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Aperture Sights
Retrieved: 06/03/2014

Aperture sight overhaul, PH5A, PH5C, 9G, etc, plus all Australian types. Dismantle/clean/lube/assemble, re-square top arm, restore scale faces. Work done in NZ, world wide insured post is $12 US. Contact RJW at icon77@xtra.co.nz

Typical before and after.

Helstons; http://www.helstongunsmiths.com/shop/sights.html

Comprehensive business, supplier to military and police, antiques and collectibles and even surplus armored vehicles. They also have a page of new and used aperture sights for Enfield SMLE ‘s. UK. T Mac; http://www.shootingindustriesaustralia.com/page003.html

A modern remake of the Central aperture sight, including spares, will overhaul Central sights as of 2011. Aus. Parker Hale sight info; http://www.rifleman.org.uk/PH_Service_sights.htm

The UK Historic Arms resource, detailed information on Parker Hale sights, UK. ================================>{?

Eyepieces, from upper left to right; Parker Hale PH 60, ditto open for filters, PH iris with brass front trim, PH iris with small 1/2" filter holder plus 'plastic' eye shade, Rawson, PH59 'thick body', PH iris with filter wheel, PH 59 'thin body', 6 hole eyepiece with filter support built in and filter, a days requirements for different light, PH iris with large disc 1.25", PH iris with large filter holder 1.25", Bottom; Central 'Rim thickness measure'

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Seeking sight pics; "Ace."

Seeking sight pics; "Alex Martin," Glasgow, UK.

AGP '9G', for No.1 Mk3, UK.

Seeking sight pics; "Argyle."

AGP 'Plus 5', for No.1 Mk3, UK.

'Austral', for No.1 Mk3, Australia. Good sight, very accurately mounted top arm and adjustments. nice mounting plate with built in adjusters. Status; Not common, collectible, a good shooters sight.

BSA, for No.1 Mk3, 1910, UK. Simple, reliable, forward post is equipped with volley sight peep hole to comply with early competition regulation, plus a going to war requirement when shooters went to WW1 and took their sights with them. Eye relief is controlled by using different shaped mounting plates. Status; Not common but available, collectible.

Seeking sight pics; "Canty."

Seeking sight pics; "Climax."

'Central - Type 1', has claw base, plus a rear facing left/right scale. Central 2 has claw mount with top facing left/right scale. Central 3 is a Bisley model. Central 4, see below, has grooved mount instead of claw. Central sights came in 1/2 MOA, 1/3 MOA, 1/4 MOA, in addition to a number of types, perhaps 7 in total, some defined by having a taller main body than others, plus left handed models.

'Central No 4', for No.1 Mk3 and No.4 Mk1 and Mk2(depending on mounting plate), Australia. No.4 model defined by; grooved system for attaching to mount plate, left/right scale on top of cross arm, eyepiece mount has a slot for small 4 holed plate system, plus a ball detent in a hole behind the eyepiece. Can still be overhauled in Melbourne in 2010. Status; Still in use as a shooters sight. Simple, robust, reliable, won many competitions, and became very popular' down unda' after winning a championship away from Parker Hale equipped rifles.

'Clarke' for No.1 Mk3 or No.4 Mk1 and mk2, UK. Probably a Central made under license by Clarke, who are a UK company with a wider range gun business.This model is the same as a No.4 excepting large alloy adjusting wheel on the left/right adjust.

'Cooey', for No.1 Mk3, Canada, .22 cal, later used on the .303. Good sight, collectible, very delicate threads on the left/right adjust.

Seeking sight pics; ‘Don’. Seeking sight pics; Humphries, Canada.

'JNT' - for No.1 Mk3, New Zealand. Robust low profile sight for hunting, provides aperture sight benefits as per Enfield No.4 Mk1. Not suitable for serious target shooting due to the lack of fine adjustment mechanism, but a good addition to the No.1 Mk3 for older eyes and hunters.

Lane, for No.1 Mk3, 1949, Australia. Classic, popular, good sight. Status; not common anymore, collectible, good shooters sight.

Lyman, 'Model 66a', for No.4 Mk1 and Mk2, circa 1955, USA. Sight shown is on a non Lyman mounting plate.

'Mues' - for No.1 Mk3, Australia. Popular, affordable. Comes with forward, mid, and rearward cant as a Mues method of controlling eye relief. Status; Not common, decent classic sight, a must have for a sight collector. Perhaps 7 different models available.

Mues, 'Unique' for No.1 Mk3, Australia. Unknown version, no markings other than 'Mues'.

Motty, for No.1 Mk3, Australia. Classic, good shooters sight, 2 models. Status; Not common, very collectible.

Parker Hale - 'PH5c', For No.4 Mk1 and Mk2. Knobs 1/4 MOA - 1/2 MOA.

Parker Hale - '6A', for Long lee and Clle, pre 1910, UK. Body is shaped to clear the bolt mounted safety of the Long Lee. Status; Uncommon, collectible.

Parker Hale- 'PH5', for No.1 Mk3 - The first of the famed PH5 range, 1924. Status; early, rare, attractive, sought after.

Parker hale - 'PH5a',1925, for No.1 Mk3. Good reliable sight with several variations such as large body and small body. Status; Usually available, some body sizes are less common. Be careful not to buy a used one with the eyepiece mount below the cross arm, these are for the P14 enfield 303 and will not adjust under 400 meters on a No.1 Mk3 SMLE

Parker Hale - 'PH5c', for No.4 Mk1 and Mk2. Alloy body, 1/2 MOA, with PH 60 eyepiece. Status; available. Alloy body has black painted body, not popular with serious shooters but can be a more affordable way to get shooting with aperture sights.

Parker Hale - 'PH5c', for No.4 Mk1 and Mk2. Steel body, very good sight, available in 1/2 MOA, and 1/4 MOA. Status; usually available, always desirable.

DOW 58 - 5c, for No.4 Mk1 and Mk2, Sth Africa, made in 1958. DOW is a PH5c made under license in Sth Africa by Delphos Ordnance Works, and is externally the same. The cross section of some top arms are different from the PH5c, so some parts do not interchange. Status; Good sight, similar value and performance to the PH5c.

PH 8/53, for No.4 Mk1 and Mk2, UK. Clever windage adjustable sight based on the standard No.4 sight, fits with no alterations. Status; Good shooters sight as well as uncommon, sought after, collectible.

Premier, for No1 Mk3, 1944, Australia.

'Premier', for No.1 Mk3, Australia. Very good sight. Status; uncommon, very collectible.

'Rawson', for No.1 Mk3, Australia. Robust, possibly the best engineered No1 Mk3 sight. Status; Not common, desirable, collectible.

'Taylor', for No.1 Mk3. Status; Very rare, collectible.

AGP - 'Model TZ', for No.1 Mk3. Very good sight. Status; Uncommon, very collectible.

AGP - 'Model 4/47', for No.4 Mk1 and Mk2. (ie Enfield No.4/year of sight design 1947). An extremely good sight. Status; uncommon, top quality, desirable.

'Westley Richards', for No.1 Mk3, nicknamed "The Hockey Stick." Status; Early aperture sight, not common, very collectible. ============================

Additional

Windmill front sight post for No.4 Enfields. Uncommon, but good to have. Particular widths will suit varying eyesights.

z-500-thru-app-fixed.jpg A good view through a Long Lee aperture sight, highly desirable, lol. z-unusual-stock-sight.jpg Stock No4 site with aperture eyepiece threaded into it, an interesting idea to try other eyepieces on, perhaps a iris eyepiece.