Thanks to Ron and Tom for the reminder that determining authenticity on the basis of a photograph is an imprecise activity at best, and should be done with utmost care.
Thanks also to Don H. and Pete for supplying more pictures of the Navy sight under discussion.
I will refrain from further opinion as to the sight's originality, but I will make some more observations.
Below is a comparison of my authentic Navy rear toggle with the new photos provided (also the reproduction sight presented in the past). As can be seen at the point marked A , the rear face of the sight is machined flat up to the top of the sight sides. On the authentic sight the flat machining only goes to the level of the sight itself, and begins a round profile from there (this is much more noticeable on the actual piece than in the photo). I would be interested in reports of other sights to know how consistent this machinig pattern is.
Ron pointed out in his comparison to the repro sight the slight rounding of the corners in the original sight profile.
The sight under discussion here has no serial number stamp on the toggle tail.
It would be very interesting to see a photo of the underside of this sight, for any markings and its maching marks.
--Dwight
