rear sight
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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By his read, this is the rear sight of from a DShK variant, a .50-caliber machine gun.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2011
I've managed to get the ring of the front sight to sit just inside the slightly larger ring of the rear sight.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition, it has a fold-down adjustable rear sight and a Truglo fiber-optic front sight.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before I had unslung my rifle Harry fired again, but he could not see the notch in his rear sight and both bullets went high.
From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Andrews, Roy Chapman
In order to correct any tendency to cant the piece, the rear sight is raised in all the exercises.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)
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