HW 55 Burgo with cone diopter

No never seen one like that?that is beautiful" where did you find that?iv been looken for 55m or mm for a long time? Willy

Wow, that is quite extraordinary!

I have eight of those early all-steel "underwheel" HW sights, and the usual OEM eyepiece is impressive enough - 40mm in diameter, with a hand-tooled texture to reduce glare on the rear face. But I've never seen anything like that one! I would agree it's probably non-factory, but professionally done.

For comparison purposes here is the typical setup. This gun is also a Burgo-labeled 55 M, slightly newer than yours, serial 5549.

Crickets...!

You might try posting this at the AVA forum:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/americanvintageairguns/

Or the "Vintage gate" at the GTA forum:

https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?board=124.0

@mdriskill Thank you for those suggestions.  I will try those sites.

I have one of those in my kitchen along with many other funnels.  Lol.      Just kidding. 

Beautiful rifle but needs the real HW sites to make it whole.  IMO

@kingfisher I agree.  It would be better were it to have genuine sights, as people invariably desire originality.  I thought I would share the images as it is unusual.  Actually, it works quite well as an iris.

@tusaura 

Definitely unusual and creative.   Thanks for sharing and being a good sport.   

That 55M is a keeper!!  Wee bit jealous. 

Reminiscent of the FKN Meister-Schusse diopter sights but the "cone" is not exactly the same.

Very unusual and also quite a curiosity, maybe it was meant for shooting outside since the deep cone would keep the eyepiece shaded from sun glare?  Love the look of the aluminum butt"pad" not too sure of its comfort level but damm it looks sharp!

In my opinion, the unusual design and obvious quality of the eyepiece do not diminish the gun's value at all, whether it is factory work or not.

It's great to see another Burgo 55.  Mine is s/n 5481, which I think is 1954-5. One of these days, I need to track down a front sight hood, or more likely, have one made.

In any case, it's nice to see a few of these are still around.

FourRings - that is a BEAUTY! I have four of the early metal-butt HW 55's, but none are in such nice condition as yours, with both OEM sights and the second-gen (GREATLY improved) steel multi-lever trigger. The sight hoods do seem to be a true rarity!

The "Burgo" trade name was used by the Burgmuller company, a large wholesaler that sold many early Weihrauch rifles (analagous to Sears's "Ted Williams" labeled Crosmans, etc.). No. 5549 in this pic is a Burgo, similar to yours, with the same trigger. I have three later Burgo 55's too.