Rifle sight?

[Cold Digger]

Found on a CW Battle site in north Louisiana.

 

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[BosnMate]

Looks like a rifle sight to me, but not off a Civil War rifle, looks more like an adjustable sight off a later model cartridge rifle.

 

[Tnmountains]

Kind thick and heavy for a ramp sight and an iron sight would have a small flat V. That look like some kinda pin with half the circle missing to me.Looks kinda like a mini spike to hold a wire to me. Just guessing.

 

[BosnMate]

Here's a picture of a Marble rear sight. The serrated thing on the edge of the sight is separate, and is used for elevation.

 

[BosnMate]

It is heavy and rusted pretty bad. What kind of sights did the Henry, Sharps and Spencer have? I think they had the flip up leaf sight for the rear. But it still looks like a sight to me unless proved otherwise. The fine V has been rusted out.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

it's shaped like a sight, but I don't think it is, the notch just isn't centered. My first thought was maybe a barrel wedge for a muzzle loader double barrel, but that's probably way off.