British Lewis LMG Tangent Sight Elevating Screw ERA already more than a century

already more than a century old

giving it a certain amount of stiffness to help maintain its shape

replicated with great care and exactingly quality

the most interesting part of this set is that the above items are contained in a 12th Lancers inscribed Steel Chest measuring 18" x 24" x 18" tall being in fact a portable Safe/Strong Box with 2" thick walls

British Lewis LMG Tangent Sight Elevating Screw ERA already more than a centuryOriginal Item: The Lewis gun featured a folding leaf rear sight graduated to 2000 yards for the British caliber . 303 Mk VII ball cartridge. The position of the slide in the sight leaf was adjusted by turning a knob attached to an elevating screw. I. M. A. has two elevating screws that look new and unissued. RARE.