GB1134983A - Back sight for firearms - Google Patents

Back sight for firearms

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Publication number
GB1134983A
GB1134983A GB395967A GB395967A GB1134983A GB 1134983 A GB1134983 A GB 1134983A GB 395967 A GB395967 A GB 395967A GB 395967 A GB395967 A GB 395967A GB 1134983 A GB1134983 A GB 1134983A
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Prior art keywords
drum
sighting
bush
sight
sight body
Prior art date
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Expired
Application number
GB395967A
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Rheinmetall Industrie AG
Original Assignee
Rheinmetall GmbH
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Publication date
Application filed by Rheinmetall GmbH filed Critical Rheinmetall GmbH
Publication of GB1134983A publication Critical patent/GB1134983A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41WEAPONS
    • F41GWEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G1/00Sighting devices
    • F41G1/06Rearsights
    • F41G1/16Adjusting mechanisms therefor; Mountings therefor
    • F41G1/17Convertible sights, i.e. sets of two or more sights brought into the sight line optionally

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
  • Telescopes (AREA)

Abstract

1,134,983. Backsight for firearms. RHEINMETALL, G.m.b.H. 26 Jan., 1967 [29 Jan., 1866], No. 3959/67. Heading F3C. A backsight for a firearm comprises a sighting. drum 9 having a pluralty of peep apertures 12 at different distances from its upper edge and positioned circumferentially therearound. The sighting drum 9 is screwed on to a support 2 mounted on a sight body 1 on the firearm, the support 2 being in the form of a drum bush releasably secured, as by a screw 3, to the sight body. The sighting drum and the drum bush are interconnected by means of a screw thread 9a on the drum or bush and a plurality of resiliently mounted guide elements 6 in the. bush or drum respectively, the elements 6 being urged into the screw thread 9a such that, for adjustment of the sight the sighting drum 9 can be rotated about the drum bush 2. The sighting drum 9 is releasably locked in its adjusted position as by a spring loaded ball 13 co-operating with a groove 11 of thesighting drum. The drum bush 2 is held against rotation with respect to the sight body 1 by means of a pin 4 of the sight body co-operating with one of a plurality of bores 4a in the drum bush 2. The upper edge of the sighting drum may be provided with a series of recesses to form another set of sighting points (Fig. 2, not shown).
GB395967A 1966-01-29 1967-01-26 Back sight for firearms Expired GB1134983A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DER0042516 1966-01-29

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB1134983A true GB1134983A (en) 1968-11-27

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GB395967A Expired GB1134983A (en) 1966-01-29 1967-01-26 Back sight for firearms

Country Status (5)

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BE (1) BE692902A (en)
FR (1) FR1509605A (en)
GB (1) GB1134983A (en)
NL (1) NL6701208A (en)
NO (1) NO118168B (en)

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Publication number Publication date
FR1509605A (en) 1968-01-12
BE692902A (en) 1967-07-03
NO118168B (en) 1969-11-17
NL6701208A (en) 1967-07-31

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