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PetahW · August 28, 2013, 01:27 PM

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"Riot" guns of the day were equipped with only a simple/small brass bead front sight, screwed or pressed directly into the top of the barrel near the muzzle - which is not to say an acomplished chopper didn't install a bead aterwards.

No bead front sight = kitchen table chop job.

Rifle sights on a shotgun were unheard of on riot guns until about the early 1970's, when the factories supplied the demand for a "deer gun". ("Slug guns" came even/much later)

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August 28, 2013, 01:27 PM	#5
PetahW Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2008 Posts: 4,678	. "Riot" guns of the day were equipped with only a simple/small brass bead front sight, screwed or pressed directly into the top of the barrel near the muzzle - which is not to say an acomplished chopper didn't install a bead aterwards. No bead front sight = kitchen table chop job. Rifle sights on a shotgun were unheard of on riot guns until about the early 1970's, when the factories supplied the demand for a "deer gun". ("Slug guns" came even/much later) . Last edited by PetahW; August 28, 2013 at 01:32 PM.