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Rear sight question --- any ship with with a double side ramp elevator #10204716 07/27/15
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,042 N.E. Minn. KeithNyst OP Campfire Regular
OP KeithNyst Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,042 N.E. Minn.	Saw an early 99 with a rear sight that has a double-side notched elevator. I thought they shipped with a single notched elevator that went in the middle open slot. Would this be a replacement rear sight?

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Re: Rear sight question --- any ship with with a double side ramp elevator KeithNyst #10204788 07/27/15
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 12,709 So. Kaleefornya L Lightfoot Campfire Outfitter
Lightfoot Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 12,709 So. Kaleefornya	Sounds like the Savage Windgauge 15 that was used on the 1899s. Marbles also had a rear sight with the double elevator but hopefully it is not that one.

Re: Rear sight question --- any ship with with a double side ramp elevator Lightfoot #10204864 07/27/15
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,927 South Central Wisconsin GeneB Campfire Regular
GeneB Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,927 South Central Wisconsin	Left side & down is the No 15 Wind Gauge, the early elevators did not have the small tabs that wrap over the top of the sight. All these sights (that I have seen) will be stamped Savage Arms on the top with either patent applied for or a patent date, all Marble's sights should be stamped with their name and King also made similar sights, neither were windage adjustable. Gene

Re: Rear sight question --- any ship with with a double side ramp elevator KeithNyst #10204946 07/27/15
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,042 N.E. Minn. KeithNyst OP Campfire Regular
OP KeithNyst Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,042 N.E. Minn.	Thanks Mike and Gene. It is not windage adjustable, so I'm thinking it is likely a Marbles, so that would not be an original sight, correct?

Re: Rear sight question --- any ship with with a double side ramp elevator KeithNyst #10205056 07/27/15
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 12,709 So. Kaleefornya L Lightfoot Campfire Outfitter
Lightfoot Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 12,709 So. Kaleefornya	Correct. The Marbles was pretty popular as a replacement.

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Re: Rear sight question --- any ship with with a double side ramp elevator KeithNyst #10206150 07/27/15
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 7,290 Northern California S S99VG Campfire Tracker
S99VG Campfire Tracker S Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 7,290 Northern California	King, I think, also made a similar looking sight. "The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle." John Stapp - "Stapp's Law" "Klaatu barada nikto"

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