Lyman 48C vs 48S
Hello All,
I picked up a Lyman 48 sight with no stampings on the base. Was told it is a 48C but cannot tell the difference between a 48C and a 48S. This one has the windage scale on the front, no flip down peep and the small "U" notch on the upper part of the base. After looking on line, saw both with these. Thank you.
Jim
I picked up a Lyman 48 sight with no stampings on the base. Was told it is a 48C but cannot tell the difference between a 48C and a 48S. This one has the windage scale on the front, no flip down peep and the small "U" notch on the upper part of the base. After looking on line, saw both with these. Thank you.
Jim
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1. Does this have a "full bock" sight base, w/ the base curving around the receiver side to flatten against the 'rail' along the right side of the receiver bottom?
2. is the elevation screw attached to the staff at its bottom?0 -
Hyphenated letter after basic number. Identifies particular rifle it was made for. If you don't have the rifle(s) to see if the sight will fit on the receiver? Going to be tough. Lyman list below.
http://www.vintagesights.com/apps/blog/entries/show/4339619-lyman-sight-code
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All the Lyman sights I had in the past, had the alpha numerical code marked on them. Is it possible, that the sight could be from another manufacturer, like Redfield?0 -
quote:Originally posted by richarda
1. Does this have a "full bock" sight base, w/ the base curving around the receiver side to flatten against the 'rail' along the right side of the receiver bottom?
2. is the elevation screw attached to the staff at its bottom?
That's a yes on No.1 where the the stock would need to be notched too. You meant, "full block", right? There is about 1/4" height from the bottom before going around the barrel.
The elevation screw and pointer are in the base on the left side of the yardage staff.0 -
There ARE Lyman 48 sights that are unmarked as to what they fit. 0 -
Characteristics of the 48C are:
elevation scale numbered to 125
windage scale in front part of the windage/elevation slide
step-up in the horizontal part of the windage/elevation slide
Characteristics of the 48S
elevation scale numbered to 125
windage scale in back part of the windage/elevation slide
small hinged peep to turn down in the front of the threaded aperture hole
step-up in the horizontal part of the windage/elevation slide
On both sights elevation scale will have a Lyman logo. (small deer jumping through a circle).
Early Lyman 48 sights had no model number stamped on the base.
Some early Lyman 48's had the long slide. (elevation scale will be
numbered to 150)0 -
It sounds like it's a 48C then because of the slide characteristics but could still be used on a 1903? Thank you for your help. 0 -
The exterior of the receiver where the Lyman 48 mounts is exactly like on the 1903 Springfield and 1922 Springfield series receivers. If you are not trying to create a period correct rifle then you should look for a later Lyman 48 with what I call the shallow base. (It doesn't extend as far down into the stock so little or no inletting is necessary.) These can be recognized by the elevation scale only being numbered to 60. 0
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