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I have a question on my Great Grandfathers Ross Mk. II rifle.
This rifle seems to have been in the New York National Guard at some point, and then my GGF got a hold of it.
The rear sight is not the same as any others I have seen. There seems to have been an original sight and it was removed and replaced with a new sight. You can see the small cut out where the elevation knob would fit in the hand guard when the sight was laid down.
I thought it was just some aftermarket thing my Great Grandfather added as he sportarized the rife stock and added a Layman sight to the receiver bridge. But the thing is, is that he added a layman sight on the receiver bridge, so a new rear sight would be kind of redundant. That and the sight has a Canadian proof mark on it. A crown over a number (6 if I remember correctly).
So where did the sight come from? It is shorter than the original and the elevation knob is on the opposite side of the sight, which required a new divot to be taken out of the hand guard for the elevation knob.
I'll see about getting some pics up later.
This rifle seems to have been in the New York National Guard at some point, and then my GGF got a hold of it.
The rear sight is not the same as any others I have seen. There seems to have been an original sight and it was removed and replaced with a new sight. You can see the small cut out where the elevation knob would fit in the hand guard when the sight was laid down.
I thought it was just some aftermarket thing my Great Grandfather added as he sportarized the rife stock and added a Layman sight to the receiver bridge. But the thing is, is that he added a layman sight on the receiver bridge, so a new rear sight would be kind of redundant. That and the sight has a Canadian proof mark on it. A crown over a number (6 if I remember correctly).
So where did the sight come from? It is shorter than the original and the elevation knob is on the opposite side of the sight, which required a new divot to be taken out of the hand guard for the elevation knob.
I'll see about getting some pics up later.