1944 Savage No4 Mk1*

A square 10 · Post by **A square 10** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:35 pm

afine looking rifle , but what is that fitted to the left reciever ? im unfamiliar with that - or perhaps am missing something in the photos

Tikirocker · Post by **Tikirocker** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:50 pm

A square 10 wrote:afine looking rifle , but what is that fitted to the left reciever ? im unfamiliar with that - or perhaps am missing something in the photos

Mike,

That's the Central sight plate ... Central are an Australian company from the old days that made a top brand of aperture/peep sights used for Fullbore and Service Rifle Target shooting in Australia. I and many others still use Central sights to this very day ... I use them for example on a .308 Omark to shoot 1000 yard match rifle using only sling off the elbows for support. Here's a better pic of it and some info plus one fitted with a Central sight.

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And here with the sight and plate fitted to a No4 Aussie style.

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Central Co. (Australia) No4 competition sight. Made in two pieces, the first being the mounting bracket. Which for mounting, utilized the existing safety lever and rear trigger guard screw holes, but with slightly longer screws. The second piece being the sight assembly itself. This attached to the mounting bracket using a large screw with a thumb piece. Both items had mating channels cut into the flat surfaces for a precision fit, allowing the sight assembly to be removed and replaced without having to re-zero. This sight offered elevation and windage adjustments in 1/4-minute increments, a sliding scale for double zeroing, and a choice of aperture diameters and eye relief settings.

Woftam · Post by **Woftam** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:55 pm

Asquare10,

At one stage the rifle was used in competition. The object on the left receiver is a mounting plate for a target sight.

A square 10 · Post by **A square 10** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:41 pm

thats a nifty looking sight , cant say ive seen that before , but i will say it looks very nice - and pricey , i supose ?

Tikirocker · Post by **Tikirocker** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:09 am

A square 10 wrote:thats a nifty looking sight , cant say ive seen that before , but i will say it looks very nice - and pricey , i supose ?

They are still highly sought after as these particular versions are no longer made - they can be pricey but bargains are still around from time to time.