Springfield to the left of me, Winchester to the right.
Wandering the man-haul area of Camp Perry, Commercial Row, I chanced up on a small selection of Winchester Garand front sights. 20 bucks. That's kind of a deal. I think the Winchester front sights with their much wider ears are a better sight than the normal Springfields. Went back a bit later and got the bolt to tighten it down. .86 cents. That's the cheapest thing I bought at Camp Perry. Even the Bunny Bars cost a buck.
Those wide ears make me wonder if there wasn't a gay gun designer at the Winchester works. All for diversity.
Update: To move the Garand rear sight closer to the mechanical zero you just loosen the .86 cent bolt on the front sight and move it over.
Not finding a punchmark anywhere on this sight. It's slightly more than 3/4 inches wide on top.
3 comments:
Who was the vendor? Most of those I saw were pretty beat up or not Winnies.
E. Lawrence
Fulton Armory. They had a little box marked Win. Getting some feedback that the really wide ones might be very late IHCs as well. I always heard Winchester, and they were the earliest wide eared sights.
Thanks, I'll give them a call. IIRC Duff's book said that the Win and IHC were pretty close as to the width, but that the Win has a punch mark in one of the bottom corners. I have one like it on my old DCM mixmaster but want to leave it there for sentimental reasons and pick up another for my JCG rifle with a Win receiver.
E. Lawrence
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