Vickers Jubilee rear sight
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Vickers Jubilee rear sight
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
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
Finally a Vickers Standard I had a few years ago
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Re: Vickers Jubilee rear sight
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.
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.
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Re: Vickers Jubilee rear sight
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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 .
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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 .
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Re: Vickers Jubilee rear sight
wow , what a nifty rifle , im liking that one a lot , congrats
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Re: Vickers Jubilee rear sight
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
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.
I would like to find something with a Martini action, preferably in .22 but they are not that common over here.
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Re: Vickers Jubilee rear sight
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 .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.
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