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The front sight is a common "Beach combination" that was popular to add to many guns at the time (or order with one) made by Stevens, Marbles, Winchester or similar.

 

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Those are great looking rifles. As far as the stamping on the Lyman sights, Lyman marked them for what gun they go on, because the curve of the tang and screwhole spacings were different. Some rifles with a lot of drop needed a longer sight stem. Some shorter, etc.

Lyman tang sight code:

1. No. 1 Combination Tang Sight (first variation) – patented Jan. 28, 1879. This sight has a thick base and a knurled thumbscrew on the right side of the upright pivot. The real early sights did not have the flip-down peep window, but that feature was incorporated before being replaced in 1884 with the Second Variation.
2. No. 1 Combination Tang Sight Second Variation – patented May 6, 1884. This sight has both the JAN. 28, ’79 and MAY 6, ’84 patent dates stamped on the base of the elevation upright. The knurled screw was replaced with a hairspring that allowed the elevation stem to be locked in the upright position by a spring loaded detent. It was replaced in 1905 by the No. 1A
3. No. 1A Combination Tang Sight Third Variation – patented July 25, 1905. The “A” suffix indicates the addition of the locking lever on the left side of the upright pivot. This sight was in production until 1955.
4. No. 2 Combination Tang Sight – introduced in 1894 and it was intended for Match and Gallery rifles. It is identical to the No. 1 Second Variation except that it has a screw in aperture disk instead of the flip-down peep. Several different aperture disks were available (each with a different diameter peep hole). The larger the outside diameter (OD) of the disk, the smaller the diameter of the peep hole. Seven different sized disks were made (from 3/8” to 1” OD)
5. No. 2A Combination Tang Sight Second Variation – introduced simultaneously with the No. 1A, and is the same the No. 2 except for the locking lever.
6. No. 15 Windgauge Tang Sight – patented August 23, 1887. This sight only allowed for the top portion of the stem to be folded down, and because of that fact, had poor sales numbers and was discontinued in 1906.
7. No. 29 Windgauge Tang Sight – patented March 6, 1900. This sight has a square top stem and could not be folded down like the No. 1 and No. 2 Tang sights. It was discontinued in 1903 due to complaints by shooters of frequent damage to the sight (due to not being able to fold it down).
8. No. 101 and 102 Range Control Tang Sight – patented March 9, 1915 and April 18, 1916. These were the first sights to offer click adjustable elevation. The elevation thimble had ten graduations (marked 0, 2, 4, and 8 with a detent position between each mark). The No. 101 had a flip-down peep, while the No. 102 utilized a screw in aperture disk.
9. No. 103 Windgauge Tang Sight – introduced in 1916. This sight is the top of the line. It features a micrometer (half-minute per click) elevation and windage adjustment, and uses the screw in aperture disks. It is highly sought after by target shooters. It has the same locking lever as the No. 1A and 2A, and was discontinued in 1955.
10. No. 47 Windgauge stem. Option to replace the standard elevation stem on the No. 1, 1A, 2, & 2A Tang sights. It allowed for windage adjustment by use of thumbscrew (1/4 turn changed the impact ½” at 100 yards with a 30” sight base), and it uses a screw in aperture disk like the No. 2 or 2A. If a complete sight was ordered with this feature, it was referred to as a No. 52A.

The following code application list is what I have found to date…

LYMAN BASE CODE APPLICATIONS, 1878 – 1955

AT – Remington Auto loading Rifles, Models 8 & 81

B – Marlin Model ’92, .32 caliber, Hopkins & Allen, Ballard

C – Colt, .22 caliber, Remington No. 6

D – Winchester Model ’94, .32/40, .38/55 calibers, Winchester Model ’92

DA – Winchester Model ’94, .25/35, .30/30 & .32 Special calibers, Model 53, .25/20 & .32/20 calibers, Model 55, .30/30 caliber, Models 64 & 65

DE – Standard Repeating Rifle

E – Marlin Model ’89, Marlin Model ’94, .25/20, .32/20, .38/40 & .44/40 calibers

F – Stevens Favorite, No. 418 & No. 418 1/2

G – Stevens Models 65 & 66

H – Marlin Model ’92, .22 caliber, & Marlin Models ’97, 39 & 39A

HP – Stevens No. 425

I – Winchester Model ’76

J – Marlin Model ’93, .32/40 & .38/55 calibers

JA – Marlin Model ’93, .25/36, .30/30, .32 H.P.S., .32/40 H.P.S. & .38/55 H.P.S. calibers

JB – Marlin Model 27

JM – Marlin Model ’95

K – Marlin Models 18 & 25

KM – Marlin Models 20, 29, 37, 47

L – Iver Johnson Models X & 2X

N – Winchester Model ’86, all calibers except .33

NI – Winchester Model ’86, .33 caliber

NP – Stevens New Model Pocket Rifle

P – Stevens Ideal, Marksman, No. 414, No. 417 & No. 417 1/2

PC – Stevens Crack Shot

Q – Quackenbush

R – Remington No. 3, all calibers except .22

RA – Remington No. 2, Remington No. 3, .22 caliber & Remington No. 5

RP – Stevens Reliable Pocket Rifle

RS – Remington No. 7

R12 – Remington Repeater, Models 12 & 121

R14 – Remington Repeater, Models 14 & 141

R16 – Remington Autoloading Rifle, Model 16, .22 caliber

R24 – Remington Autoloading Rifle, Models 24 & 241, .22 caliber

R25 – Remington Repeater, Model 25

S – Winchester Single Shot (Model 1885), all calibers except .22 and .30/40

SA – Savage Model ’99, .25/35, .30/30, .300, .303, .32/40, .32/40 H.P.S., .22 H.P. & .250/3000 calibers

SB – Winchester Single Shot (Model 1885), .22 & .30/40 calibers

SC – Winchester Model 87 Winder Musket

SE – Savage Model 1905

SH – Savage Model ’99, .38/55 & .38/55 H.P.S. calibers

SJ – Savage “Junior”

SL – Winchester Models 1905, 1907 & 1910 Self-Loading Rifles

SM – Savage Models 1903, 1909, 1912, 1914, 25 & 29, Meriden Models 10 & 15, Mossberg Model K & Stevens 75

SN – Savage Model 1919 .22 NRA & Savage Sporter, .22 caliber

SS – Savage 1922 Sporter, 1923-A Sporter, .22 caliber

ST – Stevens Repeater No. 80

SV – Stevens Repeater Nos. 70 & 71

U – Remington No. 4

W – Winchester Model ’73

WA – Winchester Models 1903 & 63

WF – Winchester Model 52

WM – Winchester .22 Musket

WS – Winchester Models 1890, 1906, 62 & 62A

W61 – Winchester Model 61

X – Express (English)

XA – Winchester Model 1902

XS – Winchester Models 1904, 56, 57, 59 & 60

Y – Maynard