Gunswizard,

Well, in a general way.

The guy who actually invented the original sight was named Beach, though for some reason many people have writen about the "Beech" sight, especially recently.

After the patent expired around 1890, Lyman, Marble and Sheard made similar sights. From my research, the likely origin of the sight on on my rifle is Sheard.


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