Parker Hale PH5a or other SMLE target sight

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   Hi,

does someone knows where I could get a PH5a target sight for a SMLE? Could also be another producer of SMLE target sights. 

Thanks for your help!

Thomas

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Harzer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: April 16 2023 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote Harzer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Parker Hale PH5a or other SMLE target sight Posted: May 04 2023 at 5:56am
	Hi, does someone knows where I could get a PH5a target sight for a SMLE? Could also be another producer of SMLE target sights. Thanks for your help! Thomas
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Strangely Brown Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: April 05 2022 Location: Wiltshire Status: Offline Points: 645	Post Options Post Reply Quote Strangely Brown Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 04 2023 at 2:03pm
	Australia produced more than their fair share of SMLE sights: Central and Mues immediately spring to mind along with copies of the Central produced in England. I would also be inclined to look at some of the early produced folding sights, one of them designed and produced some 14 years after the P-H 5a was introduced!
	Mick

Sapper740 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: July 15 2021 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 1737	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sapper740 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 05 2023 at 5:54am
	Join an Australia or New Zealand based gunboard and check their 'for sale' ads. I currently have a spare PH5A but I'm hoping to trade it for a micrometer peep sight for a CLLE with another collector.

Shamu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Logo Designer / Donating Member Joined: April 25 2007 Location: MD, USA. Status: Offline Points: 20510	Post Options Post Reply Quote Shamu Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 05 2023 at 12:49pm
	BSA/Parker-Hale/A.G. Parker or A.J. Parker are some others to search for. The folding ones Like the Parkers & BSA'a neeed an adapter, make sure you get the right one for an SMLE, not the more common one for the earlier marks & models without the SMLE type safety. The Australian sights are nice, but even rarer than the P-H ones here in the U.S. I'd try Googling the above names list & see what pops up! This guy is a good source for all of them, try him first. https://www.artiozen.com/post/central-sights-of-australia-for-the-no1-and-no4-lee-enfield If nothing else he's a mine of information on the niceties of getting the right items. Importing & exporting might be a problem though. I sold a PH5A to a member on here in France & they hammered him on import fees when it arrived but otherwise pretty straightforward. Australian "Central No4" & "universal mount plate" P-H 5a with 6 hole aperture eyepiece disk. BSA No9W (the best one for the SMLE) in a "close up SMLE mount plate" Open folded shut I hope this gives you some pointers or ideas.
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Strangely Brown Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: April 05 2022 Location: Wiltshire Status: Offline Points: 645	Post Options Post Reply Quote Strangely Brown Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 05 2023 at 12:54pm
	Another site that everybody should know about! http://www.rifleman.org.uk/ Checkout the sight pages.
	Mick

Enfield trader Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: May 11 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 923	Post Options Post Reply Quote Enfield trader Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: May 05 2023 at 1:27pm
	I have one I’m going to sell but shipping overseas is expensive. I just sold some No4 sights to artiozen at the last show.