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
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
In addition, it has a fold-down adjustable rear sight and a Truglo fiber-optic front sight.
From Time Magazine Archive
You have brought your Creedmoor rifle along, divested, of course, of its Venier sight, wind-guage, and spirit-level, and in their places you have fitted a Beach combination front sight and Lyman rear sight.
From Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by Shields, George O.
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