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Thread: Why are they called foresight & back/rear sight?

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  1. 26-07-2023, 11:22 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by akaroa1 View Post
    It's obvious why a tang sight is called a tang sight.
    It's on the tang.

    But why is it called a tang ?
    because it would just be silly to have the tang sight on the butt stock. It needed to get fixed to the something appropiate, might as well call it a tang.
    I reckon we could play origin of chickens and eggs all day.
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