What the heck is this sight for?

[Granite3]

So is boomer end 64 or 65? Different places list different years.
I dont feel Boomer.......

I am thinking rifle grenade launcher add on to a M 14....

 

[Ringleader]

And the answer is "Night sight assembly for French MAS 49/56. Very common, $25 value"
Checked ebay to cross ref.
Granite3 I was thinking of pulling you into this as soon as I saw it.

 

[Granite3]

And the answer is "Night sight assembly for French MAS 49/56. Very common, $25 value"
Checked ebay to cross ref.
Granite3 I was thinking of pulling you into this as soon as I saw it.

Always good the be thought of! Great answer!

 

[palmettomoon]

Thanks all. I'm not a French rifle guy so I'd never seen one before today.

 

[Granite3]

Always trust a West Point Grad!

As he said, for the win-

 

[Cadcom]

Thanks all. I'm not a French rifle guy so I'd never seen one before today.

Hell, neither are the French!

 

[fastfish66]

Thanks all. I'm not a French rifle guy so I'd never seen one before today.

It fell off the rifle when the Frenchman droped it when he was running away.

 

[Sowega86]

Maybe an early Hi-Point prototype barrel sight.

 

[Navy/ArmyVet]

French... probably never been used.