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unknown peep sight trademark, any experts

mauser98mauser98 Member Posts: 138 ✭✭✭
edited November 2010 in Ask the Experts
hello to all, i just bought a small bag of sight and swivel peices at a fleamarket, the only complete sight is an target peep sight with an unknown makers trademark, a deer running across a gunsight, i searched the internet but no luck so any help would be appreciated,thanks.[img][/img]deer.jpg

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  • brier-49brier-49 Member Posts: 7,097 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's a Lyman. There should be numbers on it for the model.
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  • TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,292 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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  • mauser98mauser98 Member Posts: 138 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    thank you both the the help, there is no model number on it, the round peep itself is marked mossberg 4a but thats all, any ideas of its age with that proof??, i just searched all listings for lyman sights on gb but nothing looks like it.
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  • 336marlin336marlin Member Posts: 201 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It looks a lot like the No. 48; originally developed in 1911 for the 1903 Springfield it was later adapted to other rifles like the Mausers. There were three variations; 1st - made from 1911 to 1919 the elevation slide was 2 3/8" long and graduated to 150 points; 2nd - made from 1919 to 1947 the elevation slide was shortened to approx 1 3/4" and graduated to 125 points, with a long slide available on request; 3rd - made from 1947 to 1974 the elevation slide was shortened more and now graduated to 60 points with longer slides available on request. The slide was just one of the more discernable differences between the variations. Hope this helps. These sights show up alot on e-bay, check them out.
    Those new photos surely help; everything seems to indicate it is a 57M specifically for the Mossberg 46's and 144's. As Mr Halfled has said; remove the elevation slide and look in the dovetail on the base or on the back of the slide for the application number.
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  • brier-49brier-49 Member Posts: 7,097 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looks like a Model 60. How about a few more pics.
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  • mauser98mauser98 Member Posts: 138 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    duh, sorry, here they are of all sides, i looked on ebay but nothing matches.[img][/img]disk2.jpg

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  • HalfledHalfled Member Posts: 4 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looks like an early Lyman 57 with the clip on index plate, made from about 1938 to 1950. Push the button on the side while pulling the windage arm up and out of the base. Look at the back side of the elevation plate for a mfg code. MS and MT is for Mossberg and several other mfgs. Mossberg usually used larger mounting screws than the other mfgs. Check the hole spacing, Mossbergs were usually .675" on many of the earlier guns.
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  • coledigger4coledigger4 Member Posts: 826 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I sent you an email. If it is for a Mossberg 46 and you plan on listing it, could you please let me know?
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  • mauser98mauser98 Member Posts: 138 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    thanks for everybodys help, it is a LYMAN model 57 ms.
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