Redfield aperture sight

[ArchaicMike]

I purchased my first military surplus rifle (first centerfire rifle, for that matter) the other day: a sporterized Remington 1903. Walked in to the local gun shop to see if they would handle the transfer of a sporterized Enfield that I found online, saw a sporterized Springfield on their rack, took one look at the price tag, and scooped it up.

It seems Bubba decided to replace the rear sight with a Redfield aperture. However, there is no aperture disc, only an opening that almost qualifies as a ghost ring sight. The opening is threaded, so I assume if I find a replacement online I can just screw it in.

Can anyone tell me what model of Redfield sight this is? Do I need to know that in order to get a replacement, or do all Redfield sights share the same apertures?

Thanks!

 

[Jim Watson]

You might call Brownell's tech support at 800-741-0015.
It looks to me like Redfield, Lyman, and Williams all use the same 7/32 - 40 thread.
Redfield is long gone from the peep sight business, Williams is the most common with some Lymans.

 

[monwa]

I have that exact sight on a pre-war M70.

I know what you mean about it almost qualifies as a ghost ring sight.

That's what most people say when they look through mine, but that's the way I use it. No disc and it works pretty well.

Seems in those days that it was a fairly common sight and a lot of buyers had the shops install them out the door or like yours, they modified to it.

By the way, my sight is mounted opposite of how yours is. The "scale" is opposite the bolt.

Wish I could help on the model number but see no such info on mine.

 

[Kernel]

If it will fit, I'd urge you to try a Merit #4 Adjustable Aperture Sight Disc. More expensive than a fixed disc, but much more flexable and handly. It's the Cadillac of apertures.

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=26066/Product/_4_HUNTING_SIGHT_DISCS

 

[ArchaicMike]

Thanks for the tip, monwa...I checked and mine is, in fact, mounted BACKWARDS (the threads open towards the muzzle). Even if I had an aperture disc, there's no way to screw it in.

I checked Merit's website, and found a list of the Redfield models they support. Then I looked for pictures online - mine appears to be either some variant of a Model 70, or perhaps a Model 102-M.

 

[stan rose]

I had a Mauser that had the sight on backwards, some one had mounted a Winchester 70 sight on the Mauser. I could not afford the money to replace the sight with an original all steel model, so I coninued the tap all the way through, I was fortunate to have a father with a conplete tap and die set, and the required skills to use it. The only problem was that there was nothing for the apeture to seat against so I coated the apeture with thread lock to keep it from backing out. After shooting nothing but apeture sights for the last few years I have realized that the apeture helps keeping the groups as small as possible when sighting in, or just target shooting, but once sighting in is completed removing the apeture makes sight aquisition much quicker, and the precision is not affected that much.

 

[tn hp]

I am not sure that a Merit, adjustable iris will clear the bolt. I use a Merit on one of my match rifles. Relative to the sight being mounted "backwards", it is, of course, mounted that way to due to the cut off device.

These sights were quite common on sporterized 03 and 03A3 rifles. They work quite well with the original or replacement front sights and provide, in most cases, a better sight picture. Adjustments are percise and accurate.

In most cases these sights were used when scope technology was still "new" and not so reliable.

 

[bubba15301]

TRY IT without the insert . i have a redfield reciever sight on my sav 99 . when i hunt with it i remove the target aperture