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M91 rear sight question.

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Ed Novak	M91 rear sight question.	Lead	[-]
Posts: 2153 (10/24/09 08:45 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Several months ago I bought an M91; boxed SA and Tikka stampings on the barrel which is dated 1942. Question concerns the shooter-side of the rear sight - stamped 13 to 32 while the left side of the sight base is stamped with lined-out 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 and the right side of the base is stamped 2,3,4, 5 1/2, 7, 8 1/2. What do the stampings on the back-side of the sight leaf indicate? Arshini? TIA. NRA Endowment member LECS #2 Last Edited By: Ed Novak 10/24/09 09:48 PM. Edited 1 time.
keithreid		#1	[-]
Posts: 783 (10/26/09 12:44 AM) Veteran member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	the lined out numbers on the left side of the sight base and on the bottom side of the sight leaf are arshini. the numbers on the right side of the base are in meters. y'all have a good day, Keith
daengmei		#2	[-]
Posts: 330 (10/26/09 05:05 AM) active member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	If your talking about those on the bottom of the sight leaf, then those are still Arshini. They were most likely used for volley fire, before the use of machineguns became common. You would move the rear sight to a vertical position and then move the slide to the appropiate range line. Unless there were many rifles involved, it was probably not very effective at longer ranges.
Ed Novak		#3	[-]
Posts: 2158 (10/26/09 08:02 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks for the responses gentlemen. Volley fire is an interesting concept with which I am familiar from LE history; it apparently could be fairly effective with sufficient number of disciplined riflemen. Appreciate your responses. NRA Endowment member LECS #2

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