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Marraki,

I once saw a DR on the web that had been retro fitted with a sight very similar to the one you have drawn. The tube might have been a little shorter. I saw it for sale on Westley Richards site I think. It is long gone. I don't know if the sight was counterbored or not and I recall that it was screwed to the rib.

The retro fit job wasn't first rate but it struck me that the way the sight was shaped that it wouldn't interfere with holding or handleing the rifle and wouldn't be catching on clothing, belt etc. If the sight was fitted into a dovetail I would have more confidence in it staying put.

By the way, I frequently hunt deer in a shotgun only area and 12 gauge rifles qualify as shotguns for hunting deer. I'm a lefty and every Paradox or 12 bore rifle I have seen has been too right handed to economically put into service for this lefty.

By chance, while on vacation, I stopped into Dewing's Fly and Gun Shop in West Palm Beach, Florida last Saturday. They are a high end gun shop and I got to handle several new high end DR's, including one beauty in 500NE by Joseph Just, priced at a stunning $130,000. Unfortunately they were short on Brit DR's at the time.

While shooting the bull with one of the owners I mentioned my problem and he suggested a solution. His suggestion was to have Siace(sp?) build a 12 ga rifle. He's heading to Italy at the end of the month for business with some of his suppliers, including Saice and will see what can be done.

I specced out the rifle and included two extra dovetails in the 1/4 rib in case I want to mount a scope in the future. I think I'll call to make sure one of the dovetails is far enough back so that it could be used for a sight like you have drawn up for that inevitable time when a peep sight becomes the best option. The Saice rifles in stock ranged from 30-06 to 45-70, their limit on the bigger bores. They seemed OK, for the price.

Curl,

Thanks for the links to the photos of the McNaughton. Very interesting odd duck.

JPK

Edited by JPK (21/04/06 01:30 AM)

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