rear sight
Americannoun
noun
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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
Sights consist of S&W�s adjustable rear sight with a black blade and interchangeable front sights, either a gold bead on a black Patridge blade or a Hi-Viz green fiber-optic 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
In addition, it has a fold-down adjustable rear sight and a Truglo fiber-optic front sight.
From Time Magazine Archive
To teach uniformity in sighting,—that is, to teach you how to take the same amount of sight each time,—to see every time the same amount of front sight when you look through the rear sight.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)
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