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Offline yip

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rear sight?
« on: April 13, 2020, 03:03:27 AM »
well i got the front sight installed on my pistol and debating on a rear sight. the ones on K.R.A. has no rear sight are they smooth bores?
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Offline smallpatch

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Re: rear sight?
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2020, 04:05:27 AM »
Pistols of the day were belly guns, not target pistols.  Don't really need a rear site at 10-20 ft.
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Offline Daryl

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Re: rear sight?
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2020, 05:57:04 AM »
exactly - that's my understanding as well.
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Offline alacran

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Re: rear sight?
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2020, 02:55:59 PM »
Dueling was conducted at 10 to 20 paces. Interesting way to avoid lawyers, hence the practice was outlawed. Defamation was swiftly adjudicated and the results were final. Since the practice was outlawed, testosterone levels have been in decline. Rear sights would have been helpful.
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Offline yip

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Re: rear sight?
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2020, 03:06:48 PM »
 fellas i forgot to mention that i'm trying to copy a Bucks County pistol.
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Offline D. Taylor Sapergia

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Re: rear sight?
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2020, 06:35:36 PM »
Yip:  on my recently finished Verner pistol, there is no rear sight on the original I used for inspiration, but I have the need to be able to hit a mark, so I sawed and filed one out and dovetailed it into the barrel.
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Offline alacran

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Re: rear sight?
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2020, 03:46:12 PM »
There is an unsigned pistol attributed to Andrew Verner. that has a rear sight on it. It is  mounted just forward of the lock. You can find it in Early American Flintlockas, by Hartzler and Whisker.
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Offline Daryl

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Re: rear sight?
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2020, 12:35:48 AM »
This pistol has no rear sight, however it does have 2 dome-headed pins inset into the tang, just barely back from where it joints the barrel.
These two dome headed pins act as a rear sight. They are not visible from the side.




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