sights

[hoochiepapa]

Now that I'm pretty healed up, I'm back at my bench and working on a gun. It's a rendition of one from Europe about the 1720's. I want to make the sights, but I can't find a picture of what they looked like about that time. I know TOW makes them and calls them "original", but I would like to see them for myself. There is much knowledge on this sight, and I would greatly appreciate anyone who owns one or has access to some originals to post a pic or tell me the measurements. Most that can be bought are quite tall, and if I look at pics of originals, the front sight is very low, almost imperceptible.
Thank you.

 

[crockett]

Well, you haven't gotten any replies so I'll chime in. You need to contact someone dealing in historic originals. Pick up a copy of Men at Arms magazine, published by the NRA and for sale at Books-A-Million type stores. There are countless ads of dealers who ought to be able to help on what the sights should look like.

 

[kaintuck]

short......... :rotf:
i think making your own sights is cool....i use old RR spike and spare parts made of soft steel....

marc n tomtom

 

[hoochiepapa]

Thanks to you both, I was starting to get a complex.
My material of choice is bronze, no one else is using it, and I thought it would be cool. I cannot reveal my process at this time, but when I get it perfected.....
I already have a rear sight made, but I wasn't sure about the size. Pics coming soon.
Thanks again.