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Vickers Jubilee rear sight
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:36 am
by Dave 101
Brass Rat : here are the photos of the rear sight , managed to get them in sunlight .
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Re: Vickers Jubilee rear sight
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:41 am
by Dave 101
Heres a couple I took some time ago when I bought the rifle and was giving it a clean .
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Before cleaning and refinishing
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Re: Vickers Jubilee rear sight
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:47 am
by Dave 101
Finally a Vickers Standard I had a few years ago
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Hope that is useful to you .
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Re: Vickers Jubilee rear sight
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:29 am
by Brass Rat
Great, thank you. I have never seen one before, in fact the only Vickers I am familiar with fires quite a bit faster than that one.
Did they manufacture that sight themselves?
Is that a Martini falling block action? I once saw an animation of the Martini action, it's amazing just how simple it actually is and how few parts are actually in it.
Re: Vickers Jubilee rear sight
Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:40 am
by Dave 101
Hi
Yes its a Martini action
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Yes they made their own sights , where as BSA used Parker Hale sights for their Martini action rifles , BSA did produce their own sights in the early days but soon rea;ised they werent very good . The other difference between the Vickers and BSA is the Vickers action is round and made in one peice with the barrel , which allowed them to use a one peice stock . I think most people who have shot both rifles from the same era would say the Vickers was the most accurate .
Dave
Re: Vickers Jubilee rear sight
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:54 pm
by A square 10
wow , what a nifty rifle , im liking that one a lot , congrats
Re: Vickers Jubilee rear sight
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:24 pm
by Dave 101
Heres a pic of both rifles after being refurbished and cleaned .
Top is the Jubilee
Bottom the Standard
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Re: Vickers Jubilee rear sight
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 9:12 am
by Brass Rat
My Winchester 67 is made the same way, the barrel and receiver are milled from a single bar.
I would like to find something with a Martini action, preferably in .22 but they are not that common over here.
Re: Vickers Jubilee rear sight
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 9:21 am
by Dave 101
Brass Rat wrote:My Winchester 67 is made the same way, the barrel and receiver are milled from a single bar.
I would like to find something with a Martini action, preferably in .22 but they are not that common over here.
There should be a lot of BSA Cadet rifles in your neck of the woods , I believe there was an Austrailian company called Sportco which made .22s on the Martini action .
Dave
