Pap's Pistol Part 2

I left out a couple things when I wrote up Pap's piece. The most glaring is that this design lacks a transfer bar safety so it should never, ever, be carried with a full cylinder since a stout enough external blow to the hammer (as might happen if it were dropped) could cause a round to touch off. This is pretty much lottery ticket odds but if one is actually toting a R-101 then loadiing 8 rounds and leaving the hammer down on an empty chamber would be  the prudent way to go. 

Now that I have gotten the public service announcement out of the way I can move on to the other thing I dropped the ball on.. ..pictures of the sight modifications.

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At the risk of being "Caption Obvious"  I'll point out that this is the silver dime repurposed as a front sight.

A kind of crappy picture of the rear sight lined with brass.  It was really hard to get a good picture which actually speaks to how hinky this rear sight is.  This, and the grip, are the limiting factors for this platform.