Iron Sights
Fixed front and adjustable rear Iron Sights on a Colt pistol
Beech folding combination
front Iron Sight
Rear
express Iron Sights on a custom rifle.
Tangent rear barrel Iron
Sight
Howe-Whelen adjustable
sight-safety mounted to the rear of a Hoffman rifle's bolt.
Receiver-mounted
vernier-adjustable rear Iron Sight on a Shiloh Sharps rifle.
Iron Sights - A set of two metallic protuberences fitted normally to the top of a firearm; one near the muzzle and the other near the breech, fixed or adjustable, which when set and aligned properly with the target, aid in accurate aiming---as opposed to glass-optical telescopic sights.
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