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n.r.davis Oldtimer Offline Posts: 584 Joined: Dec 3^rd, 2015	Stevens Tip Up sights Dec 19^th, 2021 at 6:30pm	Print Post
	Got my first Tip Up, bought it partially because of the sights.


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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Stevens Tip Up sights Reply #1 - Dec 19^th, 2021 at 7:30pm	Print Post
	Wow and congratulations! It is not often that one can find what he or she actually wants.

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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1314 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Stevens Tip Up sights Reply #2 - Dec 19^th, 2021 at 7:58pm	Print Post
	Interestingly, those sights are very commonly seen on tip-up rifles and some pocket rifles. Bill Lawrence


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slumlord44 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2850 Location: Lebanon, Illinois 62254 Joined: Dec 21^st, 2007	Re: Stevens Tip Up sights Reply #3 - Dec 19^th, 2021 at 10:17pm	Print Post
	Nice find. The optional sights are a plus but not all that common.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16269 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Stevens Tip Up sights Reply #4 - Dec 20^th, 2021 at 2:07pm	Print Post
	I have one of those rear sights in my big box of sights. Except the hole in it has been D&T and a screw in aperture installed in it.

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n.r.davis Oldtimer Offline Posts: 584 Joined: Dec 3^rd, 2015	Re: Stevens Tip Up sights Reply #5 - Dec 20^th, 2021 at 8:46pm	Print Post
	From just a quick examination, the very small Peep Hole frames the Hood of the Front Sight. So in addition to centering on the Pin Head I have a ring of light around the Hood. Now to be 20 again with sharp eyes.


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens Tip Up sights Reply #6 - Dec 21^st, 2021 at 3:12am	Print Post
	My .25-20 Tipup has those sights. Didn't know they were all that rare.

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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1314 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Stevens Tip Up sights Reply #7 - Dec 21^st, 2021 at 5:44am	Print Post
	Actually, they're not "all that rare". I'd say 60-70 % of all the unmolested Stevens tip-ups I've seen or handled in the last nearly 60 years have had those sights. They are, however, more common on the larger pocket rifles than on the "real" rifles. Bill Lawrence


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SBoomer Oldtimer Offline Posts: 961 Location: Michigan's Frozen North (U.P.) Joined: Jan 28^th, 2010	Re: Stevens Tip Up sights Reply #8 - Dec 21^st, 2021 at 8:46am	Print Post
	What caliber?


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n.r.davis Oldtimer Offline Posts: 584 Joined: Dec 3^rd, 2015	Re: Stevens Tip Up sights Reply #9 - Dec 21^st, 2021 at 10:17am	Print Post
	Bore is .300, Chamber is .318. Haven't measured the chamber length. Not quite a Sewer Pipe. Going to be interesting to lap the bore and make up an Everlast Case. Another project. He who dies with the most Un Finished Projects Wins😉


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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 913 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens Tip Up sights Reply #10 - Dec 21^st, 2021 at 5:00pm	Print Post
	Rimfire or centerfire? My tip-up rifle should have that rear sight, the factory dovetail for the rear sight is close to the action, as yours is, it has a period fixed peep sight in the dovetail.


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Dellet Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1099 Joined: May 19^th, 2017	Re: Stevens Tip Up sights Reply #11 - Dec 21^st, 2021 at 5:16pm	Print Post
	Did some one say “sewer pipe” for a bore? It got better after a lot of scrubbing😁


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830singleshot Senior Forum Member Online Posts: 408 Location: Texas Joined: Feb 11^th, 2007	Re: Stevens Tip Up sights Reply #12 - Dec 21^st, 2021 at 5:56pm	Print Post
	Dellet, I like the pictures. Did you take them with one of the cheap borescopes used with a cell phone?

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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1314 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Stevens Tip Up sights Reply #13 - Dec 21^st, 2021 at 6:13pm	Print Post
	Mostly leading in that bore? Bill Lawrence


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Dellet Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1099 Joined: May 19^th, 2017	Re: Stevens Tip Up sights Reply #14 - Dec 21^st, 2021 at 6:36pm	Print Post
	Bore scope is one of the Teslong scopes. This one is the WiFi version so will connect with anything, those pics are on my phone. There was a lot of rust scale a long with lead and carbon. Sadly when I bought the rifle it was typical low light gunshow and the bore was wet with oil. But the scope really makes a good bore look bad. I think I might have gained a caliber when it was clean! This is actually a Tip Up. I thought it was 32 S&W, but the bore is .306” and the chamber diameter is about .344”. It down 32-20 cases work fine when shortened to about .610” I think it is. After cleaning groups shrunk from around 6” to this at 50 yards with irons. Kind of surprised it does that well. Note the kind of Texas shaped dark spot it the same as in the earlier photo.


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