Eagle27

Thank you that’s very useful information and what I expected. So I suppose a true purist in search of Mauser sporting rifles as they left the factory would not be completely satisfied with a Lyman sight no matter who fitted it or how well?

I’m now wondering about scope sight and mounts. Would these have been fitted at the factory? I will see what I can find in the Speed book but I am inclined to think “yes” on this question, assuming the scope and mounts are German and period correct. If so a purist might object less to a scoped rifle than a Lyman sighted one.

I’m not a true purist myself. The only case where these questions matter to me is when I have a really nice example of something. Then I want to know - is it as it came from the factory?