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Hank45 Oldtimer Offline Beer is living proof that GOD loves you Posts: 506 Location: MA Joined: Jan 21^st, 2010	Maynard front sight Oct 16^th, 2011 at 8:07pm	Print Post
	Does anybody have a photo of the Maynard windage adjustable front sight? Thanks, Hank


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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 4164 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: Maynard front sight Reply #1 - Oct 16^th, 2011 at 9:16pm	Print Post
	Hank, it's in most of the Maynard catalogs, available in reprint from Cornell Publishing. I'm unable to scan and post a copy at this point, but perhaps someone else can? FWIW, it looks pretty much like the same unit from Winchester, IIRC, except for the bigger dovetail Froggie


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12333 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Maynard front sight Reply #2 - Oct 16^th, 2011 at 10:14pm	Print Post
	The one I'm thinking of is on Stroebels book cover. And in the Maynard sales catalogs. The only view I've seen is straight on. Seems to be made more like a German sight. I've never seen one first hand. Might have seen a side view some where, not sure. Seems theres an extra screw running crossways also. Always had the feeling it's a very rare sight. Joe.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12333 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Maynard front sight Reply #3 - Oct 16^th, 2011 at 10:15pm	Print Post
	A linky to a catalog which shows a drawing. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Joe.

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joeb33050 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2613 Location: Marathon, FL Joined: Apr 20^th, 2004	Re: Maynard front sight Reply #4 - Oct 17^th, 2011 at 5:23am	Print Post
	This is the sight on my 1882. Mike Stevens told me that it was a Winchester sight, and that there was no such thing as a Maynard/Mass rms windage adjustable front sight. I don't know if that's true or not, not a historian or a collector. Let me know if you need other views. joe b.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12333 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Maynard front sight Reply #5 - Oct 17^th, 2011 at 12:41pm	Print Post
	Theres two picture of a Maynard Windgauge sight on Stroebels book. One on the front cover and one on the back. It's the same sight as illustrated in Maynard sale catalogs. Dont know if it's original. I've never seen a rifle with a MWG front sight attached to it. Does the old saying - "never say never" apply here? Joe.

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QuestionableMaynard8130 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4144 Location: Benton Harbor MI Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Maynard front sight Reply #6 - Oct 17^th, 2011 at 12:44pm	Print Post
	the catalogue lists the windage adjust sight as a Marlin product in the price list section.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12333 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Maynard front sight Reply #7 - Oct 17^th, 2011 at 1:12pm	Print Post
	QuestionableMaynard8130 wrote on Oct 17^th, 2011 at 12:44pm: the catalogue lists the windage adjust sight as a Marlin product in the price list section. Which catalog, DW? On page twenty in the catalog I provided, the header says sights for Maynard rifles. Joe.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12333 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Maynard front sight Reply #8 - Oct 17^th, 2011 at 1:16pm	Print Post
	Just looked in the Stroebel book again. It is contradictory. Page 187 shows an old advertisement for Maynard sights. The next page, Stroebel list Marlin sights. Puzzlement. Joe.

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QuestionableMaynard8130 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4144 Location: Benton Harbor MI Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Maynard front sight Reply #9 - Oct 17^th, 2011 at 1:17pm	Print Post
	Joe in the catalogue you posted look in the back in the price list under "sights' bottom section page 25, maybe I misread it???

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12333 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Maynard front sight Reply #10 - Oct 17^th, 2011 at 1:31pm	Print Post
	Thats correct DW. At this point I assume the Maynard sight was available at some time, probably early. They ceased making that sight and offered Marlin sights. Just guessing. Joe.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12333 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Maynard front sight Reply #11 - Oct 18^th, 2011 at 9:51pm	Print Post
	Just happened onto this auction. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Check out the front sight. Never say never certainly applies here. Joe.

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BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: Maynard front sight Reply #12 - Oct 19^th, 2011 at 2:46am	Print Post
	Joe, Good find! Looks like you solved the mystery about the second screw shown above the windage screw in the catalog drawings.

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 12333 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Maynard front sight Reply #13 - Oct 19^th, 2011 at 2:44pm	Print Post
	BP wrote on Oct 19^th, 2011 at 2:46am: Joe, Good find! Looks like you solved the mystery about the second screw shown above the windage screw in the catalog drawings. Couldnt hardly believe it when I saw that Maynard sight on the Rem Creedmoor rifle, BP. Did a patent search but didnt find anything. I'm wondering if that sight was made in England. Has English style to it. The little scale dovetailed into the barrel just ahead of the sight is interesting. Anything is possible with these old rifles. Joe.

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mwhite49 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1600 Location: Camarillo California Joined: Nov 14^th, 2007	Re: Maynard front sight Reply #14 - Oct 19^th, 2011 at 6:59pm	Print Post
	Joe, take a look at Halps site that I have enclosed, one Maynard says the front site is a Marlin, and one is a rare windage adjustable Ideal, maybe on one of his Maynards. Mike (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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