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Good Morning;
Yes, in the Sinclair catalog I get every few months there are one or more front sights adjustable for elevation. High power rifle seems to be the place they're used. If I can find a catalog I'll be more specific.
When you think about it, having the stock fit be the same regardless of sight elevation makes sense. This means that the front sight has to do the elevation adjustment. This means that the rear sight has to start out high. 
Now this ain't going to look like we think rifle sights SHOULD look, but it makes for much more comfortable and probably accurate shooting.
I looked in my box and found Lyman and Redfield sights that would be suitable for mounting on an adapter.
OR, it's possible that one could mount a tang sight on the receiver(reciever?)(neither looks right), this would give all the elevation you'd ever need. I have tang sights of my own design.
OR, we used Anschutz/Walther rear sights on single shots after finding out that the dovetail fit on the rear scope block; so a very high scope block on the receiver would get an Anschutz etc. sight high enough. I think Steve Earle would make that scope block.
I'm thinking that a military rifle rear sight might be turned into an elevation-adjustable front sight with little work. Like a Mauser or Enfield sight. The/some Enfield rear sights had micrometer adjustments. I've had some, have none now. 
I've shot very little long range single shot, and found that at 600 yards all of my face was off the stock of my C. Sharps 1875. If I had a place to shoot long range, I'd rig the sights up with E on the front.
I have tang sights, Lyman and Redfield micrometer sights, and a Walther rear sight, and aperture front sights of my own design. I'd be happy to lend you whatever you needed to try this out. Unfortunately, I'm one of maybe three people in the shooting game without a machine shop in the basement, so I can't make the adapter/s.
I'll look for a Sinclair catalog when the kids wake up.
joe b.      

After a search on "elevation adjustable front sight", 
Medisha Firearms Ltd. 65 min adj frong, ladder type
Brownells, Shuster interesting looking dial adjustable front.
So it looks like I'm not first, once again.
joe b.

Forrest,

Would a Ron Snover  or Dr. Goodwin tang solve your problem?  With  the offset staff you would probably be able to have both a fully functional rifle  and a tang sight.  As long as you're shooting long-range only, mind you...  Just a thought....

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My M54 Win is stocked for Irons-when using a STS scope, I put on the custom-designed stock-adjuster, made from an old towel and some rubber bands. It ain't pretty, but it gets my head up there and it's comfortable. 
I'd really like a long range shooter to try the front elevation notion, i'm very interested in seeing if the fixed head position doesn't help.
joe b.

Gentlemen,

I have this very afternoon gotten into my old sight parts, looking for things that might help.

I found some of the old pieces from the FBW and Scheutzen days, still in the box from 1985.

These are little more than small extentions, 0.312 high each, that were made to be attached to the sight by screwing them into the regular peep aperture threads.

I have looked them over and realize that all I have to do is get a nice tight Lyman receiver sight for the M1895, attach it and use my old parts to increase the elevation the sight is capable of in 0.312 steps. 

Over all I have an extra 0.624 elevation since I have two of the extentions and they are made such that I can link them together.

I'll keep you all advised.

Good evening,
Forrest

This "Elevation on the front sight" thing has me stuck. F.A. mentions problems adjusting for E when it's adjusted on the front sight. Now I've seen S&W pistols with a front sight that could be put in any of ?3? positions, with different E on each position, and adjustable on each position. A front sight made with the same kind of rig would allow major E adjustments, maybe 200, 385, 600 and 1000 yards, or whatever is needed. Then the rear could be adjusted for fine changes. Does this make any sense? Why can't I let this go? Isn't the "face in the same place on the stock" thing important?
joe b.

Forrest,

  Can't say exactly how Elmer's sights were rigged up, but there was a series of articles this past Summer in Precision Shooting on shooting at 1000 yds. with a revolver. All they did was to elevate the front sight in the rear notch and even held the top of the rear sight down into the top strap in order to get out there. They didn't get into the accuracy so much but seemed to be able to hold minute of sage bush at that range.

PETE