1900 AE rear dovetailed site

[Dwight Gruber]

Originally posted by hqbmw
I have no plans on shooting it. I would like to make an element for the rear site. I have a front site for it, but if the rear site stays as is, so be it.
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You are very correct about the lack of any marks indicating an element had been installed. It is as clean as the photos indicate.

Jack, I recall our discussion about this gun being refinished. It is entirely possible--if not likely--that the rear sight intended for it was fabricated and installed, perhaps even tested; and then removed for the refinish and simply never reinstalled.

Do I recall correctly that the front sight is a bead? If so, its removal before rework might support this hypothesis. I wonder if the rear sight was simply lost during the process??

Ironically, I never mentioned the pencil thin 150mm 7.65 barrel. It is just one of the most striking firearms I have ever seen, despite its site issues.

I hope you are going to show us pictures of the entire gun...

--Dwight