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  1. Default Ivory Front Sight


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    Default ivory front sight

    Found this in a box of parts at a gun show years ago

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    Nice piece! I've got a sporterized 1903 with one on it... seems to have been a common aftermarket upgrade in the past... helps pick up the front sight visibility-wise. I've also got a gold-beaded one.

    Best Regards from Virginia,

    Chris

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    I think that maybe your sight might have a bronze tip. I've seen those. The ivory peice in the drawing appears to me to be just a small dot like peice at the end. Look again.

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    You are correct, Fred.... bronze-tipped it is! Only a pimp would think of having a gold-tipped front sight (no offense to any past or present pimps out there).

    Best Regards from Virginia,

    Chris

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    Ya know, thinking about how gold never tarnishes, I'll bet that it'd be an interesting metal to have a front sight bead made from! Wow, I wonder how much such a sight would cost? It'd just be a tiny bit. Couldn't weigh much. Ooops, there must be a bit of a Pimp in me to even think that! LOL. "Pimp Daddy Fritz" OMG! Just thinking about how a gold bead would never get dull with a patina. Along with Ivory, it might be sort of practicle in a way.

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    You're right... there may be some practical application for it... maybe not a solid gold bead, but maybe gold paint? Just thinking out loud here....

    Yep, the pimp is coming out in me as well!

    Best Regards from Virginia,

    Chris

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