Mle 1907 15Berthier Modifie
Does anyone know what substance was applied to the dimples on the night sights? I'd like to redo the ones on mine. Could it have been Radium; glow in the dark paint; white paint? Just guessing here.
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Starting in August and again in March 1917 Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Châtellerault (MAC) developed “night sights” for the as-issued front and rear sights, the modification consisted of placing...
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So what do these night sights look like. My front sight is quite thick (0.25) for a front sight and does have a recessed circle on the back side. The rear sight doesn't have any such circle.
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The rear sight leaf has these small 1/8" deep rounded hole on each side of the sight notch.Not all the rear sights have these BTW, you have to understand that during thier service history many of...
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Thanks, did a google search and found a pic of both rear and fwd sights.
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