An open (usually metal) sight used to aim a firearm. Usually they are included in the base model of most firearms. However, a lot of rifles come with Telescopic Scopes these days, and more rifles are shipping without iron sights. It’s also unusual to find iron sights on shotguns.
Buckhorn Sights and Peep Sights are examples of things that would generally be called iron sights.
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