1900 AE Front Silver bead Front Sight

Ron Wood · 03-26-2005, 06:09 PM

Dwight,
That was precisely my take on the sight construction. A homebrew modification of a later sight blade with length of silver wire silver soldered into a hole drilled in the sight blade. Another possibility is that the wire was laid into a channel filed into the original sight blade and the rear blued portion soldered on top. I believe you can see a bit of silver solder emerging from the bottom rear of the blade. For restoration I would think it would be best to replace the blade with an original type. As it is, the only option is to rust blue the blade, for as Thor has noted, fire blueing would destroy the silver insert.

03-26-2005, 06:09 PM	#3
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,052 Thanks: 1,124 Thanked 5,289 Times in 1,729 Posts	Dwight, That was precisely my take on the sight construction. A homebrew modification of a later sight blade with length of silver wire silver soldered into a hole drilled in the sight blade. Another possibility is that the wire was laid into a channel filed into the original sight blade and the rear blued portion soldered on top. I believe you can see a bit of silver solder emerging from the bottom rear of the blade. For restoration I would think it would be best to replace the blade with an original type. As it is, the only option is to rust blue the blade, for as Thor has noted, fire blueing would destroy the silver insert. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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