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MODEL OF 1917 & 1917A1 SIGHTS
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M1917/1917A1 sight
References
MACHINE GUN SERVICE REGULATIONS
SECTION 22
WAR DEPARTMENT
January, 1919
Page 40
Caliber .30
2800 meters
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
References
MACHINE GUN SERVICE REGULATIONS
SECTION 22
WAR DEPARTMENT
January, 1919
Page 40
Caliber .30
2800 meters
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
M1917/1917A1 sight
References
MACHINE GUN SERVICE REGULATIONS
SECTION 22
WAR DEPARTMENT
January, 1919
Page 42
Caliber .30
2800 meters
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
References
MACHINE GUN SERVICE REGULATIONS
SECTION 22
WAR DEPARTMENT
January, 1919
Page 42
Caliber .30
2800 meters
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
M1917/1917A1 sight
References
BASIC FIELD MANUAL
Volume III
BASIC WEAPONS
PART THREE
MCHINE-GUN COMPANY
WAR DEPARTMENT
1932
Page 3
Caliber .30
2600 YARDS
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
Note: Manual mentions 2600 yards ,but shows picture of 2800.
References
BASIC FIELD MANUAL
Volume III
BASIC WEAPONS
PART THREE
MCHINE-GUN COMPANY
WAR DEPARTMENT
1932
Page 3
Caliber .30
2600 YARDS
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
Note: Manual mentions 2600 yards ,but shows picture of 2800.
M1917/1917A1 sight
References
MACHINE GUNNERS MANUAL
MILITARY SERVICE PUBLISHING COMPANY
Nov 1936
Page 3
Caliber .30
2600 YARDS
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
Note: See description below
References
MACHINE GUNNERS MANUAL
MILITARY SERVICE PUBLISHING COMPANY
Nov 1936
Page 3
Caliber .30
2600 YARDS
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
Note: See description below
The rear sight leaf originally is calibrated for '06 ammunition, and is graduated to 2600 yards elevation. These original
sight leafs are being replaced by later models calibrated to an elevation of 3300 yards. The use of older sight leafs with
M1 ammunition, or conversly the new sight leaf with '06 ammunition is not practical, at ranges beyond 800 yards,
without corrections in sight setting to correct for the different trajectories involved.
M1917/1917A1 sight
References
MACHINE GUNNERS MANUAL
MILITARY SERVICE PUBLISHING COMPANY
Nov 1936
Page 3
Caliber .30
2600 YARDS
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
Note: Sight pictured is marked 34 (stock photo?)
References
MACHINE GUNNERS MANUAL
MILITARY SERVICE PUBLISHING COMPANY
Nov 1936
Page 3
Caliber .30
2600 YARDS
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
Note: Sight pictured is marked 34 (stock photo?)
M1917/1917A1 sight
References
SOLDIERS HANDBOOK
PREPARED FOR THE USE OF THE FOURTH ARMY
1938
Page 52
Numbers or ammo type not noted in this handbook
Probably 2600
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
References
SOLDIERS HANDBOOK
PREPARED FOR THE USE OF THE FOURTH ARMY
1938
Page 52
Numbers or ammo type not noted in this handbook
Probably 2600
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
M1917/1917A1 sight
References
MACHINE GUNNER'S
HANDBOOK
THE INFANTRY JOURNAL
1938
Page 3
Sight for M-1 ammunition
3400 Yards
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
References
MACHINE GUNNER'S
HANDBOOK
THE INFANTRY JOURNAL
1938
Page 3
Sight for M-1 ammunition
3400 Yards
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
M1917/1917A1 sight
References
THE BROWNING HEAVY
MACHINE GUN MECHANISM
Made Easy
1942
Page 24
Sight for M-1 ammunition
2800 meters
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
Note: This manual was made in Great Britain for the Browning Machine Gun. This is a WW1 sight. Probably had plenty of them to give away.
References
THE BROWNING HEAVY
MACHINE GUN MECHANISM
Made Easy
1942
Page 24
Sight for M-1 ammunition
2800 meters
Source: Original handbook
C. Johnson Collection
Note: This manual was made in Great Britain for the Browning Machine Gun. This is a WW1 sight. Probably had plenty of them to give away.
M1917/1917A1 sight
References
ORD 9 SNL A-5
Gun Machine Cal. .30
1917A1 and Tripod
ARMY SERVICE FORCES
29 March 1944
Page 42
Caliber .30
2600 Yards
Source: Original SNL
C. Johnson Collection
References
ORD 9 SNL A-5
Gun Machine Cal. .30
1917A1 and Tripod
ARMY SERVICE FORCES
29 March 1944
Page 42
Caliber .30
2600 Yards
Source: Original SNL
C. Johnson Collection
M1917/1917A1 sight
References
FM 23-55
BROWNING MACHINE GUNS,
CALIBER 30 191A7A1
M1919A4 & M1919A6
JULY 1945
WAR DEPARTMENT
Page 3
Caliber .30
2600 YARDS
Source: Original MANUAL
C. Johnson Collection
References
FM 23-55
BROWNING MACHINE GUNS,
CALIBER 30 191A7A1
M1919A4 & M1919A6
JULY 1945
WAR DEPARTMENT
Page 3
Caliber .30
2600 YARDS
Source: Original MANUAL
C. Johnson Collection