Pearce Buntlines No reading required

OK, one more tonight, easy on the eyes,

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Never seen a rear site like that on any revolver before :sunglasses:

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I seem to recall that ladder style rear sights were once de rigueur with pistols optioned out for shoulder stocks. Going back to the pre-metallic cartridge days, detachable shoulder stocks were popular with a discerning group of shootists.
Certainly, early military applications, as in artillery, favored longer barrels and detachable stocks.
I’ve never heard of a Buntline employed by the military, but somehow, it just fits to match that long tube with the tall adjustable rear sight.

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With magnum revolver velocities that sight elevation would be put the impact about 1500 yards down range. Old blackpowder loads still 700-800 yards

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