Down the Sights of Historical Firearms
War History Online has posted an incredible set of of photographs of old rifles and their sight pictures. The gallery includes classics like the Thompson SMG and BAR with a few notable firearms including the British Lancaster and even the M2 Carbine with a paratrooper wire stock.
Click the photo to be taken to the gallery.
What do you think was the best sight picture of the old firearms?
One of TFB's resident Jarheads, Nathan now works within the firearms industry. A consecutive Marine rifle and pistol expert, he enjoys local 3-gun, NFA, gunsmithing, MSR's, & high-speed gear. Nathan has traveled to over 30 countries working with US DoD & foreign MoDs.The above post is my opinion and does not reflect the views of any company or organization.
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How many M2 Carbine Paratrooper models were made? I can find no information on them!
Wow. The Lee Enfield and the 1917 were okay, the rest of them were pretty rubbish.