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http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=275660778I'm sure there is a reasonable explanation for the tang sight on this rifle, but I can't figure out what it would be. Can you shed some light on it for me?
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It doesn't have sling swivels! 
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No, there is no reasonable explanation. Maybe someone didn't have the patience to wait and have the proper sight ordered!
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You newbys should study up on early 1895 tang sights!! that sight and rifle are correct!!! there has been a lot of past discussion on them. Don
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A fine lookin' little rifle, none-the-less.  Ron T.
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You newbys should study up on early 1895 tang sights!! that sight and rifle are correct!!! there has been a lot of past discussion on them. Don How on earth would you expect it to hold a zero?
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Greg, I don't think it would very well!! it was the first ones Lyman came out with,shortly after Lyman made the tang sight that used the holes in the tang. Don
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Greg, I don't think it would very well!! it was the first ones Lyman came out with,shortly after Lyman made the tang sight that used the holes in the tang. Don Those yesteryear gunmen "KNEW" their guns. They didn't have a myriad of rifles to choose from. They had ONE and it was usually an extension of the man. That rifle the way is is will put food on the table all day long.
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Put yourself in the original owners shoes. 4 reasons might be:
1) Longer sight radius = better accuracy
2) Not drilling extra holes in the metal maintains value.
3) Why buy a new tang sight when I have this one that will fit on the butt stock?
4) I like to work with wood screws.
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Put yourself in the original owners shoes. 4 reasons might be:
1) Longer sight radius = better accuracy
2) Not drilling extra holes in the metal maintains value.
3) Why buy a new tang sight when I have this one that will fit on the butt stock?
4) I like to work with wood screws. I agree with 1,3,and 4. I really don't think they worried about maintaining value. The gun was a fricken tool. PERIOD!!!!!!! We're the only ones that equate everything to dollars and cents........
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There aren't alot of tangs like that one, you'll notice Dick tells you it's stamped "SA" on the bottom. So was the one Elwood sold and I've got one sitting in the sight box as well waiting for an 1895 with holes there to fill (I'll trip over one soon).
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As Loggah said, the sight is the first Lyman (Lyman #1, SA code) made for the 1895. It was the only tang sight available for the first one or two years till the Lyman #1B /2B (same sight as the Savage 18 and 19) came out.
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I'm more likely to trip over a sight. 
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You newbys should study up on early 1895 tang sights!! that sight and rifle are correct!!! there has been a lot of past discussion on them. Don How on earth would you expect it to hold a zero? I expect it would hold zero plenty good enough for a hunting rifle. Mike
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I must be missing something. I'll admit to not knowing that the sight is correct. But I've reread the auction several times and I don't see where it says the sight is stamped SA. And, there are holes in the tang for a tang sight seen in photos 4,5 and 15. Why would they use a sight like this instead of the one designed to fit the tang holes? Greg, I don't think it would very well!! it was the first ones Lyman came out with,shortly after Lyman made the tang sight that used the holes in the tang. Don Just trying to learn here, not making argument!
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Y'all know I'm NOT a "collector", but jezzzzzzzzzz... this one makes me feel sorry I don't have much money to spend frivolously... but DANG GUM it, it jus' looks "yummy" to me...  Youse guys are a "bad" influence on us "young'uns"... and it's all Greg's fault for postin' those pictures!~!~!
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Interestingly to me is the LACK of bids thus far on this rifle. Those of us in the forum who know, (and I am NOT one of them), must know the seller and the lone bidder. I find the seller's 'other' auction to be a real pretty example as well... but I would prefer another chambering in that model. 30-30 doesn't pump my nads. That little prince has no bidders, but both auctions have time left and we shall see how they go.
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For the uneducated: The 1895 catalogue: ![[Linked Image]](http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j312/99trix/img082.jpg) The 1897 catalogue: ![[Linked Image]](http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j312/99trix/img081.jpg) You can clearly see where it states placed on wood. Sorry I don't have an 1896! Blair
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