Sight Identification ?

[Brad Deckard]

Can anyone help with ID of these sights please.

They are 29 cm in diameter, and the bit at the bottom with the five holes is 14cm wide.

numbers are.. 7426/R1 1957 FRONT ORBINIA

could be bofors gun ?

many thanks

Brad

[Lynn Eades]

What about Orlikon?

[Brad Deckard]

Ive got Oerlikon sights and Oerlikon sights are smaller in diameter, with less mounting holes. ( Oerlikon have two mounting holes)

Im thinking more of Bofors?

Brad

[rob love]

I am used to the bofors having two U shaped mounting holes....at least with the Stukey type sights.

[Ed Storey]

This is the wartime Bofors sight.

[Brad Deckard]

The wartime Bofors sights are interesting, But these are 1957.. what did post war sights look like, also if you look at the mounting hole area on the wartime bofors diagram , its similar to the unidentified sight bottom....

[Brad Deckard]

On a sideline.... are Bofors sights easy to get hold off? I have bofors guns but all are missing the sights!! Thats when I dug these unidentified sights out of a crate with a view of making them up... and a friend said they look like bofors sights..

[David Dunlop]

I am not certain, Brad, but there might be another letter hiding in front of ORBINIA. If so, maybe that is the makers name and you might find them on the web to see what they were up to in the 50's.


David

[rob love]

There is a guy in Greece who has what appears to be Bofors sights, and best thing is you can tell what the time is so you don't miss dinner: https://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-WW...8AAOSw0HVWE9pG

The ones I have are similar but a bit simpler. If it wasn't so damn cold out I'd head to the shed and get some photos.

Ed's shots are of an earlier sight setup before the Stukey came into being.

[Brad Deckard]

I looked at those clock sights on fleabay, They look like repros.. I have also got Oerlikon sights and the build is a higher quality than those for sale ..

Its the size of these ones I am trying to identify, They are a lot bigger than Oerlikon. almost a third bigger. I will try and dig out an Oerlikon sight and photograph it next to these bigger ones.

As far as Im aware the Oerlikon sights were not used on the bofors, they were different and smaller.

These are large ... possibly 3.7 gun?

Brad

[Ron Pier]

Could that company name be 'Torbinia' A quick google search reveals that there was at least one British company with that name in the first part of the last century. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Torbinia_Engineering_Co

Ron

[Brad Deckard]

Ron, looks good, but Torbinia was around in ww1. The sights are dated 1957..

BUT ive just checked with a magnifine glass.. and It does say TORBINIA .. also there is a J ( broad arrow) B.

Brad

[Colin Alford]

A possibility?

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR...nsight_pic.jpg

Colin

[Brad Deckard]

Yes what is this cannon?

[Ed Storey]

It is a Q.F. 2-Pdr Mk VIII Quadruple Naval Gun.

[Colin Alford]

Ed,

Correct, I was just about to start typing a reply.

Brad,

I conducted a google image search and first came up with this image:

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR...er_m8_diag.jpg

It then lead me to this site:

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_2pounder_m8.php

The date of 1957 on the sights don't seem to fit with the description a weapon designed in the 1920s but potentially some were still in service (or the mount was adapted for a different weapon).

Regards,
Colin

[Colin Alford]

Correction,

The caption for the picture linked in my first post is:

"Gunsight on 2-pdr Octuple mount. IWM Photograph TR 330."

Colin

[Brad Deckard]

It may be that we have solved this then.... The maker as stated above was around in ww1, which adds up if the sights were made around that time..possibly the 1920s.. Then they could have been for that gun.

It may be that the 1957 date was stamped on after.. ( in 1957) maybe after a factory repaint and inspection...

Im just guessing......