Cross pin Prewar frame with V sight, tapered blade?

[yahoody]

Any one got one of these?  Most of what I have seen for a Prewar frame has had the square sight cut and front blade.  Makes sense as they are much easier to actually shoot.

I learned to shoot a hand gun on a 1st Gen Colt in the now odd ball cross pin and V sights. Would really like to have or at least see one of the USFA guns in a similar configuration.   

Anyone?

V rear sight:



Square rear sight:



Ignore the white arrow pointing out the firing pin....but a nice photo of a "smokeless" cross pin frame:



Front and rear on a V rear/tapered front set of sights

[Pangaea]

Would this one qualify?

[yahoody]

Colt was using the traverse pin full time by 1896, the rounded cylinders were gone by 1905 and the square notch rear sight was incorporated in 1931.   If nothing else the variations within USFA are always interesting

[GaryG]

Before my time, the rear sight slot on some of the Uberti BP frames were opened up.  Also. There was a run (by mistake) of US made BP frames with square notch rear sights.  Can't remember exactly when but around 2009.

[HeckThomas]

First post.  Thanks fellas for breathing some life into the USFA topic.  I have four, as Gary mentioned, all black powder frames with the square notch rears and un-tapered front sights. The first came in 2006, 2nd in 2007, 3rd in 2009 and fourth ?.  Bought that one at a later date from one of the ex-USFA employees.  I'll post the serial numbers and details in Dane's other thread next week.  Alias on another forum is "Red River".

[yahoody]

"Heck Thomas" is a classic.  Good to see you here!