The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - I have seen originals with both types of front sight.

I have seen originals with both types of front sight. (reply)

Slow Hand — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 21:01:56 +0000

I wondered about that. I know Colt and Winchester were famous for ‘using up leftovers’ so sometimes serial numbers and options didn’t jive exactly. I can only imagine how it would have been during war time and right after!

I have seen originals with both types of front sight. (reply)

JimT — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 14:22:42 +0000

I never studied them enough to know what when where or why.

May be manufacturer ... Uberti & Pietta use dovetail (reply)

Slow Hand — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 13:24:11 +0000

Gotcha. Mine is an original Remington.

May be manufacturer ... Uberti & Pietta use dovetail (reply)

JimT — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 11:57:24 +0000

Armi San Marco uses what your photo shows.

Remington front sight… (reply)

Slow Hand — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:21:18 +0000

This and other comments got me thinking and so I pulled the original New Model Army .44 that my grandpa bought back in the mid sixties out of the safe for a look. It had a fixed front sight, not a dovetail style. I wonder when they changed things up.

Weird is apropos....... (reply)

RayLee — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 20:27:49 +0000

uncle hovey is certainly "out there" in the vacuum of deep space. Every family in the deep (old) south used to have an eccentric like him. Thankfully they were seldom dangerous. Like the real "uncle pill" who inspired the majority of my short stories.

https://m.youtube.com/@HoveySmith/videos

He did it on the correct pistol. (reply)

JimT — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 12:44:28 +0000

Though with the shots he made, he could have done it with a decent front sight. But give him credit for not being afraid to try something new or weird. The Walker was the most powerful sixgun produced until the .357 Magnum. That's saying quite a lot!

Uncle Hovey did just that..... (reply)

RayLee — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 04:28:16 +0000

https://hoveysknivesofchina.com/2013/11/26/colt-walker-revolver-wm-hovey-smith-super-wa...

https://hoveysknivesofchina.com/2015/01/14/walker-revolver-colt-walker-hunting-with-per...

no, no.... I want a Red Dot sight on the 51 and (reply)

JimT — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 20:31:52 +0000

a laser sight for the 1862.

no, no.... (reply)

cas — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 19:35:24 +0000

..he needs to drill the hammer for tritium vials.

John Taffin pointed me toward this! (reply)

DMann — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 14:06:31 +0000

https://fermincgarza.com/shop/ols/products/custom-dovetail-sights

Doug Mann

Thanks John. I ordered a couple. (nt) (reply)

JimT — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:49:59 +0000

:) .... nah ... my Dremel Tool can fix the rear sights. (reply)

JT — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 23:00:27 +0000

THIS IS WHATALL MINE OW LOOK LIKE. WORKS JUST FINE.

John Taffin pointed me toward this! (reply)

JT — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 22:59:29 +0000

VTI GUN PARTS HAS THEM--UBERTI OR PIETTA. LOOK UNDER 1858 REMINGTON

:) .... nah ... my Dremel Tool can fix the rear sights. (reply)

JimT — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:42:02 +0000

BEFORE

AFTER

Guess what I am now looking for? (reply)

RayLee — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 20:05:34 +0000

Real rear sight perhaps.....

John Taffin pointed me toward this!

JimT — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:43:12 +0000

Wild Bill Hickok was noted as a dead shot with his 1851 Colt Navy. Now we can see why. His gun was fitted with a Remington style front sight! It allowed adjustment for windage and elevation. He didn't use "Kentucky Windage" but knew where it would hit.

The pictures are screen captures from a video about the James Butler Hickok exhibit at the Cody Museum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX8guToQstY

Guess what I am now looking for!