As a note, all the above are Lyman sights. Savage assigned their own numbers to sights then later changed to the makers numbers.
As for the sight(s) available for the 1895's, the first was made by Lyman and had to be attached at the wrist with wood screws even though the tang was D&T's. The sight design Lyman used was similar to what was used on most other non-Savage rifles and might have been a combination of parts already in production. The Savage #18/#19 were probably available at the end of the 1895 run as the rifles were produced in 1896 and 1897.
Thanks Gene for doing all the leg work.
