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Hugh · 03-22-2002, 09:15 AM

My recently aquired 1900 Commercial has an integral front sight on the original barrel. All of the pictures I have seen show a dovetailed front sight, even on the early model Lugers. Can anyone shed any light on this?

03-22-2002, 09:38 AM

I've seen some of these M1900s where the front sight base is just pinned to the barrel, fall off. Perhaps some later gunsmith silver sodered on a broom type front sight. I've seen this as a factory replacement for LPO8s that had a jammed fine-tune front sight removed at the rear of the sight base (barrel shortened half an inch). Tom h

03-22-2002, 09:15 AM	#1
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 165 Times in 64 Posts	Front sight question My recently aquired 1900 Commercial has an integral front sight on the original barrel. All of the pictures I have seen show a dovetailed front sight, even on the early model Lugers. Can anyone shed any light on this?

03-22-2002, 09:38 AM	#2
tom h Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Front sight question I've seen some of these M1900s where the front sight base is just pinned to the barrel, fall off. Perhaps some later gunsmith silver sodered on a broom type front sight. I've seen this as a factory replacement for LPO8s that had a jammed fine-tune front sight removed at the rear of the sight base (barrel shortened half an inch). Tom h