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neches Participating Member Offline Posts: 37 Location: Hughes Springs, TX Joined: Jan 20^th, 2014	help identify vernier sight Jun 10^th, 2016 at 7:01pm	Print Post
	The base is remington spacing. Has the letters RJW on one end under base and 188 on the underside opposite end. Is this a modern repo or an orginal?

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neches Participating Member Offline Posts: 37 Location: Hughes Springs, TX Joined: Jan 20^th, 2014	Re: help identify vernier sight Reply #1 - Jun 10^th, 2016 at 7:11pm	Print Post
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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: help identify vernier sight Reply #2 - Jun 10^th, 2016 at 9:22pm	Print Post
	All the original thick-base sights I've seen have a different kind of knurling (crosshatching) on the pivot screw head; nor have I seen that kind of anti-reflection surface on an original eyecup. For those reasons, my guess is repro.


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rustyrelx Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 474 Location: Wallace Idaho Joined: Oct 9^th, 2007	Re: help identify vernier sight Reply #3 - Jun 11^th, 2016 at 3:37pm	Print Post
	That would be my guess also


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16052 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: help identify vernier sight Reply #4 - Jun 11^th, 2016 at 8:51pm	Print Post
	Base seems to have more of a Ballard shape than a Remington shape. I think repro too.

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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: help identify vernier sight Reply #5 - Jun 11^th, 2016 at 9:09pm	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote on Jun 11^th, 2016 at 8:51pm: Base seems to have more of a Ballard shape than a Remington shape. I think repro too. Don't know difference between Rem & Marlin thick-bases, but Marlin & Winchester are EXACTLY the same, except for length, leading me to assume both were manufactured by a third party supplier. BGI, perhaps?


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16052 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: help identify vernier sight Reply #6 - Jun 13^th, 2016 at 9:52am	Print Post
	I believe regardless of maker on the gun, a lot of sights were made by BGI. The Remingtons I own with original tang sights have a wider bevel on the edge than my Ballard tang sights have.

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harry_eales Ex Member	Re: help identify vernier sight Reply #7 - Jun 14^th, 2016 at 9:22am	Print Post
	in the last picture of the underside of the base there appears to be something stamped in front of the spring housing. Possibly a makers name. Worth a look see. Harry


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16052 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: help identify vernier sight Reply #8 - Jun 14^th, 2016 at 10:11am	Print Post
	Quote: in the last picture of the underside of the base there appears to be something stamped in front of the spring housing. Possibly a makers name. Worth a look see. Harry His original post said it's stamped, "RJW" in the front. Unsure what RJW would stand for myself?

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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: help identify vernier sight Reply #9 - Jun 14^th, 2016 at 11:05am	Print Post
	marlinguy wrote on Jun 14^th, 2016 at 10:11am: His original post said it's stamped, "RJW" in the front. Unsure what RJW would stand for myself? Probably the maker's initials, but it's further evidence that the sight is not original. Looks like a well-made sight, except that the maker tried to make his eyecup better than the originals!


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neches Participating Member Offline Posts: 37 Location: Hughes Springs, TX Joined: Jan 20^th, 2014	Re: help identify vernier sight Reply #10 - Jun 14^th, 2016 at 11:48am	Print Post
	Pic of the rjw stamp


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QuestionableMaynard8130 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4144 Location: Benton Harbor MI Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: help identify vernier sight Reply #11 - Jun 14^th, 2016 at 1:46pm	Print Post
	looks like it was hand stamped with individual hand held letter stamps. Combined with everything else, I'd guess that it was a nicely made one-off by a talented craftsman with the machine tools to do the job but not with professional stamping tools. JMHO of course

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