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
Aiming or sighting a rifle consists in bringing into line three objects: The target, A, the front sight, B, and the rear sight, C. Fig.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)
This specimen has been fitted with a Civil War type rear sight, evidently having been issued in 1862, when arms were scarce.
From A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks" by Shoemaker, Henry W.
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