Vickers Jubilee rear sight

[Dave 101]

Brass Rat : here are the photos of the rear sight , managed to get them in sunlight .


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Dave .

[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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Dave

[Dave 101]

Finally a Vickers Standard I had a few years ago



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Hope that is useful to you .
Dave

[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.

[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

[A square 10]

wow , what a nifty rifle , im liking that one a lot , congrats

[Dave 101]

Heres a pic of both rifles after being refurbished and cleaned .

Top is the Jubilee
Bottom the Standard


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Dave

[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.

[Dave 101]

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