Sutherland Sight arrived
The sight arrived today from Ross Hewett in NZ. Its a beautiful piece of workmanship,and should work great.I havent decided if its going on my MkIV or my MkII,its easy enough to install.Maybe it will...
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I think the idea of an international MH shoot off is good.Its amazing how a little friendly competition can increase the level of proficiency with these BP firearms.Over the last four years at my club...
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Yes - but just don't tell the rifle. There are some guys routinely outshooting the no.4 with theirs, so the rifle doesn't know it... It's not a case of nobody knows why - barrel weight issue, too...
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Sutherland MkI sight was developed for the long Lee. Ketchum and Co. Ottawa catalogue 1906 says the Dept. of Militia and Defence had purchased 40000. It was also fitted to Ross II5*. Put one on a .450...
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Yes it will require a slip on front sight extention to get things down to earth a bit... for sure..."The attacker must vanquish, the defender, has but to prevail." --Coyot
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At what range did it shot high? At close range you may not even be able to get the sight low enough.Across the spectrum of ranges I would expect it to shoot from high to low. The further out the range...
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I find with my MH with the Sutherland Sight at 100 yds I shoot it "fine sighted". That is the foresight sits at the bottom of the "V". This is then placed at six o'clock from the bull and...
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Guys,My Martinis all shoot high at close range with the stock sights... This was done intentionally at Enfield since it is the tendency of the soldier to put the man on the post when aiming in the...
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My recollection is that it shot even higher than the original sight even when using the lowest setting. The Sutherland MkI sight was intended for .303" arms not .280s. I cannot think of a .280" Ross...
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Mike,E-mail me copies of your pics as jpg attachments at momsoldguns@qwest.net and I will post them. There was something conflicting with the code in your edit, and when I went in to correct it the...
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The 1910 sight will fit a ME or LM/Long LE. That aperture will be far from your eye.
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I suppose the question worth asking is can these sights be made to work. As has been presented here before, one can fashion a workable "adjustable" front sight with a large paperclip and a pair of...
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Me too, me too...My sight arrived yesterday. Looks great.Thanks for including the description page provided by DD.Gracias,Jake
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I think the 1910 sight is a workable solution to a rifle that needs windage or one that the rear sight has been removed. And it is the Canadian sight assembly. As to the pictures getting lost in...
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Hello, Ross -- do you have others available? Please e-mail me directly at vintage-gunlore@att.netTIA.I don't NEED to work -- I just do it for the money...
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Tom in Pitsburgh,Sorry all gone apart from my own. Went back to the guy I got them to see if he was holding out on me, but no, all cleaned out. They seem to be quite rare. At least you blokes in the...
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I'd never noticed that the sight from the Ross M10 fit our bases, though I knew that the Sutherland from the earlier marks fit. It may aid your searching for the pictured sight to bear in mind that it...
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The sight for the MkIII Ross was made by the Ross Rifle Co. and the HW Cooey Arms company. The Cooey made sight will be stamped with HWC in an oval cartouche.
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Sight arrived yesteday and looks great, Thanks Ross , I haven't seen many Ross rifles let alone the sights here in Western Canada but will keep a special Eye out from now on , going to the first...
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