? Can any of these be from something else??? Some have the elevator button on the rear side, and no 'clamps' on the elevator...And the third one has 'scallops' on the sides of the leaf that the non-fine tune does not have... Did the different manufacturers [2?] have different shape/style rear sights besides fine tune??? Did different years change the shapes/styles of the sights??? Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

05-24-2014, 05:09 PM	#2
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,183 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,442 Times in 2,330 Posts	No responses??? Well, I guess nobody knows...Or... Everybody knows and they think I'm a dummy for asking such a foolish question... In any event, I already own the two in the middle (one is on my Nambu and the other is on a Luger) and I won the auction on the third one [green background] so whatever it is it'll go on the Lahti in the other thread... Still, it would be nice to know why they're all different... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

05-24-2014, 06:01 PM	#3
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Excellant presentation!! ~I'm posting 2 rear attillery sights from an Erfurt and D.W.M. for compairison~They are basically the same~ Eric Attached Thumbnails Last edited by cirelaw; 05-24-2014 at 08:52 PM.

05-24-2014, 07:44 PM	#5
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Its mearly the other side of the elevation adjustment pin~ Eric Attached Thumbnails

05-24-2014, 08:54 PM	#7
LU1900 User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: FRANCE Posts: 908 Thanks: 42 Thanked 469 Times in 197 Posts	You can see on your last pic , the millings are on both side and the original cursor is reassembled in reverse It's very common that the teeth break : so the miling on other side is the soluce __________________ Best regards from France...Patrice https://www.fichier-pdf.fr/2016/03/1...nd-snail-drum/

05-24-2014, 10:35 PM	#9
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,347 Thanks: 7,285 Thanked 2,579 Times in 1,366 Posts	Might some be reversed for left-handed shooter? ...or was German military so stringent the soldaten were all forced to shoot right-handed? __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

05-26-2014, 10:39 AM	#10
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	SH, The "reversed push button" tangent rear sights are original for some long barrelled 1920s rebarrelled lugers from Stoeger &/or Pacific Arms Corp. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 [email protected]