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Does anyone recognize what rifle this is from?

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  • #16
    The mystery deepens. I was sure it was from the M1903 rod style, but what didn't make sense as to how my great uncle would have acquired this during WW2 when this type of rear sight was only used in the early 1900's for just a few short years. The base is all wrong.

    Scratch that last part....

    Newest thought it is some sort of mixmaster of 1902/03/Krag parts
    Last edited by Pissed Off Patriot; 06-17-2015, 11:21 AM. Reason: updated info
    "I ask, Sir, what is dinner? It is the whole chicken. To pluck the chicken is the best and most effectual way to prepare them."
    Colonel Sanders

    That is a NICE looking bunch of meat!

    I can still find a use for my thumb, even though it no longer has a hole to finger.

    I could have been enjoying his nuts.
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    • #17
      Older service rifles were typically used for training new soldiers so that the newer rifles could be issued to the boys on the front lines. I would think he would have had access to the older rifles all the way through WWII

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      • #18
        The final determination appears to be that this is the leaf from a rod style M1903 rear sight that is installed on a Krag base. When the rod style M1903 was discontinued and upgraded, the parts were used for some of the Krags.
        "I ask, Sir, what is dinner? It is the whole chicken. To pluck the chicken is the best and most effectual way to prepare them."
        Colonel Sanders

        That is a NICE looking bunch of meat!

        I can still find a use for my thumb, even though it no longer has a hole to finger.

        I could have been enjoying his nuts.

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