Quote Originally Posted by Patrick Chadwick View Post
No chance. Germanicon-silver was invented in the 1820s.

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"There is no doubt that it has seen better days, but given its age it seems pretty remarkable to me that it even exists, let alone here in the US."

I completely agree. I would have bought it for that backsight alone!

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Except that it's not a bead. It's an odd flattened shape that looks rather like the profile of an airgun pellet. Look at the way the light plays about the top. It is not a sensible silhouette for aiming through a peephole.
The only thing I can say to that is the sight picture is soooo long that you can barely even see that post way out there and I have good eyes. Through that tiny peep hole, that brass post looks like a pin head.