Anyone know where to find an over-sized USMC style sight cover for a 1903? I tried ordering one from Numrich but they sent me a standard size.
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Searching for a USMC 03 Sight Cover
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Almost all you see are repos. They have been making them for a long time and they are almost impossible to tell an original vs a repo. .
I would venture to say almost all you see advertised as real, are probably repo someone's aged artificially.
I would almost just contact Bill Bentz and buy a repo and age it. I have an original one that I know for certain is real and when I set that one next to Bill's I can't tell other than the finish on his new.
I would venture to say almost all you see advertised as real, are probably repo someone's aged artificially.
I would almost just contact Bill Bentz and buy a repo and age it. I have an original one that I know for certain is real and when I set that one next to Bill's I can't tell other than the finish on his new.
These are pictures of Bill Bentz's aftermarket sight cover. The original design is pretty common but obscures the sight picture. I have to take mine off to shoot. The USMC developed a larger cover that should allow the shooter to still see the target with the cover on.
Yeah the Marines wanted a sight cover in place because they had a real problem for bending or breaking front sight blades. Especially in boot camp. The Marines initially created the tall cover because of the #10 sights they adopted in 1919. But carried the tall cover over to when they switched to the #6's in 1936 as well.
Which is this one? Measures .360" ID wide and .275" ID high. Same dimensions as the cover on my 1903 Mark 1.
Thats the standard protective sight cover.
Its smaller than the USMC cover that allows you to shoot while installed.
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