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- Rothhammer... the addition on top of the folding peep sight!

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The special folding peep seems to have been a fairly common 'cost option' as ordered originally on the pre WW2 MS.
Most of those that I have seen, however, have been installed on takedown models. My 1922 proofed M1910 takedown has it along with the removable grip cap with space for a spare sight bead (which is still present).

An entirely similar folding peep was also offered for Mausers in the 1939 Stoeger;


The full page from Westley Richards ad, 1912:


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