The very rare aftermarket PaRtridge front sight shown on an old K-22.
It was only offered for a short time. Most people have never seen one.
And the even rarer Grouse front sight!
Share Your Modified Front Sights
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And the even rarer Grouse front sight!
Gold Bead SDM on a cut off 27-2
Thank You.
I love that gun. Has Bowen rear sight. Bought that gun dirt cheap a couple months age less rear sight and Keith Brown Grips.
Model 10-5...was a four inch, square Butt, usual usuals, older Police Trade in at the loacl Pawn Shop, I modified it many years ago to be a three inch, half round front Sight, Bobbed Hammer, and a rounded Grip which is a little larger and more comfortable than the usual Model 10 Round Butt is.
Fitted and shaped some WWII Victory Stocks to it, in plain Walnut.
Very comfortable, shoots very nicely.
Hosted on Fotki
Fitted and shaped some WWII Victory Stocks to it, in plain Walnut.
Very comfortable, shoots very nicely.
Hosted on Fotki
StrawHat
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Green Frog
Member
RKMesa, it may be considered a total sacrilege by the SWPAACS (Smith & Wesson Preservation At All Costs Society) but I have a well worn late Baby Chiefs Special upon which I hope to have an homage done... that Super Police Special you show in the catalog and on that pre-War snub you have. If I could have sent it to King's back in the day, everyone would ooh and ahh over it today, so I'm just hoping to do now what I would have done 65 years ago if I could have. 
Froggie
Froggie
RKMesa, it may be considered a total sacrilege by the SWPAACS (Smith & Wesson Preservation At All Costs Society) but I have a well worn late Baby Chiefs Special upon which I hope to have an homage done... that Super Police Special you show in the catalog and on that pre-War snub you have. If I could have sent it to King's back in the day, everyone would ooh and ahh over it today, so I'm just hoping to do now what I would have done 65 years ago if I could have.
Froggie
I look forward to seeing the results of your vision!
Modified
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The very rare aftermarket PaRtridge front sight shown on an old K-22.
It was only offered for a short time. Most people have never seen one.
If that were my gun I would have to chuckar it into the sea.
Regarding adding something to this thread, I have quite a few modified front sights. Not all of them are probably worth adding to this thread, being mostly King that we have all (or should have all) seen by now. I do have some unusual or neat ones for other reasons.
This one is cool because of the SWHF letter regarding it's installation at the service department. I liked this gun before the history, but after I got those letters I just love it. If anyone is interested in that: Half Target M&P, Update: Another Police Gun!
Of course, along the same lines as that gun, is this one. Which has a very similar story, and some day I will find the person who sent the gun to S&W to get nickeled and the sight done, it's in those SWHF records somewhere! Still, what they have gotten me so far is awesome:
If anyone is interested in more information: Increasingly more Interesting Triple Lock *update*
This one, this one I just like:
I'm 85% sure that someone in the SFPD was sick of the little sights on their gun, and just dropped it off at King to do something about it: Model of 1905 Fixed Sight Target *Update - SFPD Gun!*
Then there is...this: Mystery Gunsmith Fixed Target Sights/Hammers
I don't know who did these sights (and one hammer) and if *anyone* can point me in the right direction I would be extremely grateful. I would love to find out who did this great work. I have suspects, but I've not been able to confirm. At this time I'm kind of thinking maybe Pacific did them.
That first one seems to have been dropped at one time;
In any case the work is very good. I know this type of job was done quite a bit for military matches, but I think (as is the case of my King with upgraded sights that went to the SFPD) some guys just wanted better sights.
Again, if anyone can fill me in on who did those sights/hammer I'd be very grateful.
keith44spl
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My tool room rendition....
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... I do have some unusual or neat ones for other reasons.
Caleb:
I really like that little guy...
King front sight on pre war 22Outdoorsman.
My oft-seen-lately .45 Hand Ejector, Model of 1917 sports a King Modified Patridge on the 6 1/2" barrel. (1/8" wide)
It lines up well inside the rear outline sight.
-Bill
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"https://i.ibb.co/PDmQzGb/6-FC31748-E0-DC-44-FA-8-A02-83-A652-C02-D3-A.jpg"
"https://i.ibb.co/0cwt8rL/3-CFA8865-4-E90-4-ECC-BDD8-76-E347-DD42-F9.jpg"
It lines up well inside the rear outline sight.
-Bill
Click Link for Large Image
"https://i.ibb.co/PDmQzGb/6-FC31748-E0-DC-44-FA-8-A02-83-A652-C02-D3-A.jpg"
"https://i.ibb.co/0cwt8rL/3-CFA8865-4-E90-4-ECC-BDD8-76-E347-DD42-F9.jpg"
Wrangler Rich
US Veteran
I've been putting copies of S&W's red ramps on most of my Smiths for years. All to the same dimensions and color of their RR's. With the exception of my 66 no dash. On which I mixed some fingernail polish to Smith's color and painted a red ramp on it. That way, it can be removed with no effect on it's originality.
WR
WR
Just this week it became painfully obvious to me that I can no longer see sights on my model 36. Came inside from range and immediately put orange paint on front blade. Not real confident that it's going to help…… not sure what to do now. But I'm open to suggestions.
1916 38 M&P
Shipped to the the New York State Conservation Committee in April that year.
Heavily modded front sight, seems delicate, but works pretty well.
https://imgur.com/Ba3DyMK
https://imgur.com/Ba3DyMK
Shipped to the the New York State Conservation Committee in April that year.
Heavily modded front sight, seems delicate, but works pretty well.
https://imgur.com/Ba3DyMK
https://imgur.com/Ba3DyMK
StrawHat
Member
…My oft-seen-lately .45 Hand Ejector, Model of 1917 sports a King Modified Patridge on the 6 1/2" barrel. (1/8" wide)
It lines up well inside the rear outline sight.
-Bill…
That is one, mighty tall, front sight!
Kevin
Some tall brass on my 4" 45 Colt
Pre-43 shipped in 1955. In the mid 80's my dad sent the gun in to S&W to have RRWO sights installed. S&W said they could not do it because the front sight was too narrow for the tooling they used. My dad was an engineer and knew something about tooling, so he told them how to do it and the sights were installed.
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StrawHat
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Here is a modified Model 25-2 with a McGivern bead front sight.
It is rapidly becoming one of my favorite adjustable sighted revolvers.
Kevin
It is rapidly becoming one of my favorite adjustable sighted revolvers.
Kevin
