I have this old .22 revolver from the early 30's that had a funky replacement barrel on it. I happened to find a old original replacement barrel online so I snapped it up. Upon receiving the barrel, I noticed the front blade sight looked to have been replaced by someone in the long-ago past. I think the sight is supposed to be blued steel, but this sight is made from copper. For all I know, someone flattened a penny back in 1960 and soldered it in when the original broke off. Whoever did the repair really ladled on the solder but it didn't have good adhesion, so it had cracks and gaps in many areas. I didn't get a good photo of it but here are a couple of the best ones I could find, looking through my photos prior to the repair.
