abbyonheyward
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Recently, I’ve been accumulating Smith & Wesson sight adjustment tools (SAT). As expected, the S&W brotherhood on this forum has documented lots of very useful and helpful information (including great photos) of the various SATs of Smith & Wesson.
In my opinion, the single most useful resource on the web is a photo created and posted in these forums by member RKmesa. His photo shows examples of known S&W SATs and their approximate vintage (photo below).
Very recently, I acquired what I believe to be a SAT that I don’t recall seeing before. In my opinion, it did not come from the S&W factory with an adjustable sighted revolver. I hope that someone here can let me know if this item was intended to be a SAT, or not. If so, is it for a particular brand or model of firearm or is it “universal” / aftermarket? If it isn’t a SAT, what is it?
My observations about this piece: it is totally unmarked; it’s made of one piece of steel (it’s magnetic); it has been finished (blued, painted?); the widest section is fluted / grooved; the “shaft” and tip are not tapered (appears that the tip is the same diameter as the shaft); the overall length is approximately 1 3/8 inches; the diameter of the fluted portion is approximately 3/8 inch; the diameter if the shaft and tip is approximately 1/8 inch; the tip appears to be hollow ground.
As you see (in the center of my photographed accumulation) it is much shorter and appears generally smaller than factory S&W SATs.
The previous owner says he found it in his uncle’s gun cleaning kit and that it had been used for decades to adjust handgun sights and rifle scopes - certainly makes sense to me.
My thoughts about what it could be:
1. a one-off piece made by a talented guy in a machine shop (perhaps re-purposed steel shaft with splines)?
2. a commercially distributed SAT by an aftermarket gun equipment / supply company like Brownells, et al.
3. a SAT distributed by an American firearms company other than S&W (perhaps Colt, Ruger, etc.).
4. a SAT from a firearms manufacturer outside of the United States.
5. a piece of military gear.
6. not a SAT, but a small “screwdriver” for a specific piece of equipment (sewing machine, etc …).
7. some combination of the possibilities listed immediately above.
8. something else that I haven’t considered?
Has anyone seen one of these before? Do you have one? Do you have photos or an advertisement that you can share?
I pose these questions to the community out of my own curiosity. Thanks, in advance, to anyone who is inclined to reply.
In my opinion, the single most useful resource on the web is a photo created and posted in these forums by member RKmesa. His photo shows examples of known S&W SATs and their approximate vintage (photo below).
Very recently, I acquired what I believe to be a SAT that I don’t recall seeing before. In my opinion, it did not come from the S&W factory with an adjustable sighted revolver. I hope that someone here can let me know if this item was intended to be a SAT, or not. If so, is it for a particular brand or model of firearm or is it “universal” / aftermarket? If it isn’t a SAT, what is it?
My observations about this piece: it is totally unmarked; it’s made of one piece of steel (it’s magnetic); it has been finished (blued, painted?); the widest section is fluted / grooved; the “shaft” and tip are not tapered (appears that the tip is the same diameter as the shaft); the overall length is approximately 1 3/8 inches; the diameter of the fluted portion is approximately 3/8 inch; the diameter if the shaft and tip is approximately 1/8 inch; the tip appears to be hollow ground.
As you see (in the center of my photographed accumulation) it is much shorter and appears generally smaller than factory S&W SATs.
The previous owner says he found it in his uncle’s gun cleaning kit and that it had been used for decades to adjust handgun sights and rifle scopes - certainly makes sense to me.
My thoughts about what it could be:
1. a one-off piece made by a talented guy in a machine shop (perhaps re-purposed steel shaft with splines)?
2. a commercially distributed SAT by an aftermarket gun equipment / supply company like Brownells, et al.
3. a SAT distributed by an American firearms company other than S&W (perhaps Colt, Ruger, etc.).
4. a SAT from a firearms manufacturer outside of the United States.
5. a piece of military gear.
6. not a SAT, but a small “screwdriver” for a specific piece of equipment (sewing machine, etc …).
7. some combination of the possibilities listed immediately above.
8. something else that I haven’t considered?
Has anyone seen one of these before? Do you have one? Do you have photos or an advertisement that you can share?
I pose these questions to the community out of my own curiosity. Thanks, in advance, to anyone who is inclined to reply.
