Richard: ONe problem with replicas is that they mimic to the thousandths of an inch the actual sight heights of original guns. However, they don't tell shooters that the originals guns were sighted to hit on at 75 yards--- THAT'S RIGHT ---- 75 yards! Since most revolvers were issued to cavalry soldiers, they were trained to begin shooting at the longer range holding on the stomach of a charging cavalryman. As the range closed, the POI would rise, but there would be still enough torso to allow a shot aimed at the belt buckle( aim small, miss small) to put a mortal wound on the charging enemy soldier. The same kind of training was also given to officers fighting on foot with handgun and saber. Although I have not found an explanation for why sights were set to shoot high, I believe that officers were the decision makers in buying firearms. Officers also routinely were on horseback, and took positions behind their soldiers, whether the men were on foot, or horseback. The officers had a personal interest in seeing that a round would be fired high, and pass harmlessly over the heads and horses of field officers if it missed the fighting men up forward.
I also believe that is why they were trained to aim for the belt buckle of the nearest enemy , so that the shots WOULD shoot low and straight, to hit the soldier who was the target, or perhaps someone in a rank behind that soldier.
For modern shooters, we very rarely shoot at full sized silhouette targets, much less out at 75 yards! Bullseye targets at 25 yards is much more the norm.
IF some company would be SMART enough to put this information in the box with every gun, and then include a higher front sight with each gun with direction on how it can be substituted for the one in the barrel, The COMPANY might find a serious competitive advantage over other companies, that would increase it profits. HINT!
The problem always seems to be that one of companies being owned or operated by people who ARE not shooters, even of their own products. If they actually would shoot their own guns with other customers at various clubs and public ranges, this kind of feedback would be IMMEDIATE, and better business decisions would be made in marketing, and making the products sold.