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Originally Posted by postino
I'll tell a little story (without an ending)...Back on 02/27/12 I phoned in an order for a Redfield micrometer receiver sight to a well-known Texas sight dealer (doesn't have a web site or email)...He looked through his stock, found exactly the sight I wanted, reasonable price [$57], set it aside awaiting my money order, and told me it would be 4 - 6 weeks for delivery...Huh??? 4 - 6 weeks to pack it up and send it out??? 
...It's been 6 weeks...I'm still waiting...  |
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Originally Posted by policeluger
I know, use him from time to time.....he's old and slow, but we'er all getting that way
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I know it's off-topic, but as Howard was nice enough to comment, I thought I'd follow up on this...It ended up taking 8 weeks, but who's counting...
My order (by phone) was for a Redfield No 75 micrometer receiver sight ['peep' sight] for a Remington 513T...I don't have a Remington, but I intended to mount it on an Enfield No 1 Mk III* ["SMLE"]...
The gentleman's name is Garry Fellers, and he had exactly what I wanted (No 75 w/target knobs & hunting aperture), in excellent used condition, for a very reasonable price...They haven't made these sights since the 50's (according to the box)...Garry travels to many large shows and buys various sights...That is his business...
I finished up mounting it this morning...I have another to do as well, and this time I won't remove as much wood...
Took me a while to get the tooling I needed; I'm not a smith and don't normally have the fine screws/taps needed...I also had to find a second base...I still need to cold blue the skimcut on the receiver and re-harden the base, and BLO the stock reliefs (and fix the cut charger bridge)...But I'm satisfied with the result...
