Hi,
All the Marlin 1889's that I've seen have long Rocky Mountain rear sights with the traditional seperate serrated elevator and a fairly long half-teardrop shaped German silver front sight blade. I recently came across a Marlin 1889 that has what appears to be different iron sights. Here's a picture of the rear sight and a (albeit poor) picture of the front sight:
The rear sight looks similar to a Winchester carbine ladder sight and the front sight blade (if you look very carefully) is not much longer than the width of the base. It may also be the lighting, but the rear sight appears to be darker than the rest of the rifle.
My suspicion is that the rear sight, and possibly the front sight, are not original. I'm still building up knowledge of these older Marlins, so would like some other opinions --- could these sights be original to the rifle?
Thanks very much!
All the Marlin 1889's that I've seen have long Rocky Mountain rear sights with the traditional seperate serrated elevator and a fairly long half-teardrop shaped German silver front sight blade. I recently came across a Marlin 1889 that has what appears to be different iron sights. Here's a picture of the rear sight and a (albeit poor) picture of the front sight:





The rear sight looks similar to a Winchester carbine ladder sight and the front sight blade (if you look very carefully) is not much longer than the width of the base. It may also be the lighting, but the rear sight appears to be darker than the rest of the rifle.
My suspicion is that the rear sight, and possibly the front sight, are not original. I'm still building up knowledge of these older Marlins, so would like some other opinions --- could these sights be original to the rifle?
Thanks very much!