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Maybe it has something to do with this?

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That is stunning, if that rifle could only talk.
Oh wait, it does! I like the carved game tallies on the stock.

DC

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Not wrong there mate - certainly seen a lot of country & taken a lot of game to say the least!

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Maybe it has something to do with this?

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The peep sight or the hunter's tally?

How would either explain a 'B538' impressed somewhat roughly in a rather indiscreet location on the stock of an otherwise lovely and aesthetic rifle?

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I think the cutting of the serial number into the stock is a small thing compared to the extensive game tally list defacing the butt stock! I think the owner didn't care much about cutting things into his stock!

I personally like to cut my game tallies into the skin of my left fore-arm ... a nice reminder of my game killed numbers, which I can easily show to everyone when bragging about it ...

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Is that a peep sight or a diopter?

Vlad

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It looks rather like a Lyman 1A:



Images from (of course) the 1939 Stoeger catalog:



Tomato, tomatoe?

I would call all of these 'aperature sights'. The catalog descriptions refer to the smaller aperature that flips down on some models as a "turn down peep".

Here is someone else's attempt to tell us what a 'diopter sight' is: Ask Foghorn


Diopter and globe sight picture (diopter rear, globe front sights).

An optician's point of view regarding another applied use of the word 'diopter' (from Lindsey Optics):

Diopter is a unit of measurement, much like other units of measurement such as millimeters, meters, inches, etc. It's not a physical thing that you can pick up and hold. It's a unit of measurement.

We don't call lenses "Millimeters", We call them lenses, with a notation of focal length measured in millimeters. So for example we could describe a specific lens as a "50mm f2 lens" we wouldn't call it a "Millimeter".

Likewise, we should refer to close-up lenses just that way, as close-up lenses. So one description would be: "138mm Round +1 Diopter Close-Up Lens". That describes the size of the lens (138mm diameter), the power of the lens (+1 diopter) and the type of lens (Close-Up Accessory Lens).

Now all of that said, it seems that "Diopter" has become the standard name for these things and despite some annoyance, we've used it too, because it's standard. Stupid, but standard . . .


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