BSA 12/15? Foresight Elements

[Nathanael]

Hi all, I am looking for some foresight elements for my dad's BSA 12/15 (I have possibly got the model wrong) it has a Parker Hale foresight tunnel possibly 15mm? 

 

He has a few elements with varying ring widths but they are all the same very small inner diameter.

 

If anyone has any they would sell I'd appreciate it!

[tim s]

Nathanael 

I'll have a look st the club later. We have a tin of 9/16in Parker-Hale elements for BSAs. There should be one or two if a usable size.

Old PH elements do come up quite small today. Remember, targets in the '40s and '50s were 1.5in across where ours are 2in (45% smaller in area), so foresight elements were scaled to match this.

[Nathanael]

Thanks Tim, the ones that I have with the rifle to my eye look to be a about 3.0 maybe 3.2. The closer I can get to 4.2 the better!

 

[tim s]

Hmm 4.2mm might be a stretch. If you have any with a particularly thick ring, you could try reaming or drilling the hole to a larger size.

[Nathanael]

I have thought about that but I'd rather have some spare before risking messing up the ones I have.

 

[tim s]

I had a look this evening, and I'm afraid the largest we have is only 3.0-ish. You're welcome to one to drill out if you want.

[Nathanael]

Thanks anyway Tim I'll keep searching 👍