dovetail hmmmm
Yessir. Check out post #17 (by
@Eras Gone ) in this thread:
Pedersoli's M1854 Lorenz Rifle
The video in that post is just under eleven minutes long. At about 2:30, he finds the spare front sight in the container, shows it, and briefly discusses it until about 3:00. At about 3:25, he shows the front sight that is on the rifle and discusses the dovetail feature and the interchangeable spare front sight until about 3:50.
In the mid 19th century, the bayonet was still considered an essential battle weapon, despite the fact that the relatively new rifle muskets were capable of good accuracy. In order to enable mounting a bayonet, the front sights on the rifle muskets were made low, or short. The result was that the guns shot high, above point of aim. Today's marksmen who shoot the old rifle muskets and their reproductions at targets need a higher front sight for accurate shooting. Pedersoli installed a correct-appearing short front sight on the rifle, but dovetailed it in place (instead of soldering it, as the originals were done) and included a higher front sight for serious target shooters. The sights can evidently be interchanged by driving one out of the dovetail slot and driving the other one in. This also enables some windage adjustment that would not have been possible with the original soldered front sight.
The sixth photo in your post #1 on this thread, and the seventh picture in post #2, appear to show the dovetail mounting of the front sight on the Lorenz that is for sale.
In post #1 on this thread, it was noted that the rifle comes without a box, but I thought maybe the extra front sight might still be included with the rifle.
Notchy Bob
