rear sight
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A gun's rear sight and a musket side plate found nearby offer some support for that interpretation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
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
In addition, it has a fold-down adjustable rear sight and a Truglo fiber-optic front sight.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
He stopped, gripping the cold steel of the rifle and not feeling the rear sight as it cut into his hand.
From Space Prison by Tom Godwin
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