Identifying Redfield Receiver Sights?
Unlike the Lyman and Williams Receiver Sights that have a "code" that enables you to identify the rifle(s) that they were made for, this steel bodied Redfield has no markings, other then elevation and windage scales.
How do you identify the model of this receiver sight, and the rifle it was manufactured for?
How do you identify the model of this receiver sight, and the rifle it was manufactured for?
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If it is one of the better Redfield Target sights (Olympic, International, etc.), it is made to attach to a base that is attached to the rifle. The base will be designed for the specific rifle. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Herschel
If it is one of the better Redfield Target sights (Olympic, International, etc.), it is made to attach to a base that is attached to the rifle. The base will be designed for the specific rifle.
Thanks for your input, don't believe that this is one of their high-dollar target sights as the mount portion of the sight is radiused to fit on the right side of the rifles recever.
Dug up a 1940 Stoeger Catalog, they have sketches of similar sights, identified as being "Series 70 and/or 75" with "Hunter Adjusting Knobs". None of the ones shown in the Stoeger's Catalog are mounted on the right side of the receiver though.
Does anyone know if Stroebel's book "Old Gunsights" has pictures of "ALL" the old Redfield receiver sights?0 -
rufe-snow,
For some reason, unknown to me, I have Stroebel's book.
It appears that he has the Redfield line fairly well covered.
I have no idea if "ALL" Redfield receiver sights are covered.
He does state that-"most are unmarked as to application and that
shipping boxes were marked for model, application and special
features." Further-when present, they were stamped on inside
surface of the elevation slide, the back of the mounting block,
on the surface that faces the receiver or on the mounting block,
inside the elevation slide cutout". Good luck.0
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