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As we have seen, the Luger is one of the finest pistols ever made, and the new Krieghoff is the finest Luger ever made. As the late great Col. George Chinn, whose monumental five-volume series The Machinegun is the definitive work on machinegun mechanisms, once told me, “As long as nitrocellulose is our propellent, all possible mechanisms have already been invented. All that remains is to reconfigure existing systems into different guns.” Pistols don’t offer as many different tactical design configuration possibilities as shoulder arms, so the pistol got perfected early. Once you reach the summit, all roads lead downhill regardless of how new they are. So if you want the ultimate pistol, you get a M1911-A1 .45 automatic. If you want the best pointing, easiest to hit with, and most accurate pistol, you get a Luger.

And if you want the finest Luger, you get a new Krieghoff.

RIFLE Sights of Iron AND THEIR MANAGEMENT

BY SAM FADALA

The tang sight on this muzzleloading rifle illustrates another type of “peep” sight. The tang sight allows use of open iron sights on this rifle.