"new" Redfield #70RWH sight

[Brithunter]

Hi All,

      Well i got this off e-bay and after having my wallet lightened by our Post office and Customs  picked up it Saturday morning then Sat afternoon fitted it to the BSA Model E (sporterised P-14) and here it is:-


I like the clean lines and as both sight and rifle are of the same period I believe they go together rather well  Rifle was converted at BSA Birmingahm between 1949-53.



Sight was NIB with a price of $9:50 on the lid  Oh and yes that's a fressh cut for inletting to clear the elevation slide. Had to think long and hard before doing it.



Now I just need to find a Hunting aperture as despite havign Hunter knobs the sight disc is of the target type with small hole and whilst it may be OK on the range I need to get one with the large aperture. Am now off to the range to sight it in.

[Graybeard]

I would have sure hated to cut the stock for it. I might would have talked myself into it but I'm not sure. A drill bit run thru the hole in the current one can make it whatever size you need it to be. I've done that before.

[R.W.Dale]

You and I think a lot alike Brit


Only I bought the entire rifle because of the sights. In my case a vintage rem725 in 30/06 fitted with a Lyman sight all for $325

[Brithunter]

Well GB it's not first time I have had to inlet the wood of a stock for a period sight. On a BSA Supersport Five I had to inlet the rear left side of the stock to fit a P-H 18 "Neta" sight.

krochus,

       Now that IS a very nice rifle  Now don't drop anything I realise it's Remington but it's a classic and made the way I prefer unlike the later 700. Anyway back to the thread  . I tried it out on the range this afternoon and found a drawback. My BSA Needs a Higher foresight blade and possibly the comb thinned at the front as it's very full but we will wait until a higher foresight blade can be found and tried first as with  the sight slightly higher it might be OK. At the moment I have the elevation slide down as far as it will go so the windage adjuster is almost touching the top of the action and it's still shooting a bit high  .

Looks like I will have to check Williams website and see if they do a suitable blade to fit this rifle as I have a feeling that the Williams is about the same size dovetail, I hope it is at least  ,  now the biggest drawback I can see to this Redfield and the Lyman sights is that you have to unscrew them to remove the windage arm unlike the Parker-Hale sights which have a quick release feature on most of them.

Next year I hope to acquire a reciever sight to fit one of my Parker-Hale rifles. Yes I do want to have several rifles set up with reciever sights hopefully with scope as well. Although it's never happned to me ..................... yet! ....................... weather can be too bad for scopes or one can be damaged so back up sights to mea rea good idea. I like my rifles to have iron sights for this reason.

[Frank46]

Back when I hunted in pennsylvania I normally took two rifles when I went there. One was a ruger 77 in 308 with a leupold 3x10 and the other was a jungle carbine 303 of course but with regular commercial sights installed. After one day of hunting with no deer spotted I went home. On the tv they has forcast heavy snows for our area. Out came the jungle carbine. The rifle has been completely glass bedded, stock had been refinished and as waterproof as possible. I hunted the rest of the week with the jungle carbine. After that trip always took the jungle carbine. Snow,ice didn't bother it in the least. From temps as low as 5 below zero on up it always worked and I did not have to worry about dinging a new stock. Sold it to a buddy who knew of its history. He then had it parkerized and it became a range queen. So iron sights do have their uses in today's hunting. Frank

[R.W.Dale]

Now that IS a very nice rifle  Wink Now don't drop anything I realise it's Remington but it's a classic and made the way I prefer unlike the later 700.

Thanks

Mechanically my and your rifles are quite similar.

Yours is built off a P14 and mine is the link between the heavily P14/m1917 based rem 721 and the modern day 700 bolt action. In fact just look at how similar the receiver and particularly the safteys are

[Brithunter]

Yes Enfield did an excellent job on that P-13 rifle and especially the safety. It's a shame that they didn't have the right powders for the .276 cartidge of the P-13. It's because of this cartridge the P-14 is such a strong action as it was a high pressure round. During ammunition and acceptance testing a cartridge failed causing the tester to lose the sight in one eye. Due to the good gas venting I am not sure how this happened but it did and the shooter was one of the acceptance committe  so it didn't go down well then of course "The Great War" came along and the rest is history.

It was the British Armies experiences in South Africa against the 7mm Mauser equipped Boers that caused this development aided by the Bisley bunch who were really solely interested in target shooting. Of course the fact that the Ross rifle and cartridge winning all the prizes at the 1913 Imperial meeting also was an influence.

As for Remington .................. well I do feel that they lost their way after these 721 and 725's  .