Usually means: Metal aiming devices on firearms.
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  1. iron sights: Merriam-Webster
  2. iron sights: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Iron Sights, Iron sights: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. iron sights: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Iron sights)

noun:  a system of physical alignment markers used as a sighting device to assist the accurate aiming of ranged weapons such as firearms, airguns, crossbows, and bows, or less commonly as a primitive finder sight for optical telescopes.


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