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Definition of muzzle sight

Muzzle sight
Muzzle Muz"zle, n. [OE. mosel, OF. musel, F. museau muzzle or snout, LL. musellus, fr. musus, morsus. See Muse, v. i., and cf. Morsel.] 1. The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout. 2. The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun. 3. A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting. With golden muzzles all their mouths were bound --Dryden. Muzzle sight. (Gun.) See Dispart, n., 2.
muzzle sight
Dispart Dis*part", n. 1. (Gun.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance. On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane passing through the axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the axis. --Eng. Cys. 2. (Gun.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight.

Meaning of muzzle sight from wikipedia

- A muzzle brake or recoil compensator is a device connected to, or a feature integral (ported barrel) to the construction of, the muzzle or barrel of a...
- muzzle device that suppresses the blast created when a gun (firearm or airgun) is discharged, thereby reducing the acoustic intensity of the muzzle report...
- bore axis: a 'rear sight' nearer (or 'proximal') to the shooter's eye, and a 'front sight' ****her forward (or 'distal') near the muzzle. During aiming,...
- held in the front sight post prevents them from un**** while firing. However the muzzle threads have been relocated to the front sight base for both easier...
- effectively muzzle shrouds used to increase the sight radius, aiding in precise aiming with iron sights. A Lewis gun with a muzzle shroud. Muzzle booster...
- M200 Intervention features the McArthur PGRS-1 muzzle brake, which can be used to reduce recoil. The muzzle brake is also removable and can be replaced by...
- 5-inch barrel with an external muzzle nut instead of a muzzle brake or compensator and a Millet dovetail front sight. S&W Model 500, 6.5" barrel variant...
- gun, often co-located with other optics like the gunner's sight, and a mirror at the muzzle. By measuring the deflection of the barrel, corrections can...
- attached to the muzzle of a rifle that reduces its visible signature while firing by cooling or dispersing the burning gases that exit the muzzle, a phenomenon...
- Muzzle velocity is the speed of a projectile (bullet, pellet, slug, ball/shots or s****) with respect to the muzzle at the moment it leaves the end of...