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I have read that these peep sights were only used to sharpen the focus of the barrel sights not as we use aperture sights today. Thoughts?

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That's how I have always used tang sights.

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Dandy piece of kit isn't it!!!

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'Tis, indeed!

Here's one on a 'Mousie', from the 1939 Stoeger Catalog:



It was a $20 'cost option' for Stoeger imported Mausers, only $12 to add one to a Mannlicher Schönauer:



The 'housing' looks a bit different on the Mauser than on the MS version, but otherwise they seem very similar. Does anyone here own one, or has anyone seen one of these on a Mauser?

It seems they are mostly found on the 'takedown' Mannlicher Schönauer models of M1903 through M1924. The one offered for sale clearly shows the 'lug' that the takedown MS action fits into at the breech end:

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Here's a couple of Mauser pictures.

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Notice that the sight in these photos does not have the release button along the right hand side as found on the MS 'folding peep sight' and on the Mauser sight shown in the '39 Stoeger.

I'm starting to wonder how many varieties of these existed and who made them?

Here are a couple of images (swiped from the 'net) of a somewhat different folding peep on a 'Mauser Guild Rifle':



This one's on a .360 Express double rifle:



Here's a different one, on a Merkel double rifle:

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