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Oldman1950
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Winchester Low Wall sight
Apr 7th, 2015 at 12:02pm
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I have a very nice Winchester low wall in 22 short (long ago someone reamed the chamber at accept 22 LR) with a #1 octagon barrel. The rear sight is a standard open sight mounted with dovetail. This rifle shows some wear to the bluing on the tang where there was a tang sight mounted but it is long gone. I have been looking for a Lyman #2  tang sight marked (SB) but with no luck. Will a Lyman #2 marked (DA) fit this rifle and have the staff of the right length?
The front sight on the rifle is a Lyman marked ivory bead but I would like to change it to a Lyman #5 beach combination with ivory bead. If anyone has the sights I am looking for at a reasonable price or would like to give me input on the sight changes  Please feel free to contact me.
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A. J. Palik
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Re: Winchester Low Wall sight
Reply #1 - Apr 7th, 2015 at 6:04pm
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A DA code for an 1894 will fit, but not sure the height will be low enough to work. An SB code is the correct sight, but if it's hard to find, you might consider either a W6 Marbles tang sight, W5 tang sight, or even a midrange vernier used on many 1885 rifles. There are some nice reproductiions of the midrange vernier, if you don't mind a nice repro?
I have a very similar 1885 Low wall, with #1 weight 28" barrel, which is still in .22 Short. It came with the Lyman tang sight from the factory, and it is marked "WS" which would indicate it was for a Winchester 1890 or '06. So maybe that would also be an option for yours?
  
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