Artillery Rear Sights

Powdercrank · 12-06-2004, 12:42 PM

Greetings!
I have been lurking here for awhile and have come up with a question or two... I have examined a couple 1917 DWM Artilleries, and noticed as the rear sights are raised to their high limit, they shift to the left because the pivot pin is lower on the left side. Is this to compensate for the right-hand twist in the rifling? Does the rifling direction make the bullets crawl in that direction? I've definitely gotten an education reading posts on this site.
Thanks in advance!

12-06-2004, 12:42 PM	#1
Powdercrank User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North Central Indiana Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Artillery Rear Sights Greetings! I have been lurking here for awhile and have come up with a question or two... I have examined a couple 1917 DWM Artilleries, and noticed as the rear sights are raised to their high limit, they shift to the left because the pivot pin is lower on the left side. Is this to compensate for the right-hand twist in the rifling? Does the rifling direction make the bullets crawl in that direction? I've definitely gotten an education reading posts on this site. Thanks in advance!

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