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iron sight

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iron sight [′īยทərn ′sīt]
(ordnance)
Any metallic gunsight, such as a blade sight, as distinguished from an optical or computing sight.


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In olden days crossbows included a metal grid serving as iron sights.
The US Marine Corps has a desire to see every rifle-carrying soldier equipped with a sight that produces a minimum of four times the magnification of the human eye, thereby giving the soldier far more capability beyond their traditional 'mark one eyeball' and his rifle's iron sight.
The precision and simplicity of use with these red dot scopes doesn't exist with the old iron sights.
 
 
 
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