LP with no8 & no19 sights

[ptdunk]

Moulded a little block as a perfect fit for the no8. Means just 2 tiny holes in stock. Needed a bit more elevation so thought I’d try this before hacking into the stock. Made from car body filler I then coloured to match the wood a bit.
Bit unorthodox I know but is stable as a table.

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Looking forward to trying it out.

Cheers,
Matt.

[Josie & John]

Thanks Matt,

I once owned a pristine Improved Model D with a Greener Orthoptic sight (as their catalogue called it), which was fixed in a similar manner.

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I think you'll have some great results with this set up.

Kind regards,

John

[ptdunk]

Cheers John,
Good to see it’s been tried before.

Kind regards,
Matt.

[Garvin]

I love it. It has the great virtues of hardly interfering with the original stock if one day a new owner wanted to return it to its original shape. Secondly, it doesn't interfere with the pistol grip, which some of the no.8 sight add-ons did, I think from memory, even factory mods.

[Huttles94]

Nice rifle, I used to have a no 8 rear sight but just the thought of drilling and shaping the stock scared me enough to not do it in the end.


I also have two no19 foresights. Bought them in a box of bits a year ago. But unfortunately I do not have the elements so I cant really use them

[Shed tuner]

goign to try that, looks good

[ptdunk]

Thanks guys.
Yes, the idea was to make minimal alterations to the stock, the block is only attached by the 2 screws, but locks on like a little limpet.

I had the no.8 sight sitting around after I couldn’t get a satisfactory setup with it on my straight stock LP.
When a no.19 sight came up for sale with a ring element I couldn’t resist, so I bought it and a well used but mechanically sound light pattern to make a dedicated diopter rifle, I was fully prepared to get chiselling but thought I’d try this first:

Brown packing tape on the top of the stock and on the underside of the sight plate. Then a dollop of 2part car body filler on top of the tape covered stock and squish the sight down to desired position. Once the filler’s gone off drill the pilot holes through the plate holes, the filler and down into the stock while it’s all stuck together. Then ping off the chunk of filler (it won’t stick to the brown tape) shape the sides of the block of filler remove the tape then screw it all back together.

‘Liberon 3-Part Oak pine Touch up pens’ worked to get a woody finish.




Cheers,
Matt

[ptdunk]

Just zeroed this in down the range and it was well worth doing.
I’ve been shooting vintage open sights and classic 10 metre springer’s this year and this is the best of both worlds.
Super super accurate rifle now. Looking forward to this months vintage HFT shoot!

😊

Matt