Bill:
Mine is the only one I have ever seen with fixed sights, I just can't believe they would be very common.
My fixed rear sight is actually a ghost ring with about a 1/8" aperture. That, along with the 20" barrel makes for one fast handling little rifle. It weighs a hair over 7 pounds, the sights come up quickly to the eye, and it fits me like a glove. My guess is the original owner was looking for something fairly short range, quick handling, maybe in tall grass or timber?
Unfortunately, we will probably never know, and the stock has a tiny crack behind the receiver, so I will never shoot it with full powered M1 loads. I may shoot it with my reduced loads; I have a timbered creek area on one of my farms, with wild hogs, it might be time to put it to the test...............
