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Date of introduction of red ramp front sight
Can someone offer the date or year of introduction of the red ramp front sight please? Thank you
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The .44 Magnum
was the first Smith to 'officially' have a red ramp front sight which would be 1956. However, the King Gun Sight company was doing so back in the 1930s.
You'll probably get better info than mine here.
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