#3 barrels and sights
61/2 inch is a standard barrel length for New Number 3, with a round fixed sight at the front. They made them from 31/2"-8". They also made this model in .44 Russian, .32 S&W, .32-44, .320 S&W revolving rifle, .38 S&W, .38 Colt, .38-40, .41 S&W, .44 Henry Rimfire, .44 S&W American, .44-40, .45 Schofield, .450 Revolver, .45 Webley,, .455 Mark I, and .455 Mark II. All in the standard New Model 3 except .44 Russian are very scarce. I don't think yours was ever a Target Model, which they made two sights for, the one with the bead on top of a rounded blade and the one that is tapered front and back to a flat top. A lot of sights got modified in use, as did mine with a brass bead on top and rear filed lower. So maybe one in .38-44 non-target is not a bad collector piece.
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