1899 Receivers

[sdkrag]

Oh ya. Thanks for the clarification. I guess I had read that some time or another. Have to check the rifle.

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It appears all the 96 sights I have are high hump.

[butlersrangers]

The lug or hump model 1896 sights are early and much rarer than the later 1896 sights. My hunch is that the lug was a carryover from the model 1892 sight.

(Attached photo shows common 'no lug' model 1896 sight and a model 1892 sight with a rather pronounced lug).

no lug 1896 and 1892.jpg

[Kragrifle]

Likely the unfinished 1892 leafs had the newer gradations applied. Later leafs omitted the “lug”.