Originally Posted By: LRF
David,
On the 88 Mauser, the tang sight, is it spring loaded so that it folds down, out of the way, when you exercise the bolt and pops back up when the bolt is returned to battery?
Nice looking gun.


Aren't those flip up tang sights intended to be light focusers for allowing sharper sight pictures when using the barrel mounted sights, and not a sight itself per se? That's an explanation I've heard and it makes sense to me. Am I right?