Thread: King’s Super Police 32-20(range report update)
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Old 12-02-2021, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Hawg Rider View Post
What a great .32-20! Sure looks like the King's Super Police night sight modification to me. Is the King front sight full gold bead really gold, or just looks like gold? The front sights on the various revolvers almost look like polished copper. My .32-20 4th Change (s/n 118705, ca. mid-1920s) has a "poor man's" King front sight mod...a copper bead.
On a historical note gold was only around $35 an ounce for decades, up through the 60's. I don't know what the carat weight of the "sight" gold was but just enough to avoid tarnishing has a rather small amount of gold to alloy mixture. For example 10 carat is nearly 50% gold the rest is alloy.
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