M1 flip sights

[Johnny P]

And all people who love cars, guitars or women all love the exact same type. Totally false.

It doesn't confirm it at all because there is all level of fakers out there. Chinese manufacturers don't read these forums. /facepalm
Plenty of fakers DO read these forums and would love a guide on how to make their Chinese sight look more authentic. Why would people suggest that someone here in the USA wanting to gain an extra $100-$1000 would not spend an hour modding his repop sight to con someone his Carbine is original and worthy of a 2000 to 6000 price? Suggesting that it would do no harm makes that person suspect.

And then there are plenty of cheap entitlement types who want a free education at someone else's expense on IDing real parts. Study.

The part you are missing is that the Chinese never undertook to fake the Carbine sights. Enterprising American dealers contracted their sights to be made in China. The Chinese would be just as happy making egg beaters or noodle makers.

No secret can be given away on the internet that can't be better developed from looking at an original item.

[M1C]

You must be pretending to miss the point. People aren't going to tell any general, unknown forum readers how to better fake their parts. Again, your assertion was already proven false.

Plenty of fakers DO read these forums and would love a guide on how to make their Chinese sight look more authentic.

Additionally, the Chinese are in love with faking Western items of any kind that will pocket them currency. It's their goal to personally strip wealth from Western items by producing knock-off items. It's pretty much their business model.

[Johnny P]

Really? The Chinese will fake anything you want just like you want it. Of course if someone isn't bright enough to show them how to make it, then maybe they have to go to the forum for fine tuning.

[M1C]

More deflection isn't going to change the outcome. It wasn't me who brought up the Chinese. You stated that no harm can be done by revealing how to ID real and fake sights. All I did was prove that it's the fakers here in the USA who can do the main harm be being informed on how to fool people with better faked sights. Try responding to my actual assertions.

[Tuna]

There are ways to tell if a sight is real or a reproduction. Just copying a real sight will not make it so. If you compare a fake to a real one real close and take time to do so then you will see the differences. You can even do it with good pictures of both. But it takes time and that is how those who do know have found the answers. Put the time in to learn.

[M1C]

Ditto that. The last sentence especially.