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THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF THE APERTURE IS 4/16 . My sight is tight and not wobbly at all . I appreciate all the info and if some one has one I can try PLEASE LET ME KNOW !!! I will also contact the pother source listed in case . Yes I heard about all the cracked stocks . I took mine apart and used some spar varnish and tung oil to the inside areas that appeared dry and possible weaker areas subject to cracking . I have some 35 Newtons loaded up but they are on the heavy side ,so never shot it, yet . I will probably have some lighter ones loaded first to try it and yes I always wanted to shoot it .I agree its quite slim but that really is the charm of the rifle . I would say this one has been shot a little so its good it did not crack . I almost thought when I first got it , it had a rose wood stock as Newton had some like this as it has a nice rich red color with black grain but its probably just nice walnut ,still I had a rose wood stocked rifle once and it does look some what similar Not sure how to post pics here ? If anyone emails me at willsanders@earthlink.net I can send you a few pictures if you can post them for me . The 35 is by far the rarest of the normal Newton calibers . Production now looks like less than 300 . Who knows how many are left and how many of those are unaltered .

I emailed rusty42, so far no reply . I emailed Apertures n More and he said he did not know and asked how many threads per inch in the Newton Bolt peep . I have no idea or how I could measure such a small thin ring for that measure . Does anyone here know the threads per inch for the Newton Bolt peep ?

Actually the 22 Newton is scarcer than the .35 by a factor of 1 to 8. I've had a couple of 35s but never a .22 Newton. If I were doing it (again), I would avoid full house .35 Newton loads in your rifle.

This kind of tool will help you:



And this way it works:

Good suggestion, Igorrock, but he needs to measure a female thread, not a male. I'll check one of mine and see what I can determine.

If all else fails, he can make a "Dummy" by stopping off one side of the hole, filling it with cerrosafe, and then unscrewing the dummy.The dia and pitch can then be directly determined.
Mike

I swear....there is always something to be learned from you!!!!!! Another note to add to my file. Thanks yet again.

I checked my rifles, and the only one which has a cocking piece sight has a Lyman, not a Newton. I guess Robert Zimmerman (rusty marlin)has the only two I own in his possession.

However, Larry Wales, who wrote the book (literally) about Newtons has a post today, and he will undoubtedly know the answer to your question. The book is a good buy, incidentally.

Larry Wales listed the Newton in 22 Newton as having maybe less than 12 rifles ever made .Hell yes that is rare. I just do not consider that a normally produced caliber .I wonder why they never made more ? The 35 was a normally produced caliber and I consider it the rarest of that classification of the 256 , 30 and 35 . As less then 300 were made ,but yet its known world wide and was used extensively . The 40 as far as odd balls go is more rare than the 22 , maybe one known ? Bit its not , again a normal chambering . Would love to find one though !!!!

Thank you but that would work IF I already had the part I needed ! The threads are INSIDE the metal ring the aperture I need would screw into and there is no way to get a took inside the tiny ring that I know of to measure them.If some one here has the screw in part I need they could certainly unscrew it , use that tool and measure the threads and THEN I could tell the maker the answer .