US1237955A - Sight for rifles, pistols, and the like. - Google Patents

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7 SIGHT FOR RIFL'ES, PISTOL'S, AND TH E LIKE APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3.1917.

Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

.. zeisraueefir JOSEPH HENRY PRICE or BONCATH, WALES.

SIGHT FOR RIFLES, PISTOLS, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

Application filed March 3, 1917. Serial No. 152,313.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH HENRY PRICE, a subject of His Majesty the King of England, and resident of Boncath, in the county of Pembroke, Vi ales, Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sights for Rifles, Pistols, and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sights for rifles, pistols, and the like.

Heretofore in sights for rifles and the like it has been proposed to provide a rearsight in the form of a vertically adjustable yoke piece and also in other forms of sights to make the aperture in the backsight of such a size that the other or foresight will appear within the opening of the backsight, show a ring of light between the respective inner and outer edges.

Now according to the present invention I provide a sighting device for rifles, pistols and the like comprising in combination a rear or backsight in the form of a vertically adjustable yoke piece, the legs of which are adapted to slide through perforated lugs secured to the barrel or other part of the rifle, graduations on one of said legs, a large peephole formed therein, and a bead or other suitable foresight arranged on the nosecap or barrel of the rifle and of a size adapted to appear within the opening in the backsight.

The invention is hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation showing one form of bead foresight and my new rearsight applied to the barrel of a rifle the stock of which is removed.

Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation taken through the rearsight and rifle barrel.

Fig. 3 is a sectional rear elevation showing hind or rearsight raised for longer range.

Fig. 4 is a plan of portion of barrel show ing lugs formed on barrel with sockets to take sliding parts of rear sight; and

Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig. 8, but showing the rearsight depressed, set for point blank range and showing a view of foresight as seen looking through said rearsight.

As shown, and according to the present invention, I provide a rear or backsight a in the form of a ring or peephole which is adapted to be arranged on the barrel 6 of the weapon in or about the position in which the ordinary open backsights are usually arranged and in substitution of said ordinary open backsights. This ring or peephole is of larger area than the peephole of the aperture sight sometimes provided on and affixed to the hand or other part of the stocks of rifles and is far less liable to damage from rough usage than the latter.

The backsight is mounted on an inverted U shaped member 0 the whole of which is made of one piece of metal the two legs of which are adapted to be adjustable through a pair of lugs d secured to the barrel 6 or otherwise provided on the fore-end of the stock. A stop pin a may be provided to prevent the device being pulled completely out of its sockets. One of the legs 0 is suitably marked or graduated as shown in Figs. 5' and 5, and a pressure spring f may be provided in order to retain the sight in its set position.

The limbs of the said sliding backsight when down are protected from injury by a recess or case in the front of the stock under the barrel or when necessary owing to the particular make of rifle used by a metal cover underneath same.

The foresight 2' used with the aforesaid backsight a is preferably of the bead type and it is adapted to be suitably fixed or formed on the nosecap or barrel Z) of the rifle or pistol as the case may be. The proportions of the bead and the ring or peephole backsight are such that the foresight z' will as shown in Fig. 5 clearly appear within the opening of the backsight a. Thus the usual necessity for taking the exact fullness or fineness of the foresight is obviated as the eye automatically and exactly centers the foresight i on to the object aimed at thus permitting accurate aim to be instantly and automatically taken and thus also saving time in aiming and preventing eye fatigue. The foresight 2' may be made vertically and horizontally adjustable as may be considered necessary or desirable; horizontal adjustment being preferably provided for as shown in Fig. 1 by mounting the sight on a dovetail slide What I claim is The combination with a gun barrel having oppositely disposed lugs, each having a vertical opening, an adjustable rear gun sight comprising a yoke, the vertical legs of which engage in the vertical openings, the of the yoke to hold the latter in adjusted top of the yoke having an extension formed position, and a foresight of a size adapted to with an opening, the axis of which is pzu'albe sighted within the opening in the extenl0 lei with the axis of the gun barrel, a flat sion on the yoke.

spring fastened to one of the lugs on the In testimony whereof I have hereunto barrel and its opposite end in engagement signed my name. with the face of one of the legs of the lugs JOSEPH HENRY PRICE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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