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Originally Posted by s&wchad
Nice rifle and a cool sight! You can get a Cody letter up to about 360,000 on the 1894’s. Yours should be close.
That “climbin’ Lyman” is a rather valuable rear sight. I see your’s has the flip down aperture. They were offered by Winchester as an option and required extra holes in the receiver. If you have a gun that’s drilled for a Lyman 21, you’ll pay what you have to for the sight to make it whole. I’ve seen them go for $300 - $400. A close up of the rear seat blank (dovetail filler) should tell us if it’s factory work. Their blanks were rather unique.
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The serial number is 388*** so I just missed it for the letter. An image of the rear sight plug is below. It looks like the rear sight was cut off. The front sight is also marked as Lyman.
There is no evidence of a rear sight elevator being used , so I think the Lyman sight must have been added very early if not a factory installation. The wear on the sight is also on par with the wear on the rifle..Can you describe the unique blank the factory used?